important than the farmers. Even skilled samurai sword makers and boatwrights belonged to this third tier of society in feudal Japan. The artisan class lived in its own section of the major cities‚ segregated from the samurai (who usually lived in the daimyos’ castles)‚ and from the lower merchant class. The Merchants: The bottom rung of feudal Japanese society was occupied by merchants‚ both traveling traders and shop-keepers. Merchants were ostracized as "parasites" who profited from the labor of the
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Surviving Female Gender Roles What defines being ‘feminine’ will vary with each culture‚ but two archetypes: passive homemaker and liberal feminist have existed for centuries as one will see in two Japanese stories written in the 17th century. In The Love Suicides at Amijima‚ readers see the social chains that bind a submissive woman to her societal duties. On the other hand‚ in Tales of Sensuous Women‚ readers are shown a complete opposite archetype where women find ways to circumvent the social
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Japan was a small island that began to emerge in the 19th century. During the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s‚ Japan had gone through many changes within their country and society. The Meiji government attempted to modernize Japan’s political‚ economic‚ and social structures. This leading to beneficial acts in society and government. As the government also attempts to influence the society style of clothing. Throughout the 1870-1890s‚ Japanese took a very big transformation of politics and resistance
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as a response to the political fragmentation and invasions following the fall of the Roman Empire; for the Europeans it was necessary for survival. Feudalism‚ a system based upon a mutually beneficial relationship between a lord and a vassal (or a daimyo and a samurai‚ as they were called in the Japanese system) in which land and protection is given in exchange for labor and loyalty‚ was a long-standing political and economic system that survived for many years in many regions of the world. Although
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The word feudalism comes from the Latin word ‘feudum‚’ meaning fief. Feudalism is a system in which nobles or lords are granted use of lands that legally belong to the king‚ in exchange for their loyalty‚ military service. The one of the king’s obligations is to protect his vassals. Although feudalism in Europe had started earlier‚ the feudal systems of Japan and Europe are somewhat alike. Both feudal systems were developed as a response to the need for security and stability. In Europe‚ the eastern
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At a time when their governments could not sustain a stable centralized power‚ Japan and Western Europe both adapted their governments to fit their needs and adopted the feudal system. Although‚ the reasons why these two areas turned to feudalism are different‚ both societies had many centuries of this similar type of government. European feudalism was influenced most likely by the fall of the Roman empire and Germanic tribes (and other external forces) who had tried to invade them. Japan‚ on the
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well as the differences in historical patterns of medieval Japan and medieval Europe are of interest to historians. In the Japanese economy‚ merchants became more and more powerful and wealthy as commerce boomed. The most honorable classes of the daimyos and samurai were paid in a currency of rice‚ they relied heavily on banker and broker merchants‚ this ended up causing a disruption in the hierarchy since the samurai were at the mercy of the merchants. To prevent any more animosity between the
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warfare and people seek solace in religion. Buddhism‚ which had up until now been primarily the religion of scholars and monks‚ becomes the religion of ordinary people and the popular. By the 1500s‚ a class of territorial military lords‚ or daimyo‚ emerged. The daimyo establish and maintain their domains (called han)‚ build castles‚ and establish towns around their castles where their samurai retainers reside and serve in their armies. Samurai values of service to a lord and personal loyalty became central
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Japan is ripe in culture and history that is not so dissimilar from western history both went through a bustling feudal era with many similarities. The main similarity was their order of honorable soldiers‚ which were knights in the west and Samurai in Japan but both followed a similar code of honor and loyalty. The real question is how did this class of aristocratic warriors rise out of nothing to become the ruling class of Japan. The Samurai are one of Japan’s most iconic cultural symbol that has
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over two hundred years before it opened its ports again. It is important to understand the context behind Japan’s isolation starting in the Sengoku period. This time period was also known as the “Age of Warring States‚” in which landowners or daimyos fought each other for power (Dobbs). It was chaotic‚ with everyone fighting to own the most land. It wasn’t until three men‚ Oda Nobunaga‚ Toyotomi Hideyoshi‚ and Tokugawa Ieyasu‚ joined forces to unify Japan.
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