during Feudal Japan Research topic influenced by one of the two Main sources: The last Samurai Directed by Edward Zwick and Rurouni Kenshin Anime series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. My research is based on Samurais and their way of living. I want to bring out the history behind feudal Japan where Samurai warriors were a big part of. The movie Last Samurai
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The Feudal system is a pyramid of social classes and every person was in a certain level of the pyramid. The feudal system divided the people into four groups‚ on top was the king‚ then lord‚ Knights and lastly peasants. It also included having a chivalry and it was a code of behavior for the knights. Feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service and it was in both Japan and Europe. Feudalism’s goals were to accomplish economic growth and to unify the government. The other goals
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Feudal Japan was not a very successful civilization due to the choice of feudalism. Feudal Japan has succeeded‚ failed‚ and had a rather small evolution period. Japan had succeeded in ways of battle‚ environmental adaptations‚ literature‚ and other influences. Japan also failed greatly in governing. Japan had made good changes during and after the feudalist period especially the governmental changes. This feudalist period of Japan started in about 1185 starting with many changes and successes. The
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fitting the characterization of a feudal society to a great extent‚ France and Japan were differentiated by variations in political structure and traits. Their origins were naturally dissimilar‚ as were the moral and religious codes which drove the politics of the two countries. Japan‚ as an island nation‚ was largely isolated from the rest of the world. Its feudal structure was an organic development‚ unsullied by political connections and fears of its neighbors. Japan wasn’t threatened by outside
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A Comparison of Feudal Europe and Japan Feudalism was a type of regulated government consisting of multiple relationships between many classes in a society. It consisted of many strict military as well as legal customs and flourished in the 15th century. Feudalism was present and thriving in Japan and Europe prior to 1500. The feudal systems in Europe and Japan were similar as a result of their synonymous systems of mutual obligation‚ their corresponding social class organization‚ and their powerless
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Japan and Europe during the medieval and early modern period did not have any direct contact but developed a very similar type of system known as feudal. Similarities between Japanese and European Feudalism The system of feudal Japanese and European societies were built on a hereditary classes.The nobles at the top‚ then warriors followed by farmers or serfs below. In both feudal Japan and Europe‚ constant struggles of war or warfare made the warrior class the most important class. They were known
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middle of the 19th century‚ feudal Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate began to crumble due to multiple factors including unrest from the peasant class of society (Samurai and Bushido). What finally broke down feudal Japan was the entry of western civilizations and forces into Japan. The U.S. navy‚ led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry went to Japan as an attempt to get the Tokugawa to open their doors and have relations with the western world (Samurai and Bushido). In 1858‚ Japan opened itself up to the
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“The Tokugawa period‚ also called the Edo period‚ (1603–1867)‚ was the final period of traditional Japan and a time of internal peace‚ political stability‚ and economic growth under the shogunate founded by Tokugawa leyasu (Saldasis‚ 2011‚p.214-215). Feudal Japan was a hierarchy with the Emperors and Shoguns settled at the top and the rest of the classes below‚ such as the Daimyo‚ Samurai‚ Peasants‚ Artisans and Merchants. During the Edo Era‚ Shoguns held and gained the most power over other social
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The Feudal Ages in Japan and Europe In the past‚ feudalism has been used successfully as a political system for governing a country. Two of the largest and most well known Feudal Ages have been that of Europe (1150-1600) and Japan (800-1350). Although both civilizations were quite similar during these periods of time‚ Japan’s civilization clearly is superior in many ways. When compared‚ the role of religion‚ the weaponry and armor‚ and the warrior codes of conducts of both countries can easily
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Japanese feudal system during the Kamakaru Shogunate from 1100 to 1868 and Europe’s feudal system during the middle ages from the 800’s to the 1600’s were similar regarding warriors and weapons‚ considering that they were based on similar codes of conduct and weaponry‚ were similar in their socio-political division that had a similar hereditary hierarchy‚ but the treatment of women differed in that women were allowed to serve in Japanese warrior class but not in the European’s. European knights
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