cutting the abdomen open of the warrior; it was believed that through this process the samurai’s sprit would be released to the afterlife. “Samurai warriors‚ served to protect the lives and property of the daimyo‚ large landowners‚ and vassals of the Shogun” (Szczepanski) both of these groups committed seppuku for various reasons that evolved around honor. The Samurai would seek seppuku when shame was brought upon them during battle‚ committing a dishonest act‚ or losing the aid of a daimyo or leader
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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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However‚ it seemed as though this made of many contradictory beliefs. For example‚ Zen stressed being compassionate to everyone‚ but samurais fought to kill. This affected the Japanese lifestyle‚ because many people tried to achieve this state of Zen 2) Define: a) shogun: A shogun was a supreme military commander‚ who controlled small parts of Japan and gave land to vassal lords
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John Allyn’s The 47 Ronin‚ is the true‚ although slightly embellished‚ tale of 47 masterless samurai bent on avenging their fallen leader‚ Lord Asano‚ as well as a fairly accurate portrayal of the culture of Japan during the eighteenth century. Each page of the 47 Ronin is steeped in the aura of Samurai‚ Confucian‚ Taoist‚ and Buddhist ethics. The most prominent of these ethics‚ is that of the Samurai; the code of Bushido is modeled by seven core virtues: rectitude (gi)‚ courage (yu)‚ benevolence
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imposed by other samurai and by daimyo and the feudal lords. During the Edo period‚ with the shogunate’s rigid class system and laws‚ the number of rōnin massively increased. Confiscation of fiefs during the long rule of the third Tokugawa shogun iemitsu resulted in an especially humongous increase of rōnin. During previous ages‚ samurai were able to move between masters anytime and even between occupations. They would also marry between other classes. However‚ during the Edo period‚ samurai were limited
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“MEIJI ERA’s (1868-1912) IMPORTANCE IN JAPANESE MODERNIZATION.” Japan is a country that has never been colonised and was never colonised during the colonial period. It was governed by the Emperors‚ Shoguns‚ Daimyos and the Samurais through the feudal structure of governance with the Emperor as the head of the hierarchy. It maintained its isolationist policy and never opened-up to the outside world for centuries and was in a stagnant stage in terms of development. However‚ in the 19th Century it dumped
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During this period‚ Confucianism was prevalent . A hierarchical order was created : At the top‚ the samurai [9] stood .Then the farmers‚ artisans and the last being the merchants .The daimyos‚ shogun and the Emperor stood above [9] [9] the hierarchy . A fifth class‚ were outcasts and people with jobs considered impure‚ was created . The adoption of
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Fukuzawa Yukichi was born on January 10th‚ 1835 in Osaka‚ Japan. He comes from a family of lower-level samurai. Due to the fact that Fukuzawa Yukichi was from a lower-level samurai family‚ his father (who did hold an unfavorable job) did not want him to learn basic math‚ or any forms of calculations‚ because even though they were lower-level samurai‚ they were still samurai and work/skills like math were beneath them and their status. It can be said that‚ his father’s distaste for “the tool of merchants”
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military (samurai) power and the suppress‚ on the power of the emperor‚ who was compelled to reprised without effective political or military power‚ untill the Meiji restoration over 650 years later.  Impact they had on the period of time Minamoto no Yoritomo established the Kamakura Shogunate‚ which ruled much of Japan until 1333. The Kamakura were powerful‚ but they never conquered northern and western areas of the country. The shoguns also faced periodic resistance from other samurai clans
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women differed in that women were allowed to serve in Japanese warrior class but not in the European’s. European knights were very similar to the Japanese samurais; not only were they similar in their codes of conduct‚ but they had similar weaponry. The Knights were based on Chivalry which consisted bravery‚ respect and honor. The Samurais followed a similar code of conduct called bushido meaning “the way of the warrior” which consisted of loyalty‚ bravery in the martial arts‚ and honor until death
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