systems at the time. There is an emperor‚ high officials‚ lower officials‚ and the normal people. Meanwhile Japan’s governmental system was mixed up. There was the emperor‚ shoguns‚ daimyos‚ samurais‚ merchants and peasants. The peasants accounted for most of the population. Samurais were the "Japanese soldiers". Daimyos were sort of like governors or mayors. The shogun was actually the ruler. The emperor was just like a figure head; he had no political status‚ but was in high
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Japan shut itself from most contact with other nations. Under the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns the Japanese society was very reserved and was in very tight order. The shoguns gave out land to the lords and daimyo. The peasant worked for and lived under the protection of their daimyo. The daimyo had a small army of samurais. The rigid system was to keep the country free of civil war and to keep peace for Japan. This lasted for about two centuries. Japan during those two centuries had mostly no contact
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Sapna Rampersaud From the time of the Gempei Wars (1180-1185) between the Taira and Minamoto families and the rising of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the 1600’s‚ the Japanese government generally declined. As provincial families dominated the diminishing imperial court‚ there was a severe decline of the central administration and the supreme authority dissipated. Rival families‚ Taira and Minamoto‚ fought for 5 years in the period of Japanese history known as the Gempei Wars. During these 5 years
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Feudalism In the sixteenth century‚ Tokugawa Japan had a feudal system of domains that brought their political system together and set them apart from other countries. This system was based upon a supreme ruler‚ the Shogun‚ who was over several Daimyo. The Daimyo served as lords of land holders who reported to the Shogun. This system was a catalyst in the rapid progress and development of this country. The country’s natural landscape and their religious/political standing made them a calm and stable
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Ieyasu ruled Japan during the Edo period and controlled the city. His first task was to build a castle in Edo. He divided the daimyos (feudal barons)‚ merchants and samurais of Japan into two groups. The Daimyos who supported him in the war of Sekigahara were considered to be his allies. In contrast‚ those who failed to support him were forced to become part of the military army‚ contribute as laborers and pay for the
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important than the farmers. Even skilled samurai sword makers and boatwrights belonged to this third tier of society in feudal Japan. The artisan class lived in its own section of the major cities‚ segregated from the samurai (who usually lived in the daimyos’ castles)‚ and from the lower merchant class. The Merchants: The bottom rung of feudal Japanese society was occupied by merchants‚ both traveling traders and shop-keepers. Merchants were ostracized as "parasites" who profited from the labor of the
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History Speech (1st slide) What were the Samurai? (2nd slide) These are my sources. The excerpt from Yamaga Sokō is a primary source written as an original document in his work ‘Way of the Samurai’. Yamaga Sokō wrote this work in the mid-seventeenth century as a Japanese Philosopher during Medieval Japan times. He was an expert in military techniques and was highly respected. This source is very reliable as it is from the time and although it is an opinion‚ it is not biased or unwitting as well
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Surviving Female Gender Roles What defines being ‘feminine’ will vary with each culture‚ but two archetypes: passive homemaker and liberal feminist have existed for centuries as one will see in two Japanese stories written in the 17th century. In The Love Suicides at Amijima‚ readers see the social chains that bind a submissive woman to her societal duties. On the other hand‚ in Tales of Sensuous Women‚ readers are shown a complete opposite archetype where women find ways to circumvent the social
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as a response to the political fragmentation and invasions following the fall of the Roman Empire; for the Europeans it was necessary for survival. Feudalism‚ a system based upon a mutually beneficial relationship between a lord and a vassal (or a daimyo and a samurai‚ as they were called in the Japanese system) in which land and protection is given in exchange for labor and loyalty‚ was a long-standing political and economic system that survived for many years in many regions of the world. Although
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Japan was a small island that began to emerge in the 19th century. During the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s‚ Japan had gone through many changes within their country and society. The Meiji government attempted to modernize Japan’s political‚ economic‚ and social structures. This leading to beneficial acts in society and government. As the government also attempts to influence the society style of clothing. Throughout the 1870-1890s‚ Japanese took a very big transformation of politics and resistance
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