Story is a samurai ’s autobiography that portrays the Tokugawa society as it was lived during Katsu Kokichi ’s life (1802 - 1850). Katsu Kokichi (or Musui) was a man born into a family with hereditary privilege of audience with the shogun‚ yet he lived a life unworthy of a samurai ’s way‚ running protection racket‚ cheating‚ stealing‚ and lying. Before we discuss how Musui ’s lifestyle was against the codes that regulated the behavior of the samurai‚ it is essential that the role of the samurai in Japanese
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as the bushido. An example of applying this system to their lives is in the manner of how they conform to their classes. Each person received and exalted title or rank. A samurai warrior‚ for instance‚ could not surpass the law by marrying "a [mere] peasant girl" without the permission of his daimyo. In contrast‚ the samurai would ask the parents for her hand in marriage and they would respond with gratitude. The warrior is "a person of too a degree for [them] to consider refusing the honor of
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protagonist: Japanese life. While these three pieces can in no way come close to defining or summing up what Japanese life is‚ they can be symbolic towards small pieces of japans history and culture. From an instrument of decoration to destruction‚ the samurai sword will forever hold a piece of Japanese culture. The sword in particular I have chosen to highlight is called the Honjo Masamune. You may think it odd for a sword to have a name‚ however I shall explain why they do. With the dropping of the Atomic
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The Meiji Restoration brought enormous changes in Japan’s structure. It eliminated the Tokugawa Shogunate‚ which allowed the emperor to regain full power‚ and transformed Japan from a feudal system to a modern state. The new era established the Meiji Constitution‚ which created a new structure for the government and laws‚ reformed the military and education system‚ experienced westernization and was the catalyst towards industrialization. However‚ it cannot be completely considered as a revolution
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This story is about a murdered samurai‚ named Takehiko. He was known to be a samurai in the town of Kokufo in the province of Wakasa. There are three different versions of who really killed that samurai and four inconsistent testimonies in front of a high police commissioner. The only certain that happened in the story is that Masago was raped by Tajomaru. Then afterwards‚ many discrepancies occurred next in the story that whoever killed the samurai; Tajomaru‚ Masago or himself. This story has many
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named Tokyo. The Japanese social classes‚ which had been in place long before Ieyasu‚ were made even more strict and nearly impossible to move up or down a social class. The top social class was the Samurai and the Daimyos‚ who were the regional lords of specific areas of Japan. Only the Samurai and the Daimyos had special privileges‚ such as carrying a sword or wearing hair in a topknot. The second highest social class was the farmers because they kept Japanese society alive by producing all
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fallen by their most convictive sword‚ samurai. Fundamentally‚ due to the police of seclusion and the unbalanced power between emperor and makufu government‚ Aristocratic
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more than 1‚000 years ago‚ so it is still underlying thought of Japanese. Hara-kiri performed especially by the warrior called samurai as indicated above. The samurai were the members of the military class‚ the Japanese warriors. Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows‚ spears and guns‚ but their most famous weapon and their symbol was the sword. Samurai were supposed to lead their lives according to the ethic code of bushido ("the way of the warrior"). Strongly Confucian in nature
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Samurai Tale’s Secret Messages Samurai’s Tale will surely bring excitement‚ despair‚ and sadness to you with it’s captivating story of an journey of a boy through Japan’s historic culture. The Samurai Tale is an amazing piece of historical fiction of medieval Japan by Erik Christian Haugaard. Taro is a young boy set out to regain his honor and dignity when his family is wiped out and Taro is taken away as a servant boy. He loses everything even his own family name. But Taro works hard on his
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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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