Meiji japan The meiji restoration was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to japan in 1868. The restoration and the end of the tokugawa shogun restored imperial rule over japan and brought about huge changes in japans political and social structure. The end of the tokugaua shogunate led to the country being reopened. This ment japan was open to the outside world and was quick to modernise. The new government led by emperor meiji and lower rank samari. The modernisation of japan led
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commercial and industrial opportunities while Western Europe was accelerating economic growth. The reason‚ for instance‚ in China‚ was the unchallenged absolute rule of the emperors that did not allow any other institutional path to development unlike the Tokugawa rule in Japan who had only weak control over the influential feudal domains‚ and thus remained vulnerable to change. Nevertheless‚ one should note that in today’s China‚ though absolute monarchy is no more the case‚ the country is known for its
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Bibliography: Allen L. Japan: The years of Triumph‚ American Heritage Press‚ London‚ 1971 Fewster S Gordon A. A Modern History of Japan from Tokugawa Times to the Present. Oxford University Press‚ New York‚ 2003 Gordon B Greenwood G‚ Australia and Japan‚ 1961-6‚ Melbourne: Australian Institute of International Affairs‚ Melbourne‚ 1964 Reischauer E Scott Morton W. Japan its history and Culture
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The global flow of silver from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century affected all areas involved in the trade‚ both socially and economically. It influenced the world economy and changed the customary life in Ming China. The global trade of silver shaped the economies in all regions involved. (Docs. 2‚ 4‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8) Although the author of Doc. 2 believed that the flow of silver currency out of Spain ruined their economy‚ it is evident in Docs. 7 and 8 that they were mining much
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47 Ronin The purpose of this novel is to give an accurate retelling of the original 47 ronin from 1701 in Japan. John Allyn Jr. is incredibly qualified to retell this story. He attended the Army Specialized Training Program at Stanford University in 1944‚ where he majored in Japanese language. He later attended the Army Intensive Japanese Language School at the University of Michigan in 1945. He worked as Pictorial Censor of the Civil Censorship Detachment of G2‚ SCAP‚ in Osaka and Tokyo during
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Masculinity/ Femininity Dimension in the Last Samurai According to Hofstede‚ Masculinity/ Femininity dimension explains Masculinity: The way the samurais in the movie were portrait are in fact extremely accurate to those that existed in the 18th century. From as young as seven or eight years of age‚ boys we turned from kids into killing samurais. In one of the scene’s of the movie‚ we see two young boys learning to fight with wooden sticks. Although so young‚ their skills were already better
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intellect and a believer of independence of thought‚ initiated the bushido (the way of the warrior) creed. Yamaga was worried about the immobilization of the Samurai under the peaceful rule of Tokugawa. The bushido creed derives from the ethics of Confucianism and the Japanese feudal tradition. During the Tokugawa rule Christianity was proscribed‚ Japan had no contact with the outside world‚ and a centralized feudal state was established. Once‚ Japanese women enjoyed a fair amount of status because they
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Japanese society experiences. The traumatic event led to a Japanese Urban Society politically and socially weakening. Subsequently‚ within the following twelve years‚ caused a social awakening and proto-nationalism: the Meiji Restoration. Under the Tokugawa Shogun and Bakufu‚ social class with principles indistinguishable
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Compare and contrast the life‚ work and social situation of Kano Eitoku and Hasegawa Tohaku. Kano Eitoku and Hasegawa Tohaku were two painters‚ who worked during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. Although Eitoku is far better known as an artist‚ due to not only his outstanding ability in painting but also because he was a leading figure from his familial Kano School‚ Tohaku is often considered a rival as his skill and talent was highly comparable to that of Eitoku. Bearing in mind that Eitoku
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Although dealing with similar topics of love‚ Love Suicides at Amijima and House of Trials use disguises and deceit in different ways. Love Suicides at Amijima uses disguises in a serious manner by focusing on social hierarchy. For instance‚ there is no cross dressing or outrageous disguise like there is in House of Trials. House of Trials uses a humorous approach to deceit and disguise by having stock characters and setting in one place makes it more clumpy and chaotic. In most cases‚ disguises
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