Massachusetts‚ said "It’s a country that tries to modernize itself in a hurry‚" "It wants to get rid of a non-productive class of samurai to replace it with an effective fighting force. It wants to stand up as an independent nation and not be pushed around by Britain or the United States."(3) The movie rebellion is led by a samurai named Katsumoto‚ who is based on the real-life samurai Saigo Takamuri. Known for his tireless conservatism‚ Saigo supported the Emperor in the Meiji restoration‚ but then led an
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technologies. Saigo Takamori is deemed the last of the samurai class. His status is uplifted as a die hard warrior and hero among his people. He is renowned both in Japanese and Western cultures but especially in the south his homeland of Kagoshima the area in which he and his band of warriors made their historical last charge. The last battle is portrayed uniquely across both cultures. Takamori’s upbringing was that of the lower class samurai under the Shimazu Nariakira daimyo of Satsuma. The former
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Ronin Story Paper (#1) The 47 Ronin Story takes place in 1701‚ approximately 100 years after the Tokugawa Shogunate was formed. The story displays much of the changes going on in Japanese society and culture. From the declining importance of the Samurai‚ to the rising influence of the merchant class‚ and finally to the inevitable changing of values that are all exacerbated by the long peace imposed by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The changing of values were not just commonplace among the classes‚ it also
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both been affected by agriculture‚ social classes‚ and lack of power from the king/emperor. However‚ there had been major differences such as the role of women‚ and the different beliefs for a warrior between Chivalry (knights) and the Bushido code (samurais). Japan and Europe during the middle ages had both been affected by agriculture‚ social classes‚ and lack of power from the king/emperor. For example‚ in each place‚ peasants provided food for the manor/village in exchange for protection from invaders
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The Meiji Restoration or the “enlightened rule”‚ led by Mutsuhito‚ was Japan’s big shot at industrializing. Mutsuhito decided that the best way to modernize was to send diplomats around the world to find things they could implement into their own country. Japan’s military was inspired from the strong Germans and also Britain’s navy fleet. They borrowed the US’s public education system too. Soon with the railroads and increased production of resources‚ Japan became a force to be reckoned with. Japan
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that there is no more rubbish and that the man has been lying to him. Casey turns around and runs away from the man who is following him. Casey’s attempt to reach the safety of the garden from which he came fails. He has passed a point of no return in his process of growing up. He is no longer allowed into the garden of safety and childhood. When the man catches Casey he turns into a bull. “The man was engorged‚ muscles ripping his clothes and meat spewing out of the torn seams. Two great horns
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While a handful of samurai profited from transferring into a managerial class for their daimyo‚ the rest suffered and fell into debt. Others were released from their daimyo or lord and became ronin or ‘masterless samurai’. Occasionally the ronin would revolt or even plot against their local authorities. In one story told‚ known as ‘The Forty-Seven Ronin”‚ they were forced
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them to bring down Pearl Harbor. But more importantly than that‚ (and what could possibly be the stem of their military success) were the beliefs and codes they applied to war. One of these codes was the Bushido‚ developed by the ancient Japanese samurai. The word Bushido literally means Military-Knights-Ways‚ the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily life as well as in their vocation (I. Nitobe). The lines “observed in their daily life as well in their vocation” cannot be overemphasized
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the Meiji Restoration Japanese society was dramatically changed. Before the restoration society was a rigid‚ unmoving hierarchy. Whereas‚ after the Meiji restoration‚ the Samurai class was eliminated‚ with their privileges removed. Peasants were also allowed and encouraged to join the army‚ a privilege once only given to the Samurai. For the duration of Tokugawa Japan seafood‚ rice and vegetables were all stables in the Japanese diet. However‚ after the restoration eating beef was encouraged so as to
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Literary Response Essay Do tragedies cause people to face reality? In Nick Lake’s Blood Ninja‚ Taro‚ a teenage boy from a fishing village in Japan‚ dreamed of becoming a samurai. This dream was crushed after he witnessed his father being murdered and Taro was turned into a vampire to save his life. Nick Lake uses Taro to show the theme of how tragedies can force a person into facing reality. In order to be saved‚ Taro was turned into a vampire by Shusaku‚ a ninja‚ or kyuuketsuki‚ paid to rescue
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