Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa is one of the most iconic works in the history of Japanese art. Presumably created in Japan around 1829-1832‚ the woodblock print was part of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series which featured ravishing sceneries of Mount Fuji. Being the first print in the series‚ The Great Wave off Kanagawa was a phenomenal success. Hence‚ Hokusai added ten more designs into the collection. Before the emergence of Japanese printmakers such as Katsushika Hokusai
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The official arrival of Portuguese was recorded in 1543‚ the lead missionary Fr. Jerome de Angelis arrived in Japan for his Far East expeditions where he and his evangelist delegation prepared for their maiden Christian excursion in 1602 (Reischauer 215). Furthermore‚ Reischauer indicates that this was the beginning of the Christian spread into the ancient Japan expanding the religions to three main philosophies‚ Buddhism‚ Confucianism‚ and now the Christianity. However‚ towards the end of Toyotomi
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Early in the 19th century‚ people in the west tried convincing the Japanese to open their ports. Countries tried to import supplies to Japan‚ but Japan refused. Then in 1853‚ Commodore Perry brought four ships into Tokyo Harbor‚ Japan was astounded by these ships. There was a letter along with the ships‚ the letter asked that the shogun allowed free trade between the United States and Japan. There was a threat along with the note‚ the threat was that come back in a year with a larger fleet to receive
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Directions: Define the following terms for chapter one. Describe who or what it is and explain the significance or importance. Prester John Trading post Empire Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan Spanish Philippines British AND Dutch East India Companies Tokugawa Shogunate (and Shogun‚ daimyo and samurai AND relations with the world) Silver drain Potosí‚ Bolivia Little Ice Age and “soft gold” Atlantic slave trade and the African diaspora Kingdoms of Dahomey and Benin Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Questions 1.
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silver bullion in this period. During the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century‚ Silver had been equivalent to modern day legal tender. Just like today‚ some countries had much more of it than others. Spanish colonial America and Tokugawa Japan led the world in silver production from 1500 to 1750. While on the other hand in the early 1570’s‚ the Ming Chinese government required that all domestic taxes and trade fees be paid in silver due to their scarcity of it. In Document 3 Wang
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Manchu used the traditional Chinese bureaucracy to help rule (Upshur 549). For the most part they maintained a system of checks and balances in their government. As the Kamakura shogunate declined a series of civil wars followed paving the way for the Tokugawa shogunate. Unlike the Manchu they used a feudal government system‚ incorporating emperors. A point of difference from the two is their ruler’s origins. The Manchu owed their success to Nurhachi and his son Abahai who were of nomadic descent (549)
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decline of the Ottoman Empire. How did the Ottoman Empire handle the growing European aggression‚ and the advancements in European naval strength during this time? Remember our discussion question. 4. Identify and discuss 2 reasons why the Tokugawa Shogunate fell into decline and crisis. 5. The growth of the early Qing Empire was fueled by the desire to create an economic and demographic recovery in China. Identify 3 things the Qing government did to stimulate the
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Hist 120 Poshek Fu Take Home Final May 6‚ 2013 In the 1980s‚ the world talked was amazed by the rapid economic recovery of Asia as Hong Kong and Japan‚ war ravaged backwaters merely 35 years prior‚ were suddenly out competing their western contemporaries. China‚ South Korea‚ and Japan experienced incredible economic growth near the end of the 20th century. So well prepared to tackle the 21st are these countries that some have gotten excited enough to call our century‚ the Asian century
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the Spaniards that he had killed one of their men and because of it‚ he went with the Dominican fathers to Okinawa‚ Japan on June 10‚ 1636. He aided the Dominican fathers and Sr. Domingo Gonzalez. Unluckily‚ during the time he went to Japan‚ the Tokugawa shogunate was already persecuting Christians so they were captured and imprisoned for 2 years. They were transferred to Nagasaki on July 10‚ 1636. They were tortured incredibly by submerging them upside down in water until they were nearly dying
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Nara Period | Japan | | | Heian Period | Japan | | Set up the Kimajura shogunate. | Minamoto Period | Japan | | A form of government that ruled with one local power | Feudalism | Japan | | He wanted a orderly and uniformed society. | Tokugawa | Japan | |
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