officials such as the nobles or land owners because if they didn’t they wouldn’t have any land. In the Feudal system land is money and has a huge value. Peasants needed this land to yield higher crops so they could get more goods and services. The daimyo‚ powerful warlords for feudal Japan‚ and the lords‚ landowners in Europe‚ were highly respected. The nobles for both Europe and Japan are directly under royalty. European royalty or the person with the highest power‚ were the Kings. The kings duty
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range in history. But with the increasing of population‚ the Qing was without progress in basic technology‚ and gradually it made China become debilitated. Ultimately China was unable to resist the Opium War and the pressure from foreigners. In Japan‚ Daimyo Hideyoshi died in 1598‚ and was replaced by Tokugawa Leyasu‚ and then Tokugawa established Edo as the capital‚ from 1603 to 1868. People couldn’t leave the island‚ and foreigners couldn’t get in. This close-door policy made Japanese do not know the
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The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Korea‚ Japan and Vietnam Introduction Because of the remarkable durability of Chinese civilization as well as its marvelous technological and economic innovations‚ other cultures began to imitate China. Japan‚ Korea‚ and Vietnam were all drawn into China’s cultural and political orbit in the postclassical period. Each of the three areas interacted with China differently. Of the three‚ Japan was able to retain its complete political independence‚ while Vietnam
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next class in the Japanese Feudal System was the Noble Class. This class was comprised of the Shoguns‚ Daimyo and Samurais. The highest ranking in the Noble class was Shogun. The shoguns ruled the military parts of Feudal Japan in shadow of the king. The country’s security was under their control and to maintain it was their responsibility. The next ranking in the Noble class were the Daimyos. They were given the term “warlords” and worked under the word of the Shogun‚ of whom worked under the word
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The Mysteries of the Ninja Nature of the Ninja Ninjas are mysterious. They appear in movies‚ videogames and comic books as superhuman killing machines. They are also portrayed as having the aid of magic‚ mind control‚ invisibility‚ and super strength and agility. In these portrayals‚ ninjas frequently fight other ninjas‚ they can disappear without a trace‚ and leap tall buildings in a single bound. These perceptions about ninjas‚ their origins‚ and art are completely fictitious. This is
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Assess the transformation undergone by Japan under Meiji Rule. The ascension of Emperor Mutsuhito (Meiji) to the Japanese throne on the third of November 1852 marked the dawn of a revolution for the Japanese people. Mutsuhito‚ known posthumously as Meiji‚ literally meaning “Enlightened Rule” served as the figurehead to the Meiji Oligarchy‚ a privileged ruling class clique formed by powerful Samurai‚ which reformed and revolutionised Japan‚ transforming it into a world power within half a century
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possession. European knights picked up area from their rulers as installment for their military administration; they subsequently had immediate control of the serfs who worked that land. Interestingly‚ Japanese samurai did not possess any area. Rather‚ the daimyo utilized a part of their wage from exhausting the laborers to pay the samurai a pay‚ normally paid in rice. Samurai and knights contrasted in a few different ways‚ including their sex communications. Samurai ladies‚ for instance‚ were required to
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land in return for the food they grew. The lords also gave out land to knights in return for their military service. This is like the Japanese‚ who were ruled by an emperor. The emperor was a front for the shogun. The shogun loaned out land to the daimyo‚ who did the same things with peasants and serfs that the Europeans did. The
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The knights have their kings and the samurai have their daimyos. The daimyos were feudal lords who had more power over the emperor‚ who was basically just more of a symbol of power. The knights had the king‚ who had vast armies of knights to serve him in times of need. So this makes the knight and samurai more alike
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For centuries the Japanese have been known for developing fierce warriors known as the samurai. So what is a samurai? According to Merriam-Webster.com a samurai is “A military retainer of a Japanese Daimyo practicing the code of conduct of Bushido.” The Bushido Code is an honor code developed by the samurai class in the Japanese military and is comprised of eight virtues which are Rectitude or Justice‚ Courage‚ Benevolence or Mercy‚ Politeness or Respect‚ Honesty‚ Honor‚ Loyalty‚ and Character and
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