The word feudalism comes from the Latin word ‘feudum‚’ meaning fief. Feudalism is a system in which nobles or lords are granted use of lands that legally belong to the king‚ in exchange for their loyalty‚ military service. The one of the king’s obligations is to protect his vassals. Although feudalism in Europe had started earlier‚ the feudal systems of Japan and Europe are somewhat alike. Both feudal systems were developed as a response to the need for security and stability. In Europe‚ the eastern
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At a time when their governments could not sustain a stable centralized power‚ Japan and Western Europe both adapted their governments to fit their needs and adopted the feudal system. Although‚ the reasons why these two areas turned to feudalism are different‚ both societies had many centuries of this similar type of government. European feudalism was influenced most likely by the fall of the Roman empire and Germanic tribes (and other external forces) who had tried to invade them. Japan‚ on the
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Japan is ripe in culture and history that is not so dissimilar from western history both went through a bustling feudal era with many similarities. The main similarity was their order of honorable soldiers‚ which were knights in the west and Samurai in Japan but both followed a similar code of honor and loyalty. The real question is how did this class of aristocratic warriors rise out of nothing to become the ruling class of Japan. The Samurai are one of Japan’s most iconic cultural symbol that has
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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‚ with everyone fighting to own the most land. It wasn’t until three men‚ Oda Nobunaga‚ Toyotomi Hideyoshi‚ and Tokugawa Ieyasu‚ joined forces to unify Japan.
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warfare and people seek solace in religion. Buddhism‚ which had up until now been primarily the religion of scholars and monks‚ becomes the religion of ordinary people and the popular. By the 1500s‚ a class of territorial military lords‚ or daimyo‚ emerged. The daimyo establish and maintain their domains (called han)‚ build castles‚ and establish towns around their castles where their samurai retainers reside and serve in their armies. Samurai values of service to a lord and personal loyalty became central
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elites decided that Japan needed to separate itself from foreign trade. However‚ some saw further than this and thought more about modernization of the nation‚ which ultimately led to Japan being the superpower it is today. Therefore‚ in 1866‚ the daimyo of the two southern provinces formed an alliance to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate which was then in power. So the Satsuma and Choshu domains fought to overthrow the Shogun and instead put Emperor Komei in a position of real power as they felt that
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had committed seppuku would be considered loyal to the bushido code. This can be seen in the film when the samurai because he was captured and torture by his enemy and it is dishonourable‚ so he disembowels himself in the end of the scene and the daimyo chops his head off. This would be considered a honourable seppuku because he
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into classical Japanese literature and modern Japanese literature. Line of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political philosophy. Leaders of the Tokugawa Shōgunate
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1. Explore the different approaches to imperial rule in Japan‚ china‚ and Russia between 1500 and 1800. What sorts of political structures emerged to administer and incorporate the different peoples of these region? what were the infrastructural needs of these empires? Japan was isolated islands which helped them to keep away from diverse people. Do to the fact that they were not a diverse empire‚ rather homogeneous ethnicity‚ it was easier to control without having to know different languages
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regarding the feudal system (i.e. Confucianism and Kong Qui versus Catholicism and Roman imperial laws) to the date of establishment of feudalism as a social system in their respective countries; payment of the lord and daimyo for the military service performed by the serfs‚ peasants‚ and samurai to the aversion of suicide‚ or lack thereof when in regards to samurai‚ by knights as a result of their binding to Catholic Christian law. Feudal European
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