forced recantations. 6. One of the three reasons to the instability of the Tokugawa Shotgunate was the growing power of the merchant class. Another one of the reasons for the instability of the Tokugawa Shotgunate was its decentralized government system which limited its ability to regulate merchant activities and actually stimulated the growth of commercial activities. The third reason for the instability of the Tokugawa Shotgunate was the belief of Confucian idea that agriculture should be the
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strict Heian/Kamakura epochs to the more socially open late Tokugawa period. Throughout the work‚ Katsu illustrates his various dealings and communications with peasants‚ merchants‚ artisans and fellow samurai. While in theory a social hierarchy still presided‚ Musui’s Story dismisses the notion that social groups remained isolated from each other‚ as in previous Japanese eras‚ and instead reveals that people of Japan in the late-Tokugawa-era mingled with one another during their lives‚ regardless
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The main features of the samurai in the period from 1600 to 1868 are samurai stop fighting and Confucianism become popular and really influential in Japan. 1600 to 1868 is the Tokugawa period. In this period‚ Tokugawa brought an end to the warfare. Therefore‚ one characteristic from 1600 to 1868 was about samurai stop fighting. Specifically‚ samurai no longer needed to fight wars or were worried about how to earn a life. They transferred from warriors into civil administrators‚ and samurai could
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America‚ and later with Russia‚ Netherland and France in 1854. Because of this event‚ many people started to doubt Tokugawa Shogunate’s superior power‚ and as a result‚ prefects such as Choushuu and Satsuma rose in rebellion against Tokugawa Shogunnate and made the last Tokugawa Shogun‚ Yoshinobu Tokugawa return the political power to the Imperial court in 1867. Like this‚ Tokugawa Shogunate which went for 260 years ended‚ and new era of ‘Meiji’ started under the Imperial
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Musui’Story is a samurai’s autobiography that describes the Tokugawa society. Katsu was born as the third son of Otani family‚ and was given away to a family with hereditary privilege. Unlike Hagakure: The book of the Samurai‚ and other Samurai books written functionally. Musui’Story taught all Samurai after him a lesson by telling his unworthy and complicated life of a samurai’s way‚ running‚ cheating‚ lying‚ challenges and triumphs. This essay would analyze Katsu an a subject to demonstrate the
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Sawako Ariyoshi How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? During our interactive oral on Sawako Ariyoshi’s The Doctor’s Wife which depicts the Japanese society in the Tokugawa period in the 18th century‚ we explored some Japanese cultures such as the social duties of women‚ female self-sacrifice for male success and expectations of the eldest son. When I first read the The Doctor’s Wife‚ not only did I not comprehend
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separation from Western‚ primarily white countries‚ Japan was able to formulate its own values and ideals centered on filial piety‚ the development of a hierarchical class system‚ and strict roles for men and women in its early eras. Throughout the Tokugawa era‚ and due to its rice-based economy‚ Japan enjoyed relative stability‚ though
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of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political philosophy. Leaders of the Tokugawa Shōgunate established Neo-Confucianism‚ based on the teachings of Chu Hsi (1130-1200)
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Japan’s Opening Japanese government Tokugawa shogunate stickled to Japanese government Tokugawa shogunate adhered to closed Japan policy‚ which meant that Japan refused to accept foreign civilization. However‚ Japan’s closed situation was changed when Perry first visited Japan in 1853. Perry brought many benefits and some confusion to Japan. Japan had interest in the western countries; the reason might come from China "opening" in the early of nineteen century. On the other side‚ western countries
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In the middle of the 19th century‚ feudal Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate began to crumble due to multiple factors including unrest from the peasant class of society (Samurai and Bushido). What finally broke down feudal Japan was the entry of western civilizations and forces into Japan. The U.S. navy‚ led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry went to Japan as an attempt to get the Tokugawa to open their doors and have relations with the western world (Samurai and Bushido). In 1858‚ Japan opened itself
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