Humanities Essay Draft The Tokugawa period‚ also known as the Edo period or the Shogunate Era‚ lasted from 1603 – 1867 and was the final period of traditional Japan. During this time‚ Japan was peaceful and politically stable‚ with much economic growth while under the shogunate‚ military dictatorship. The Tokugawa period was founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu and was a period in which the Japanese culture was greatly formed (Britannica‚ 2018). The Japanese culture was greatly sculpted from international
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A chapter “Iitiko-Dori” in this book says that the Japanese are willing to accept foreign cultures and Japan has developed it’s economy with using technologies and systems that are imported from foreign countries. However‚ the Japanese have also excluded foreigners or foreign cultures. In Edo era‚ Tokugawa government forbade trading with almost all the countries. In one sense‚ that helped Japan improve it’s unique culture‚ such as kabuki‚ ennichi‚ and so on. The Japanese can enjoy it’s specific culture
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European Exploration: In 1543‚ shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Merchants soon followed them. Their intentions were to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and southeast Asia. They brought clocks‚ eyeglasses‚ tobacco‚ firearms and other unfamiliar items from Europe. Japanese purchased weapons and soon started their own production. Cannons especially had a huge impact on Japan’s warfare and living situations. They started to build fortified castles
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R314632 Japan – China ‚ Their Modernization and the comparison China and Japan both came under pressure from the West in the 19th century. The West wanted to open up foreign trade and relations‚ during this period in time neither Japan or China had the means to stand up against the West. This due to the fact that both the United states of America and Europe went through an industrial revolution‚ hence they had superior technology and weaponry for this time period. Japan and China basically
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The Occupation of Japan lasted from 1945-1953 and the leader was… the famous Douglas MacArthur. From his beginnings in Little Rock‚ Arkansas to his heroic actions in the 2 World Wars he was one of the greatest generals of all time. The occupation was considered an Allied-led mission to “disarm” Japan and prevent them from remilitarizing. And while their military was totally dismantled that wasn’t enough from MacArthur. He believed that Japan needed to be in “peace-like state” and he vastly changed
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A traditional mission in northern China was to protect Japanese inhabitants and interests in a certain area‚ such as Manchuria. To serious incidents‚ Tokyo responded by deploying troops to deal with the issue and then withdraw‚ however this was not the case in July‚ 1937. The build-up of anti-Japanese sentiment was reaching its peak. After World War One‚ warfare changed and new weapons‚ tactics and formations were needed. The Japanese decided to focus more on the air networks by remodelling the Japanese
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Nowadays‚ Japan is a large country for exporting in Asian area. Japanese industries are devoting in various manufacturing such as electronic production‚ motor engineering‚ transportation‚ chemical‚ medical and heavy industry and so on. Industrial areas in Japan are all located in south-west‚ and the center changed from Hanshin industrial zone around WWI (of course now it is still important industrial area in Japan) to Keihin industrial zone after WWII. Those may due to many different factors: Firstly
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empire and desired the strongest fighting force in the world. Japan is not resource dense‚ so it felt the need to spread its scope to the areas of Asia that are dense (Manchuria). Japan left the League of Nations as they escalated land grabs‚ displaying their desire for autonomy. Japan felt that they deserved the areas surrounding them‚ and that they had to defeat those that inhabited those areas. As the Japanese military expanded rapidly so did the nation’s bravado. The Japanese people thought their mainland
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lack of resources‚ etc.‚ if it was isolated from the rest of the world. However‚ this is not always the case‚ as can be seen with Japan. It thrived while being isolated from the rest of the world for over two hundred years before it opened its ports again. It is important to understand the context behind Japan’s isolation starting in the Sengoku period. This time period was also known as the “Age of Warring States‚” in which landowners or daimyos fought each other for power (Dobbs). It was chaotic
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battles like The Battle of the Philippine Sea‚ Leyte Gulf‚ Midway‚ and the Coral Sea. But the main reason why Japan lost was because of Japan’s lust for war‚ and they fulfilled that lust of war by attacking pearl harbor‚ thus declaring war on the United States. Japan lost the war
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