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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accumulated large debts that needed to be paid off‚ which subsequently encouraged the minting of gold and silver coins known as the Koshu Kin. Under the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Edo Period)‚ gold coinage was made into a standard currency. The Tokugawa Shogunate Government then established a unified monetary system that consisted of these gold coins in addition to silver and copper. Minting took place in the Kinza Gold mints where the present head office of the Bank of Japan now stands. Although
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Submitted by: L.S.Kaveisthaa INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Introduction: International Relations is the field of study‚ which concerns the relationships among the governments of the nations states. International Relations concerns people and cultures around the world. This is a vast subject area‚ which is an articulation of other actors such as‚ international organizations‚ multinational organizations and individuals‚ of other social structures as economics‚ culture‚ domestic politics etc
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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 states following Onin War & disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate Sinification – extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea and Japan‚ not for Vietnam What three areas were in the orbit of Chinese influence? Japan‚ Korea‚ and Vietnam Japan: The Imperial Age Which two groups resisted
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modernization and the triumph of western norms. This Eurocentric and sentimentalist understanding of the emerging Meiji period results in a portrayal of the samurai as rusticated and anti-modern‚ fundamentally misrepresenting Bushi society in mid to late Tokugawa Japan and often the very essence of warrior order since its emergence in the 12th century. While often idealized as static traditionalists‚ the samurai were a diverse and dynamic group that laid the foundations for
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For example‚ during the Tokugawa period‚ the Japanese were isolated from foreigners and had closed all their trade ports minimizing any contact with the outside world in order to have complete control of Japan. Once the Meiji dynasty came to power‚ they opened all their trade ports
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L. Carter Mrs. Hunter American Literature March xx‚ 2009 Medieval Japanese Culture Did you know that the Japanese feudal society actually lasted longer than feudalism in Europe? Japan was (and is) a small country with little natural resources to use to make their economy; however‚ they were very sponge like in their ability to absorb culture‚ resources‚ and practices from China. This does not mean they were just copycats‚ mimicking everything they saw though! They were very gifted in their ability
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broke the unity‚ those who sided with Tokugawa and those who sided with his son Hideyori. These alliances created war‚ the troops in favour of Tokugawa stormed the castle in 1614 and forced Hideyori to obliged to the opposing terms. He agreed‚ but another war sprung in the summer of next year. Bloody and almost matched on each sides except for the fact that Hideyori was outnumbered. He then committed suicide as the castle burned around him. In 1626 Tokugawa it was built over again‚ to only unfortunately
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