Ashikaga shogunate

Launa Ms. Grandin Foundations English Hero’s Journey Essay Momotaro's story takes place in Japan during the Edo period which was from 1603 to 1867. In the story, Momotaro's family lives as part of the peasant class. This time period was marked by “the powerful southwestern tozama domains of Chōshū and Satsuma exerted the greatest pressure on the Tokugawa government and brought about the overthrow of the last shogun.” (Encyclopedia Brittanica) A shogun was a military ruler. The government…

In 1565, Ashikaga Yoshiteru Shugaku was assassinated by Matsunaga Hishihidea. Daimyo Oda Nobunaga, who was ambitious at this time, Ashikaga, Yoshiteru 's younger brother, was acceded as the 15th Shogun, but Yoshiaki was only a tool or puppet of Oda Nobunaga. Finally, in 1573, the shogunate collapses as Oda expelled Yoshiaki from Kyoto. Early Yoshiaki escaped to Shin-Koku and moved to western Japan in accordance with the Mori clan's suggestion of protecting him. After that, the Ashikaga clan…

Kamakura practice by a powerful family that believed in the balancing of power among regional warlords. Ashikaga Shogunates took control of the imperial center of Kyoto after Kamakura's fall, and when Kyoto was left destroyed, the Ashikaga Shogunates became a central government. 35) Ashikaga Shogunate brought stability to Japan by taking control of the imperial center of Kyoto. They established the unified aesthetic code of Zen, and became a central…

first shogunate in Kamakura in the history of Japan. In culture part, Japan's feudal era was characterized by the emergence of the samurai, who superseded the ancient aristocracy as the ruling class. After the Song Dynasty, the Zen culture was introduced into Japan, which cultivate a vivid, realistic, simple, unique warrior culture. In religion, the Honen, Shinran, Nichiren Buddhism, who created the Kamakura Buddhism. The Kamakura shogunate was eventually overthrown by Emperor Go-Daigo. Ashikaga…

The Muromachi period was from 1333 to 1600. The Muromachi shogunate was the second of Japan's three military commands. Between the Kamakura shogunate and the Tokugawa shogunate. The Shugo were selected to one or more domains in which they were to keep the stability, manage justice, and ensure tax gathering. Although military lords with extensive landholdings and personal following, their lands were not necessarily located in their provinces of assignment. During the 15th era, as some Shugo and…

The Ashikaga shogunate moved the capital back to Kyôto, but was not able to assert as much control over the various provinces as the Kamakura government had. In the surrounding countryside, daimyô (provincial barons) ruled the people, and often fought against one…

After years of fighting and establishing a shogunate rule in many parts of the island nation, the samurai effectively held both military and political power over much of Japan by the early 1100s”(Kallie Szczepanski 1). In 1160, the samurai clans of Minamoto and Taira fought for control. The Taira won and established the first samurai-led government. They fought again in the Genpei War which led to the Minamoto clan winning and establishing a shogunate that would impact the government of Japan.…

Quintin T. Richardson 12th English 01/26/16 The sounds of a thousand blades clashing; the smell of gunpowder, the sound of a dozen blood stained flags flapping in the wind, and the sight of tens of thousands arrows blotting out the sun falling toward you. This is hell on earth you must run, for how could you fight when you see castles on fire and men being slaughtered? When your legs are too tired to continue any further you know what you must: do you can not return home or leave to somewhere…

The word Noh means skill, craft, or the talent particularly in the field of performing arts in this context. The word Noh may be used alone or with gaku (fun, music) to form the word nōgaku. Noh is a classical tradition that is highly valued by many today. When used alone, Noh refers to the historical genre of theatre originated from sarugaku in the mid 14th century and continues to be performed today.[4] Noh and kyōgen "originated in the 8th century when the sangaku was transmitted from China…

The social and political structure of an era greatly influences the arts and cultural products of the time. The relationship a government has with the governed, its interactions with neighboring states and people, as well as the social and economic values of the time, shapes and molds the way the people in that area artistically express themselves. This holds true for the artistic products of ancient Japan, specifically from the Kofun period to the end of the Muromachi period, spanning from…