Sociology Presentation #2 Article Business Week Magazine: A Samurai Reformer Inspires a Nation Adrift Born the son of a Samurai in 1835‚ Ryoma Sakamoto would rise to defeat the shogun empire who had kept the empire of Japan hidden from the world for 200 years until mid-1850’s. Little did Sakamoto know that he would be the face and voice to shape Japan to this day. Ryoma Sakamoto would go on to write his famous eight point plan for Imperial Restoration and Governance‚ which outlined plans
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the Japanese army is unprepared even though that had a huge advantage over the samurai as far as technology goes. The samurai used bow and arrows‚ swords‚ spears‚ and rode on horseback. They wore traditional dress such as large metal armor and ornate headpieces. The Japanese army wore modern outfits and fired their arms in synchronized lines. The samurai reigned victorious. It was considered an honor among the samurai to die in battle while fighting for what they believed in. They practiced a form
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as a knight is better than experiencing life as a samurai for the reason that the rules that knights had to follow were less strict than the rules that samurai had to follow. The samurai bushido code stated that a samurai had to live by honour. If a samurai was to lose his honour he would have to commit suicide. Samurai could lose their honour by failing to protect their daimyo‚ losing one of their swords‚ or losing in battle. This meant that samurai had to be on guard at all times‚ and had to protect
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In the medieval times‚ when the shoguns ruled Japan. There were samurai or japanese warriors. These samurai were people who worked for the damio‚ or japanese warlords. The daimyo were powerful landowners who would hire samurai to protect their land and belongings. The samurai lived under a strict set of rules‚ this was called the bushido code. The bushido code was used by samurai warriors and was the ultimate guide on how you should live your life‚ from fighting skills to self honour and also to
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emperors found it very difficult to control all of the country‚ so they introduced the samurai which is a warrior in Japan which means a man who serves nobble. At first the samurai men were only born into being a samurai and they were called the Daimyo. This changed as the daimyo gathered vassals who were not related to them by blood and then these were known as the samurai. During the Shogunate period the samurai where under the warrior code of bushido. Under this this they were required to learn
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Story‚ convey a shift from the hierarchically strict Heian/Kamakura epochs to the more socially open late Tokugawa period. Throughout the work‚ Katsu illustrates his various dealings and communications with peasants‚ merchants‚ artisans and fellow samurai. While in theory a social hierarchy still presided‚ Musui’s Story dismisses the notion that social groups remained isolated from each other‚ as in previous Japanese eras‚ and instead reveals that people of Japan in the late-Tokugawa-era mingled with
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shows what life was like during Japan’s time of change. When taking Musui’s Story in context‚ one can see not only the change and decay of the samurai way of life but also the change that all of Japan saw during this era. In order to understand Musui’s Story‚ one must first understand Japan’s history up the point where the book was written and who the samurai were in Japanese society. The time period that Musui’s Story is written is commonly called the Tokugawa period or the Edo period which began
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Japanese warriors. Throughout Samurai’s Garden‚ Matsu shows characteristics of a true samurai. One of the characteristics present in Matsu is his strength internally. This strength is best shown during Kenzo’s burial. At the burial of his best friend Matsu "was silent throughout the entire procession‚ simply bowing his head to those who showed their sympathy at the loss of his good friend" (109). Much like a samurai‚ Matsu’s internal strength allows him to remain calm and prevent emotional pain caused
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The Mysteries of the Ninja Nature of the Ninja Ninjas are mysterious. They appear in movies‚ videogames and comic books as superhuman killing machines. They are also portrayed as having the aid of magic‚ mind control‚ invisibility‚ and super strength and agility. In these portrayals‚ ninjas frequently fight other ninjas‚ they can disappear without a trace‚ and leap tall buildings in a single bound. These perceptions about ninjas‚ their origins‚ and art are completely fictitious. This is
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Kelsey Noah Period 6 Senior Seminar Absolute Truth in Rashomon In the film‚ Rashomon by Kurosawa‚ a samurai’s murder is told in different ways by the bandit Tajomaru‚ the samurai’s wife‚ the samurai speaking through a medium‚ and a woodcutter‚ who each witnessed the murder and‚ apart from the woodcutter‚ claim to be the killer. These circumstances in the film bring up the question of whether truth is absolute or if it is subjective. Roger Ebert holds the belief that truth is subjective and
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