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    How would Japan be different if Women had been given more rights in Shogun Japan? If Japan had given women more rights‚ starting right back in the Shogun Japan times‚ women would be more ahead now. Samurai women would have been able to help defend their land‚ children and Japan in itself and women would not be treated like they are. If women had more rights than what they do in Japan‚ then maybe men would have to complete more household jobs than what they do‚ For instance‚ Women wouldn’t be expected

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    achieved dominance over the entire country by balancing the power of “potentially hostile domains with strategically placed allies and collateral houses” (McClain 1944 pg. 31). It was an era of oppressive rule where the hierarchical division between samurai‚ peasant‚ artisan‚ and merchant were strictly maintained. As a further strategy of control‚ Ieyasu’s successor required the daimyo to maintain households in the Tokugawa administrative capital of Edo and reside there for several months every other

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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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    Making a Samurai Western: Japan and the White Samurai Fantasy in the Last Samurai American pop culture such as Hollywood cinema has incorporated many Japanese samurai mythology and ideology for the entertainment of North Americans. Hollywood’s representation of Japan in contemporary cinema and television embodies “contradictions within the American popular discourse of Japan that draws on the historical relations between two countries as friend and enemy‚ as well as partner and competitor” (Shin

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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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    (otherwise known as samurai women) provided for the defense of their homes and children. Their wartime roles included washing and preparing the decapitated bloody heads of the enemy‚ which were presented to the victorious generals. Like their samurai husbands‚ personal honor was paramount for samurai women. They carried small daggers and were always prepared to die to maintain their honor and family name. After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan‚ the role of women changed. Their samurai husbands‚ no longer

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    Michael Kim Ms. Jones World Since 1500 23/1/18 Why The Meiji Restoration Prevented Japan’s Colonization Prior to the arrival of Commodore Perry‚ Japan enjoyed peace and stability for 200 years under the Tokugawa Shogunate. However‚ Japanese society remained isolated and failed to integrate modern innovations from the industrial revolution‚ resulting in her being left behind in the feudal times. The Japanese proponents for progress began to show their dissatisfaction for the Tokugawa Shogunate

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    trading with Japan‚ many hungry European countries‚ including England‚ France‚ Spain and Dutch‚ came asking for ports to open up. The decisions for these treaties were made by the Shogun‚ the military dictator of Japan’s iconic warrior class‚ the samurais. The Shogun found no problem with having to trade with foreigners‚ and without dawdles‚ welcomed them in. However‚ it wasn’t long till the Shomse European countries (Kick the French out‚ they’re pirates) (Don’t trust England‚ they’re liars) pouring

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    see Matsu showing characteristics of a Samurai. One of the first characteristics we see in Matsu is his loyalty to Stephen’s family. Matsu’s parents had served Stephen’s grandfather in that house before him‚ and even after his parents had passed away‚ instead of moving away like his sister Fumiko did‚ he stayed and took care of the house and Stephen’s grandfather. In a sense‚ Matsu is the bodyguard and watcher of the house and family‚ just like how a samurai is to his lord. Throughout the story

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    their upper-class contemporaries‚ the samurai‚ in early feudal Japan. D. Most sources indicate that the skills that became ninjitsu‚ the ninja’s art of stealth‚ began to develop‚ somewhere from 600-900 A.D. II. The First Known Ninja Store A. The blend of Chinese and native tactics that would become ninjitsu developed as a counter-culture‚ without rules. B. When this was first established by Daisuke Togakure and Kain Doshi‚ Daisuke had been a samurai‚ but he was on the losing side in

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