The Modern and Contemporary‚ Samurai‚ and Religion and Ritual have the largest individual sections. Sections 1-5 showcase the traditions and rituals that are meaningful and prominent in Japan. Sections 6 and 7 show the traditional dress the Japanese would wear and the accessories that went along with the dress. Sections 9-12 show the different arts and crafts/design the Japanese created. Section 13 and 8 have their own area/corner of the room. Section 13 is the Samurai/War area and Section 8 displays
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Introduction An important key event for the Dutch East Indies during this time‚ were the spice Islands/trade. Merchants from the Middle East and China had decided to come to the Dutch East Indies‚ trading many items such as silk‚ perfume‚ opium and incense. Spices were extremely valuable during that time‚ like gold is today; spices were as precious as that. But not all was good‚ in 1580 the trade was interrupted due to the Spanish closing the port of Lisbon to the Dutch-making it impossible for
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understand ourselves Introduction: There are many concept of belonging that composers often explore through the idea of understanding one’s individual sense of belonging.This is exploited in the novel; Rainbow’s end by Jane Harrison‚ Film; The Last Samurai by Edward Zwick and the Dictator speech by Charlie Chaplin. These three texts I will be exploring today strongly portrays the experiences an individual must accept for them to enable a sense of belonging accompanied by a set of disconnection that
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European and Japanese Feudalism The Europeans and the Japanese have many aspects of feudalism in common‚ but also many that differ. Their feudalisms are more differences than similarities. The differences include their cultural and political aspects. They have similarities in the social aspects. The first way they differ culturally is their views on death. The Japanese saw death as acceptable and right‚ while the Europeans saw it as wrong and were more concerned on survival. The Japanese would
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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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vigorous leaders took control of the government of Japan forcing a dramatic reconstruction of the nations polices‚ administration‚ class structure‚ economy‚ technology and culture. These leaders tended to be young samurai warriors in the han (feudal estates) of Choshu and Satsuma. The samurai were able to employ some of the technological information introduced by the Dutch from their station in Nagasaki harbor (the shogunate had established an office for translating Dutch material in 1811) and by 1840
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disarm with slap -off or follow-up using their stick to strike the arm Do #2 basic disarm Do basic #3 disarm using the circle and pass to strike their arm‚ then to the head Do fast #4 disarm to bait with check hand‚ then either thrust head or samurai takedown Do basic with a strike to LI10 then GB20 Do basic (the way I do it) use the strike with their stick‚ then to an arm bar Do basic with stick scissors move (with advanced grip to locking takedown) Use palis-palis to a stick snake disarm
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He uses this to bring up a special species of crab; the Heike‚ that are said to be the ghostly remnants of the aforementioned drowned samurai. The crabs have "curious markings on their backs‚ and patterns and indentations that disturbingly resemble the face of a samurai. (Sagan 21)". This crab species is the perfect example of natural/artificial selection‚ Carl Sagan’s next
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Vitor Salles Professor Vazquez ENC 1102 31 July‚ 2014 Loyalty Obssesion The obsession of Yukio Mishima about the Japanese tradition is undeniable. In “Patriotism”‚ and throughout his life‚ the author criticized the loss of the Japanese identity and Americanization and Westernization of Japan‚ he also condemns the progress away from the roots and traditional values; to Mishima‚ the culture and tradition and its millennial deeper meaning faded away when replaced by Western ideals. This short story
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pointed out‚ the story of Yojimbo is so simple it ’s a wonder nobody thought of it before. A quick summary of “Yojimbo”‚ The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Kuwabatake Sanjuro (30-something year-old Mulberry Field). Sanjuro‚ a wandering ronin (masterless samurai)‚ strolls into what seems to be a deserted town. Sanjuro‚ seeking to both rid the town of the gangs and earn a profit at the same time‚ offers up his services as a yojimbo (bodyguard). Moreover‚ Kurosawa had successfully turned what seems like an
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