Before Perry: A Short History‚ Totman presents to the reader the emergence of bushi as the ruling class during the Kamakura period. With the decline of the Taira family‚ Minamoto Yoritomo succeed to establish the bushi regime. Although bushi embraced samurai principles of honoring a master and remaining loyal under any given -even deadly- circumstance‚ a greater motive might have motivated men to become bushi. Japan was facing difficult times in which there was a claim for social change amongst the non-aristocratic
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different in many ways. One way that feudalism in Japan and Europe were alike was that the soldiers/warriors in both cultures had a code of honor that they followed. The samurai’s (Japanese warriors) code of honour was called bushido. In bushido a true samurai would be “loyal‚ courageous‚ veracious (truthful)‚ compassionate‚ and honorable”. In the Code of Chivalry knights were expected to be “brave‚ courteous‚ honourable‚ and gallant to women”. Both are alike in that the soldiers believe in being brave
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1 The Tale of Genji and the Tale of the Heike are stories illustrating the Heian period of Japan. The Tale of Genji is a fictional work completed in the early eleventh century C.E. that takes place at the height of the court aristocracy‚ while the Tale of the Heike is a dramatic telling of the true events that led to the end of the era and the dominance of the warrior class. They show very different aspects of the time period‚ and while they both provide powerful sentiments‚ the Tale of Genji
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And so upon taking control‚ Hideyoshi decreed that all peasants be disarmed completely. He set the basis for the Confucian social order instituted by Tokugawa Ieyasu. This forbade any non-samurai to carry weapons. The weapons were used to help create a large Buddha image at Nara‚ still there today. This‚ in turn‚ provided a double pacification of the state. The image of Buddha supposedly calmed and protected the people‚ while the prohibition
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Initially the government was run by a few leading daimyos. Ito‚ who was a young samurai reformist leader visited Germany and was impressed by the aspects of its form of government‚ as it was aimed at unification and was seen as a good model. So‚ in 1889 a constitution was made in which it was based on the Prussian model‚ which allowed
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number of regional lords‚ the daimyo‚ each of whom employed a contingent of samurai warriors. All of these military elites were expected to follow the code of bushido - the "way of the warrior." Among the demands of bushido were loyalty to one’s master‚ and fearlessness in the face of death. The story known as "Chushingura" is based on a real historical incident that took place in 1701‚ in which forty-seven loyal samurai revenged the death of their lord. The story has become famous in Japan through
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Bushido: The Way of the Warrior Bushido is known as the code of the samurai‚ but it is much more than that. Bushido is a way of life. Bushido is an ancient code of conduct for the samurai of feudal Japan. Bushido is one of the few things that has not changed threw the years. Bushido first appears in 712AD in one of the oldest books of Japan. Bushido has been compared by many to the English Knights’ Chivalry. Even though they have some of the same principles‚ they have little in common. Bushido
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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 as “Samurai” in Japan and “Knights” in Europe repectively. In both Japan and Europe‚ the warriors were bound by a ‘Code’ such bushido or ‘the way of the warrior’ for Japan and chivalry for knights. Both Samurai and Knights used swords‚ wore Armor
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Throughout the twelfth and sixteenth centuries‚ Japan was being ruled by Shogunates‚ which were established and decentralized military governments. It was during this time that Japan was finally brought to peace from the internal warfare from within the country due to the efforts of three leaders. One of those leaders was a merciless man when it came to warfare named Oda Nobunga. During his reign he wiped out most of the Ashikaga shoguns and daimyos while also slaughtering Buddhist monks at the Mount
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detrimental effects on the rest of the nation because it will affect their education and other priorities. A prime example of this instance occurring during Fukuzawa’s time is the use of Geisha by the peasants‚ which incited jealousy from the samurai. The samurai then broke their rules of their clan‚ joined in the waste of money and added to the degeneration of the nation. The lack of freedom will restrict the people and too much freedom will lead them to act without restraint. This then relates to
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