The geishas of Japan have a very distinctive yet unique feature that draws forth the attention of many people from all over the world‚ especially in the world of art. Even though they are humans‚ they are considered as a very prized form of art. The definition of geisha is an artistic person (Rowthorn 2011). They are considered as a masterpiece due to their gorgeous features that includes a variety of hairstyles‚ each with their own meaning and use and the feature that jumps out most is their makeup
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what I believe the Japanese warrior tradition‚ bushido‚ terms as the dilemma between “giri” and “ninjo”‚ or loosely translated‚ duty and compassion. Let us first begin by describing examples of these ethical dilemmas. Let us say that you are a samurai‚ a Japanese warrior‚ sworn to give your life for your liege lord‚ and whose commands you are sworn to obey. Thus‚ when your liege lord orders you to kill someone who has transgressed on his territory and‚ for example‚ injured one of his retainers
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swords. Because of this‚ mass production of swords decreased the quality of swords in Europe. The quantity of swords in Japan was much less than in Europe due to the class restrictions on who could bear arms; only the elite classes including the samurai were permitted to bear arms. There was a greater deal of state control in Japan in the 15 th century than in Europe. This control led people to have much more distinct places in society in
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have utterly no confidence. I hope you will try to avoid war with America". Isoroku Yamamoto was born in Nagaoka‚ Niigata‚ Japan. His father was Sadayoshi Takano‚ an intermediate samurai of the Nagaoka Domain. In 1916‚ Isoroku was adopted into the Yamamoto family (another family of former Nagaoka samurai) and took the Yamamoto name. It was a common practice for Japanese families lacking sons to adopt suitable young men to carry on the family name. In 1918‚ Isoroku married a woman named Reiko
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attempt to remake Japanese monarch into absolute Chinese-style emperor & create pro bureaucracy & peasant army Bushi – regional warrior leaders; rule small kingdoms‚ administer laws‚ supervise public works‚ collect revenues‚ build private armies Samurai – mounted troops of bushi; loyal to local lords‚ not the emperor Seppuku – ritual suicide/disembowelment in Japan; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor Shogun – military leaders of the bakufu Daimyo – warlord leaders of 300 small
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Tokugawa Japan’s history began in the 17th century when Tokugawa Ieyasu forged documents in order to validate his claim on the title shogun and ended those who opposed his position. It is during the Tokugawa regime that foreign influences changed and evolved the political‚ social‚ and‚ to an extent‚ economic lives of the people. From the westerners‚ Christianity entered and the religion shaped the policies and social issues‚ also foreign trade affected the natural resources of Japan. On the other
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Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy‚ hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation‚ ritual status in a hierarchy‚ and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution.[1][2] Its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of India’s Hindu society into rigid social groups‚ with roots in India’s ancient history and persisting until today. However‚ the economic significance of the caste system
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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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when Clementine Paddleford of the New York Herald Tribune gave it a rave review. The Beatles and Muhammad Ali were among the celebrities who then descended on the four-table restaurant.[6] Within a year Aoki opened a bigger restaurant that featured Samurai armour‚ heavy wooden ceiling beams and sliding Shoji screens to provide some privacy. In 1968 it opened its first restaurant outside of New York City in Chicago. Aoki brought in consultant Hardwicke Companies (its founder Charles H. Stein was the
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East Asian martial arts Disarming an attacker using a tachi-dori ("sword-taking") technique. The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of the samurai and the caste system that restricted the use of weapons by members of the non-warrior classes. Originally‚ samurai were expected to be proficient in many weapons‚ as well as unarmed combat‚ and attain the highest possible mastery of combat skills‚ for the purpose of glorifying either themselves or their
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