t Tomcat Content: A description of a rebellious tomcat that “cuts across the zones” ‚ follows “other routes‚ his own” is “scruffy” and has “ash-black coat”. The cat defies the rules of society as the ‘social norm’ expects all cats to be doctored and the tomcat is not. Form: The poem has 5 six lined stanzas. The first stanza describes the cat’s rebellious nature as he is not confined. He “cuts across the zones” and follows” other routes‚ his own”. The tomcat is free and does not seem to care
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Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo was given the position of Prime Minister of Japan on October 14th‚ 1941‚ which really became the entrance of Japan and America into World War II because of Hideki’s war background that would lead him to make a decision that forever will be in the history books. Hideki was under the impression that a war with America was impossible to be avoided‚ so he prepared Japan to hit America with a HUGE knock-out punch. This was a very strategic move on Hideki’s part that would eliminate
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Family Supper The Japanese fighter pilots in WWII committed suicide attacks on allied forces aka kamikaze; it was considered an honorable service to the Empire of Japan. Death instead of defeat and shame is the primary tradition in the Japanese samurai culture. They lived with the bushido code: “Loyalty and Honor before death”. The short story in discussion is “A Family Supper” written by Kazuo Ishigoru. This story tells us about an evening when the son-the protagonist and the narrator of this story
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Shichi-go-san (Japanese culture) Maybe you’ve already heard of it‚ but let me introduce this interesting and adorable celebration to you. November 15 is Shichi-go-san‚ a day of prayer for the healthy growth of young children. Shichi-go-san literally means seven‚ five‚ three; in most regions around the country‚ boys and girls aged three‚ boys aged five‚ and girls aged seven visit a Shinto shrine with their parents. At the Shinto shrine‚ there‚ they pray to Ujigami (氏神)‚ the Shinto guardian god
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were many similarities between Japan and Europe. First off‚ both Europe and Japan‚ had people who fought in their armies. Next‚ the Europeans and Japanese both had warriors that are armed with weapons and armour. In Japan‚ those warriors were called samurai‚ and in Europe‚ they were called knights. Another similarity that Japan and Europe shared were that the majority of both Japan and Europe believed in some kind of deity. Another similarity that the two shared were that their warriors followed a similar
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China and Japan From 1500 to 1800‚ China and Japan tried to politically and economically established their countries in very different ways. Japan fought war after war for a century before they changed their ways. China on the other hand slowly established a government and used education as a tool to be politically and economically strong. Japan would later do the same. China was one of the most politically and economically strong countries during 1500 1800. The state was identified as
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• The Sengoku period (1467 - 1573) started with and continued after the Onin War. The Sengoku period is described to be what historians call a century and a half of civil war in japan which started in the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. The sengoku period started during the 14th century when chaos spread throughout japan‚ this was because the power of the Ashikaga shogunate had almost declined completely and the shugo (governors chosen by the Shogun to supervise one or more of the provinces
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Christianity began to make its presence known in Japan towards the end of the Muromachi era. It was the Portuguese who first led the European maritime explorations during the fifteenth century down the Cape of Good Hope and touched India in 1498. Fifteen years later‚ they reached China‚ where they created a permanent trading station in Macao in 1559 (Varley 143). Portuguese traders first set foot on Japanese soil around 1543; they landed on the small island of Tanegashima off of the coast of Kyushu
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judgment between cultures is a necessity. The main example that she uses to justify her case is that without moral judgment‚ we would not be able to express disapproval of the ancient Samurai custom where they evaluate the effectiveness of a new sword by slicing an innocent passerby into halves with a single stroke. Samurais would justify this action by saying that passerby’s give consent to be sliced. She claims that people who don’t believe in morally judging others are considered moral isolationists
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Gender Construction of The Roles of Women in Japanese Society from 1800 to 1930 Mohammed Rizvi History Seminar: Gender and Culture in Modern Japan Dr. Donald Roden December 12‚ 2012 Introduction Since the 1800’s‚ Japan shows an enriching history that displays its growth in government and gender ideologies. In 1868‚ the Meiji era shifted Japan from feudalism in the Tokugawa era to a more modern state. Also‚ the Taisho era in 1912 continued Japan’s journey to modernity by adopting more
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