Emperor of Japan

Many people all around the world put their faith into some sort of religion. What practices they choose to participate in or their government tells them to participate in is based on their influences and background. Looking at the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian states one would come to the conclusion that all states participate in different forms of religion. Their religion is based off of certain elements such as their religious policy, the level of control each leader puts forth in effort to…

located in the frontier area of China Japan Korea Free Trade zone. Qingdao has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Qingdao is a wonderful place for summer holidays. In the summer, Qingdao's water is warm, the beach is fine, but there is no scorching heat, is the golden season of tourism. The border of Jiaodong Bay, rolling hills, blue sea and European city scenery interweaved into a magnificent picture. Summer in Qingdao,…

was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He came to power after his defeat of the Sui Dynasty. Taizong, the son and the successor of Emperor Gaozu, was considered the greatest emperor in all of China because of his many lasting achievements. His achievements included military reform, creation of law codes, equal-field system, and the establishment of the Silk Road which led to the influx of traders and internalization of society. After the rule of Taizong, the “radiant” Emperor Xuanzong…

Hard times in the Hometown was written by Martin Dusinberre, an English teacher who travels to Kaminoseki, a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a small town on Japan’s Inland Sea who later returns to start dissertation fieldwork in 2003. This book is featured more so in parts rather with the inclusion of chapters to broaden his study rather than use each chapter to focus on one topic at hand. At first thought, the method of writing Kaminoseki in a broad manner seemed opposite to what history…

First of all, the education reform initially seemed promising; nevertheless, it deprived the loyalty to the emperor, and more students were educated in nationalism, which taught them the importance of being devoted to the country instead of the emperor, and even the higher class children who received the new education abandoned the old thoughts. As these students witnessed the incapability of the government and how obedient to…

The three stories I chose for this final paper are all written by people who have traveled to or lived in foreign countries. These stories focus on different topics that happened in different countries, but a common thread runs through all of them: the desire to experience a culture different from one’s own and the results of doing so. Each author enthusiastically recounts the excitement of traveling to a different place, but also reflects on hardships encountered and lessons learned. Those…

“The greatest dangers lie in the allowing of ignorant persons to meddle and talk and argue amongst themselves upon subjects they know not of.” This statement, published in Emperor Guangxu’s second edict during the Hundred Days’ Reform period, ironically summarises one of the major failings of the reform period. Had the Emperor not been swept along by the pace of the reform, but rather realised the crippling incompetence and naivety of the reformers, perhaps the reform would not have been given…

the Reign of the Meiji Emperor was a massive movement that took place in 1868, which brought about an industrialization in Japan. The movement began when the Tokugawa Shogun, who ruled Japan; who lost his power due to being overthrown, was replaced by the emperor of Japan to the supreme position. The emperor chose “Meiji” as the name for his rule as it referred to the “Enlightened Rule”. As the nation began restoring itself, it had to tackle many of its economic needs. Japan at that point was…

defend the fleet and its welfare. The countries visited were asked into participating in the tribute system. A system developed by Yongle, where its participants were to go to the capital with goods to formally met Emperor Yongle and Kow-tow, to bang head. Meaning that when they met the emperor they were to kneel and touch the ground with their heads, showing their acknowledgment that China is all powerful. The tribute system allowed China to both establish their vigorous power and a trading…

the media portrayed and propaganda of how the emperor was presented as a driving force toward Japanese imperialism in Japan. The cry “for the emperor” persevered from the Meiji Restoration to WWII to continue to support the various shifting movements, militarism, and imperialism. The extent of the emperor’s influence and involvement during WWII was tested the most with Emperor Hirohito who lived during WWII and US Occupation. The Japanese emperor was used as a source of conflict and…