possession. European knights picked up area from their rulers as installment for their military administration; they subsequently had immediate control of the serfs who worked that land. Interestingly‚ Japanese samurai did not possess any area. Rather‚ the daimyo utilized a part of their wage from exhausting the laborers to pay the samurai a pay‚ normally paid in rice. Samurai and knights contrasted in a few different ways‚ including their sex communications. Samurai ladies‚ for instance‚ were required to
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land in return for the food they grew. The lords also gave out land to knights in return for their military service. This is like the Japanese‚ who were ruled by an emperor. The emperor was a front for the shogun. The shogun loaned out land to the daimyo‚ who did the same things with peasants and serfs that the Europeans did. The
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The knights have their kings and the samurai have their daimyos. The daimyos were feudal lords who had more power over the emperor‚ who was basically just more of a symbol of power. The knights had the king‚ who had vast armies of knights to serve him in times of need. So this makes the knight and samurai more alike
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• The Sengoku period (1467 - 1573) started with and continued after the Onin War. The Sengoku period is described to be what historians call a century and a half of civil war in japan which started in the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. The sengoku period started during the 14th century when chaos spread throughout japan‚ this was because the power of the Ashikaga shogunate had almost declined completely and the shugo (governors chosen by the Shogun to supervise one or more of the provinces
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Toyotomi left his family behind and became the page to the retainer of the daimyo of Tomomi. After his short span of becoming a page‚ he returned home to become part of the foot soldiers. The leader of the soldier‚ Oda Nobunaga‚ believed Toyotomi was a cheerful and intelligent man which promoted him into becoming a samurai. Around 1570‚ Toyotomi was fighting very important battles and by 1573‚ he overthrew two very wealthy daimyos and quickly became a lord of Nagahama. By late the 1570’s‚ Toyotomi began
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To control daimyo‚ he initiated an extensive project of shifting daimyo about. In the process he stripped many erstwhile enemies of their lands‚ placed a number of his allies in strategic locations near surviving enemies‚ and secured for himself and his most faithful vassals direct control of
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For centuries the Japanese have been known for developing fierce warriors known as the samurai. So what is a samurai? According to Merriam-Webster.com a samurai is “A military retainer of a Japanese Daimyo practicing the code of conduct of Bushido.” The Bushido Code is an honor code developed by the samurai class in the Japanese military and is comprised of eight virtues which are Rectitude or Justice‚ Courage‚ Benevolence or Mercy‚ Politeness or Respect‚ Honesty‚ Honor‚ Loyalty‚ and Character and
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code stated that a samurai had to live by honour. If a samurai was to lose his honour he would have to commit suicide. Samurai could lose their honour by failing to protect their daimyo‚ losing one of their swords‚ or losing in battle. This meant that samurai had to be on guard at all times‚ and had to protect the daimyo with their life. The knight code of chivalry stated that a knight had to be polite‚ courageous‚ honourable‚ and honest. If a knight was to lose their honour‚ they would do everything
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Chapter 27 – Tradition and Change in East Asia The Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Restored traditional Chinese rule Hongwu was founder Tried to drive out any Mongol influence Used mandarins to travel through the empire to make sure policy was being followed o Also used eunuchs who were loyal to the gov’t because they couldn’t have families The Emperor Yongle used the navy to expand and show China’s power Kept powerful army to keep out invaders in the early years o Mongol armies
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Japan had a shogun and Europe had a king. The shogun was the person who was in charge and made most of the decisions just like a king in Europe did. The daimyo in Japan were like the nobles in Europe. The “shogun ruled the land through the daimyo and the king ruled the land through the nobles”. Although they were similar in many ways they were also different. One way feudalism in Japan was different than Medieval Europe was that Japan had a figurehead
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