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    land reclamation have in the forming of feudalism in Japan? It led to not enough taxes being collected and the government not being able to supply the powerful exempted families with military protection. The leaders formed their own armies consisting of soon to be samurais. These often consolidated to huge estates under powerful military lord (Daimyo). Former owners managed former land for protection. 2. What caused feudalism to change in Japan? Two dominant families fought each other‚ and Minamoto

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    How did Amaterasu come into being? What role‚ according to legend‚ did she play in Japanese history? Per the earliest Japanese “mythohistories” (Kitagawa)‚ Kojiki (records of ancient matters‚ compiled in 712) and Nihongi (chronicles of Japan‚ complied in 720)‚ the origins of the empire date back to 660 BCE‚ a date calculated from a cyclical formula introduced from China during the fifth or sixth century CE (Kirkland 111); none of the persons or events mentioned can be firmly established in historical

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    Accounting history of Japan

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    Accounting ACFI 3217 P 13007477 Word count: 2‚801 Japan is an Asian country that has a leading position in stock markets and finance industry all over the world‚ which accounting also has a history of more than one hundred years. The accounting system has experienced a lot of significant events and become to be more and more mature. Culture and institutional factors have majorly influenced the development of accounting in Japan‚ and also led the problems in implementing International Financial

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    Art History Japan

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    beauty but also in their significance to history since most arts‚ if not all‚ tells the story of a nation in the period by which they were made. Through these arts historians can compare the civilization of nations‚ they can tell which of them developed first and they can tell which nations interacted with each other .The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast Chinese and Japanese art in the period of 1650 A .D. -1900. Chinese art had a 4000 years history. It is acknowledged to be superior in

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    EALC10111 Introduction to Japanese History and Culture How did the imperial clan (particularly Emperor Tmmu and his successors) go about the task of strengthening imperial rule duing 7th and 8th centuries? 9174026 Strengthening the power of the imperial family is the most essential element to show authority to other countries. However‚ a country must have a well-organized system‚ a strong defensive ability‚ and a cleaver ruler as the most important features

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    fought against the Native Americans that had gone to Japan to help the Imperial Army. Captain Nathan Algren is a fictional character that is loosely created from the life of Jules Brunet. a French military officer who was sent to Japan to help westernize. Brunet fought in the artillery division and won the French medal Légion d’honneur for his services. He was sent to Japan by Napoleon to help modernize their army and grew fond of his life in Japan. When the Shogunate was overthrown‚ leading eventually

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    The Meiji Restoration

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    The Meiji Restoration was a significant turning point in Japanese history because it led to revolutionary changes in Japan’s economic and political structures. Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival at Edo Bay (Tokyo was once named Edo) in 1853 demonstrated to Japan the superior military power of the West. Japan’s coast was not protected nor did the nation possess a navy capable of defending their marine food supply which helped feed Edo’s one million people. The Japanese reacted to their vulnerability

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    Japanese Literature

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    Geane Louise J. Mendoza BSBA-MM 4-5D JAPANESE LITERATURE I. History A. Ancient Literature (until 764)- “Nara Period” (AD 710 to 794) Kan’ji- Logographic Chinese Characters which is first writing system used by Japanese that was introduce by Chinese. Kana- are syllabic Japanese scripts‚ a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji. 3 Kana Scripts: Man’yogana- (old syllabic) Katakana- (modern angular) Hiragana – (modern cursive)

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    Japanese poetry

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    wood-carved cover‚ 18th century. Japanese poetry is poetry of or typical of Japan‚ or written‚ spoken‚ or chanted in the Japanese language‚ which includes Old Japanese‚Early Middle Japanese‚ Late Middle Japanese‚ and Modern Japanese‚ and some poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or the ryūka written in Ryukyuan: it is possible to make a more accurate distinction between Japanese poetry written in Japan or by Japanese people in other languages versus that written in the Japanese

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    HST 106 studyguide

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    Jomon: about 300 BC‚ when Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. Yayoi: is an Iron Age era in the history of Japan traditionally dated 300 BC to AD 300. Techniques in metallurgy based on the use of bronze and iron were also introduced in this period. Kofun:is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. It follows the Yayoi period. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from

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