well-known landmarks. Ukiyo-e was first produced in the seventeenth century and showed scenes and characters from the entertainment districts of modern Tokyo‚ Edo. The thought that each moment in life should be enjoyed helped influenced these works of art. Ando Hiroshige‚ one of the leading ukiyo-e landscapes artists of the late Edo period created a woodblock print called Evening Shower at Atake which Vincent van Gogh later imitated. Hiroshige’s
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conduct as an expression of yin yang. But Shunga‚ as it is more commonly known‚ is really a word for Japanese works of art‚ specifically Japanese erotic paintings that were made from the 16th and 18th centuries‚ by the famous painters of the Ukiyo-e period (floating world). Shunga lacked realism in its erotic paintings. The characters sketched in Shunga are often shown in impossible positions with overly exaggerated genitals. Graphics and characters vary from men‚ women‚ teenagers‚ older adults‚ and
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Currently there are 14 World Heritage sites located in Japan. Of course‚ 11 are cultural properties and 3 are national properties. If you were a representative of Japan‚ what would you nominate as the next World Heritage site and why? Mount Fuji or‚ “Fuji-san” is Japan’s highest summit- rising to 3‚776 metres above sea level. Though it has already been denied the title of becoming a World Heritage site once before‚ there is still strong support from the Japanese population that it should be considered
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#1. The Emperor’s Decree to the Outer Barbarians and Letter to the English Ruler are both sent from Qing Dynasty to Great Britain. The emperor’s Decree to the Outer Barbarians was written to Britain during the flourishing period of Qing Dynasty. The emperor sent a decree to Britain as a respond to requests of Britain on trade regulations. On contrary‚ Letter to the English Ruler‚ written before Opium War occurs‚ includes “warnings” of Qing Dynasty to Britain to no longer harm their people with
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imported from foreign countries. However‚ the Japanese have also excluded foreigners or foreign cultures. In Edo era‚ Tokugawa government forbade trading with almost all the countries. In one sense‚ that helped Japan improve it’s unique culture‚ such as kabuki‚ ennichi‚ and so on. The Japanese can enjoy it’s specific culture now for not having interact with foreign cultures so much in Edo era. On the other hand‚ the government oppressed Christians at that time. One example of the oppression is Shimabara
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Of the many samurai who devoted themselves to helping our country before Japan was westernized‚ there was one famous national samurai hero‚ named Sakamoto Ryoma. Most Japanese people know his name well‚ and how he made a great contribution to Japan’s rapid modernization. Sakamoto Ryoma was a low ranking samurai who played a major role in Japan’s transmutation from a feudal society into a unified state intent on modernizing itself and overtaking the West. He appeared at a critical stage in history
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Hideyoshi in 1598‚ Tokugawa Ieyasu began to complete the unification of Japan. Finally in 1600‚ he completed his work and established the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted for two-hundred sixty-five years. Ieyasu constructed his government headquarters in Edo‚ now named Tokyo. The Japanese social classes‚ which had been in place long before Ieyasu‚ were made even more strict and nearly impossible to move up or down a social class. The top social class was the Samurai and the Daimyos‚ who were the regional
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The Tokugawa‚ which was the last of Japan’s Shogun brought peace to the Japanese people. From 1603 to 1867‚ the period known as the Tokugawa or Edo period‚ the Shogun helped the nation flourish in their economic growth‚ as well as their political stability. Ieyasu was praised in his time for his achievements. He was able to achieve dominance over the entire country‚ and unify them
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In what ways and why was feudalism in Japan declining before the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1853? Japan was a feudal society in the time that the Tokugawa Shogunate was ruling. Like the Qing period in China‚ the Tokugawa period was a long‚ stable rule because it was very closed‚ hermetically sealed even. However‚ little did the Tokugawa know‚ Japan¡¦s stability of feudalism would lead to its own decline. There was‚ at the time before the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1853‚ the key factor that
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Tokugawa being appointed as shogun Japan was a fragmented nation with many clan leaders. By completing his power grab‚ Tokugawa effectively joined the three main islands of Japan. Japan entered a period of prolonged peace in which many changes could occur. Tokugawa established a government centered in Edo (modern day Tokyo) called a bakufu in which daimyo (lords or barons in the European system) controlled regional lands and in turned served the shogun. The Tokugawa political system was very complex
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