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    both been affected by agriculture‚ social classes‚ and lack of power from the king/emperor. However‚ there had been major differences such as the role of women‚ and the different beliefs for a warrior between Chivalry (knights) and the Bushido code (samurais). Japan and Europe during the middle ages had both been affected by agriculture‚ social classes‚ and lack of power from the king/emperor. For example‚ in each place‚ peasants provided food for the manor/village in exchange for protection from invaders

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    While a handful of samurai profited from transferring into a managerial class for their daimyo‚ the rest suffered and fell into debt. Others were released from their daimyo or lord and became ronin or ‘masterless samurai’. Occasionally the ronin would revolt or even plot against their local authorities. In one story told‚ known as ‘The Forty-Seven Ronin”‚ they were forced

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    them to bring down Pearl Harbor. But more importantly than that‚ (and what could possibly be the stem of their military success) were the beliefs and codes they applied to war. One of these codes was the Bushido‚ developed by the ancient Japanese samurai. The word Bushido literally means Military-Knights-Ways‚ the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily life as well as in their vocation (I. Nitobe). The lines “observed in their daily life as well in their vocation” cannot be overemphasized

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    soldiers‚ samurais‚ were really tired of the everlasting wars. To keep their state and make them relax‚ the ruling class introduced and developed tea ceremony. Tea ceremony came up first in China and then went to Japan‚ after years of development and changing‚ it had its unique form. Tea ceremony is an important part of Zen‚ during the process of making and drinking tea‚ people meditate and got the peace of mind. Coming into the tea house‚ the peace and quietness comfort the exhaustion of samurais‚ making

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    the Meiji Restoration Japanese society was dramatically changed. Before the restoration society was a rigid‚ unmoving hierarchy. Whereas‚ after the Meiji restoration‚ the Samurai class was eliminated‚ with their privileges removed. Peasants were also allowed and encouraged to join the army‚ a privilege once only given to the Samurai. For the duration of Tokugawa Japan seafood‚ rice and vegetables were all stables in the Japanese diet. However‚ after the restoration eating beef was encouraged so as to

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    Literary Response Essay Do tragedies cause people to face reality? In Nick Lake’s Blood Ninja‚ Taro‚ a teenage boy from a fishing village in Japan‚ dreamed of becoming a samurai. This dream was crushed after he witnessed his father being murdered and Taro was turned into a vampire to save his life. Nick Lake uses Taro to show the theme of how tragedies can force a person into facing reality. In order to be saved‚ Taro was turned into a vampire by Shusaku‚ a ninja‚ or kyuuketsuki‚ paid to rescue

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    Japanese Imperial army. He favored and used the army style of Germany‚ and the naval style of the British. Some years later the Samurai system was abolished totally... Some Samurai were so upset‚ that they started a revolt. Economic: The Bakufu was ended on 1868. In 1871 the Daimyo’s were also dismissed‚ their land redistributed into smaller parts... Unlike the samurai‚ the Daimyo received a large pension to compensate the loss of their land. In 1872 there was a land redistribution program. This

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    have in the forming of feudalism in Japan? It led to not enough taxes being collected and the government not being able to supply the powerful exempted families with military protection. The leaders formed their own armies consisting of soon to be samurais. These often consolidated to huge estates under powerful military lord (Daimyo). Former owners managed former land for protection. 2. What caused feudalism to change in Japan? Two dominant families fought each other‚ and Minamoto won. Yoritomo

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    Of the many samurai who devoted themselves to helping our country before Japan was westernized‚ there was one famous national samurai hero‚ named Sakamoto Ryoma. Most Japanese people know his name well‚ and how he made a great contribution to Japan’s rapid modernization. Sakamoto Ryoma was a low ranking samurai who played a major role in Japan’s transmutation from a feudal society into a unified state intent on modernizing itself and overtaking the West. He appeared at a critical stage in history

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    The Fashion of Warriors

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    9/2/13 Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire . Samurai | PBS Search Support for PBS.org provided by: What’s this? Sam urai warriors em erged as an elite force in Japan’s prov inces during the early 1 0th century . Recruited by local chieftains‚ these fighting forces were m aintained long enough to wage a specific war‚ after which the soldiers would return to their lands to till the soil. With Japan’s em peror liv ing in the ancient capital of Ky oto and unable to m aintain control of the

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