Ōka shugi (欧化主義, lit "Europeanisationism")[1] is a trend or ideology in Japan that seeks to introduce various European institutions or cultures to advance modernization.

A Western-style ball was held in Rokumeikan.

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This policy was adopted by the Meiji government in the 1880s to acknowledge the modernization of Japan in the European and American empires by using culture, institutions, customs, and customs as European styles. Ōka shugi policy was also intended to revise the unequal treaties signed by Japan with Western powers, including Ansei Treaties, and by making Japan's politics and culture European, Japan was recognized as a member of 'civilized countries' subject to international law. During the Meiji era, the two ideologies Oka shugi and Kokusui shugi were at odds culturally.[2]

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  1. ^ Daisuke Miyao (2020). Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema. Duke University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4744-1717-4. Europeanisationism (Japanese Ōkashugi),
  2. ^ 近代日本文学のなりたち. 河出書房. 1954. p. 299.