How did the Japanese instigate the Meiji Restoration themselves with the direct assistance of Western powers?

by ItsBreezyGrande

Before the Meiji Restoration Japan was a very isolated and tribal nation, how did from this they could abruptly come in contact with one Western military general and suddenly rapidity industrialize and adopt Western proudction methods and ideas and then prosper massively?

ParallelPain

Edo Japan was neither very isolated nor a tribal nation. Edo Japan had a well-functioning government with a relatively large bureaucracy governing by laws.

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