Passage from http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1750_meiji.htmIn 1868 the Tokugawa shôgun ("great general")‚ who ruled Japan in the feudal period‚ lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position. The emperor took the name Meiji ("enlightened rule") as his reign name; this event was known as the Meiji Restoration. The Reign of the Meiji Emperor When the Meiji emperor was restored as head of Japan in 1868‚ the nation was a militarily weak country‚ was primarily agricultural
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Storyline In 1868‚ after the end of the Bakumatsu war‚ the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those who need without killing and wanders through Japan with a sword with inverted blade during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium‚ Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani
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Mega City Living (Ground Transportation Technologies) Content Page Introduction Do you know that Tokyo is the largest mega cities in year 2011? Mega cities usually have a population size of more than 10 million which is equivalent to a population density of at least 2‚000 persons per square kilometer. A mega city can also be two metropolitan area linked together. As of 2011‚ there are 21 megacities which includes Tokyo‚ New York City‚ Mexico City and many more. Mega City starts off from
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Life of a Delinquent Samurai Japan in the early 1800’s was relatively structured and under control. The Tokugawas had already been ruling for about 200 years and had things pretty much the way they wanted them. Katsu Kokich was a Samurai who was born in 1802. Kokichi did not share the same structured childhood and life as many people in nineteenth century Japan‚ but his abilities to think outside the box and take risks made him a better-rounded person. The class Katsu was born into had the largest
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I shall argue that Noh theatre can be mistakenly condemned as disparaging towards women‚ while in fact it subverts gender stereotypes. At its greatest height‚ Noh performances consisted exclusively of male performers (Wetmore‚ 2008). “During the Tokugawa Period‚ women performers were not allowed to train as professional Noh actresses or to act on stage in the traditional theaters.” (Patrik‚ 2008) Not only Noh theatre excludes female performers‚ it also often portrays women as “the root of all evil”
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In the 19th century‚ a long period full of isolation. During the 19th century‚ Japan and Korea were exposed to the threat of foreign powers‚ rapid modernization‚ economic progress‚ and an expansion of their social structure. The economic success attained by these two countries is impressive and well known. They both share common ideological traits‚ but also have different‚ unique pathways that brought themselves to modernization. Korea was different than Japan because of their highly centralized
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Modern Era 1750-1914 |1. Which of the following was not a characteristic of the Industrial |6. Which of the following best summarizes the reform movements of the | |Revolution? |Industrial Revolution? | | | | |a) capitalism
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CAC: China and Japan During the early nineteenth century‚ both China and Japan enforced policies restricting foreign trade in order to avoid industrialization and western ideas‚ but after both societies experienced foreign invasions and unequal treaties being established by foreigners‚ Japan began to industrialize and became imperialists trying to create an empire‚ while China differed in that the people wanted reform and government restrained the reformation of their society‚ therefore causing
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Analysis of “The Last Samurai” Film Based On Postmodern Theory By: Mauliana Dewi (090511100001) English Department Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences Trunojoyo University of Madura 2012 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Films are made to be seen and heard‚ to appeal to our visual and aural senses. Like any art form‚ however‚ films are also meant to be felt and understood‚ to appeal to our emotions and minds. One of the best ways to determine whether a film has succeeded in any or all of
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9/2/13 Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire . Samurai | PBS Search Support for PBS.org provided by: What’s this? Sam urai warriors em erged as an elite force in Japan’s prov inces during the early 1 0th century . Recruited by local chieftains‚ these fighting forces were m aintained long enough to wage a specific war‚ after which the soldiers would return to their lands to till the soil. With Japan’s em peror liv ing in the ancient capital of Ky oto and unable to m aintain control of the
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