In Depth: Comparing Feudalisms 1. Do you think the characteristics of feudalism help explain the later success of Western & Japanese societies? Yes‚ the militaristic characteristics of the Western and Japanese societies help explain how much land they conquered and how powerful they were. 2. Have the political accomplishments of both Japan & Western Europe matched their economic achievements? Both Japan and Western Europe practiced feudalism and they were both unusually successful in industrial
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was often caught speaking to his dead sister who he later claimed he was carrying out “deeds” for. Lecter was often taunted for his strange behavior. At the age of 16‚ Hannibal left the orphanage and moved to France to live with his Aunt Lady Murasaki. Lecter spends his time in France learning about Japanese culture and war tactics. and shortly begins medical school. Lecter performs brilliantly in medical school and although he does not perform as well socially‚ proves himself to be an incredibly
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FRANCE ONE OF THE CITIES NAMED VENICE THE ROADS ARE ALL RIVERS. RIGHT KNOW IM LEARNING ABOUT JAPENSE AND ITS KINDA COOL LIKE THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER LANGUAGE I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR. SOME OF THE COLORS ARE COOL TO SAY LIKE PURPLE IS MURASAKI IRO‚ AND PINK IS PINKU AND ITS COOL TO SAY THEM WHEN YOU GET BORED. AFTER JAPANESE I WANT TO LEARN SOME SWEDISH CAUSE THAT’S MY DADS AND MY HERITAGE FROM HIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY. AND THAT’S ALL I HAVE PRETTY MUCH LEARED IN THIS CLASS FOR
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that these cultures are so isolated from one another that there is no common ground or intersection between the mentalities. In spite of such glaring dissimilarities‚ it is possible to find parallels in the attitude between the characters in Murasaki Shikibu’s 11th century novel‚ The Tale of Genji‚ and people today. First and foremost‚ there needs to be a direct definition and establishment of what comprises an aesthetic. Aesthetics‚ as defined by the American Heritage dictionary‚ is "the
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Jomon: about 300 BC‚ when Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. Yayoi: is an Iron Age era in the history of Japan traditionally dated 300 BC to AD 300. Techniques in metallurgy based on the use of bronze and iron were also introduced in this period. Kofun:is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. It follows the Yayoi period. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from
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today’s world and those whose contributions have endured through the ages. Some‚ though they lived centuries ago‚ are still alive in popular culture; music and poetry by the Roman Catholic abbess Hildegard can be heard in contemporary recordings‚ and Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji‚ one of the greatest works of Japanese literature‚ continues to inspire new translations. Many women overcame the oppression of their surroundings through determination and ingenuity; Harriet Tubman‚ for example‚ escaped
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Japanese-Canadians following post World War II suffered through the continued effects of the interment camps and were victims of racism. Hiromi Goto’s use of different form and structure throughout her book “Chorus of Mushrooms” emphasizes multicultural differences and applies deeper meaning to the context. Form is used to exemplify important parts of the story by bringing the focus into them. The author uses the bolded words “Mukashi‚ mukashi‚ omukashi” (Goto 18) before everyone of Obachans (Naoe)
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west of the City. [Her] lady left [the girl] there only because [her lady] had no one else to look after [the girl] properly” (84). Yūgao so eagerly seeks Genji partly because Genji is the dew essential to her daughter’s wellbeing. Opening: In Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji‚ though depicted as a shy and reserved lover by her former lover Tō no Chūjō‚ Yūgao exhibits a complicated personality in her encounter with Genji. She is not only a blind lover bewitched by Genji‚ but also a responsible
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which was his own castle. Hannibal’s uncle picked him up at the orphanage to take him and Mischa to Paris‚ France‚ but unfortunately Mischa was nowhere to be found. Hannibal‚ never spoke to anyone‚ until one day someone disrespected his aunt‚ Lady Murasaki. That was the day his first words came out. After that he would speak to everyone. One day Hannibal meets the butcher‚ the person who disrespected his aunt‚ and kills him with a sword that his aunt had from her father’s samurai. Hannibal took on
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in the Heian period had relatively large impacts to the style of the poetry of the time. Great works arose that carried the influences such as the ones in the collection of the “Ink Dark Moon.” Compiled by the women poets Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu of the Court‚ the “Ink Dark Moon” are poems that echoed the condition of the time‚ which translated mainly into ideas of loneliness and fragility. Literary imagery of dew and spiderwebs‚ as well as bubbles‚ appearing in poems represents the brittleness
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