Emperor of Japan

A thousand years ago the culture of refined elegance blossomed around Japan 's imperial court. this era known as the Heian period gave rise to Monogatari one of the masterpieces of world literature spanning 54 chapters.The tale of Genji is an epic novel of romance.It is written by Murasaki Shikibu a remarkable woman who lived at the hand court.The book vividly depicts the life of the aristocrats , describing the joys and sorrows woven into tapestry of court life. It tells the tale of a noble…

The use of lexicalization in ST 2 "reign not to rule'' reveals that Hirohito's aim is to control the country leaving the ruling of Japan to the military.In ST 3 , it is clear that the reason behind the hegemonic practice by the military is due to the emperor's consent . The source text even uses the lexical item '' manipulate'' ; it indicates that the emperor is manipulated by the military just like his people.Regarding the translation of TT, the translator adopts the transfer strategy as he…

respect to Japan, elucidating the instrumental nature of the foreign: ubiquitous in the Meiji Restoration. Spanning the wake of this epoch, defined by the probing bows of the “black ships”, through to fin de siecle occurrences, foreign power attested as vital in the shaping of a contemporary nation. When regarding context, this source poses as exemplary of the transformations garnered by Japan, visually indicative of Japan’s acquired martial potency. Only mere decades previously, Japan resided…

politics, the economy, military affairs, culture etc. Most of the countries located around China were affected by China, like Koryo (Korea), Annam (Vietnam), and Japan. These countries used to be part of the tributary system of China, and thus Chinese emperor had a superior position in the East Asia. However, with the fading of Qing Dynasty, Japan left the tributary system, and the Meiji government started the Meiji Restoration to strengthen the country in 1868. While the Qing government was…

Harding states: A militaristic mysticism has everyone in thrall to the emperor, sapping people of independent spirit and the ability to make decisions for themselves. They are relatively incapable of critical thinking, ordinary human feeling, or even humour. (Harding 50) Harding explains what the Japanese people came to believe from the idea of nationalism. These people are willing to die for the greater good of the country if the emperor would need this. They are taught that death fighting for…

Japan consists of one of the most culturally rich societies in the world, one of which through history has been greatly affected by the other cultures around it. America has specifically played a huge influence in Japan since the Meiji Period and continues to do so today (Bognar 47f). In fact, “Much of today's Japanese culture is derivative of or responds to American culture” (47). But is America’s influence necessarily a good thing? The westernization, or more specifically the…

calls forth the ghosts of Japan’s hallowed samurai class. A class so determined to preserve honor, they would rather stab their own stomachs in ritualistic suicide than live a shamed existence. Bushido is a code of conduct for the samurai of premodern Japan. The word samurai originally meant “one who serves” and referred to men of noble birth assigned to guard members of the Imperial Court. A strong virtue of Bushido was a strict hierarchy that emphasized obedience to authority. Warriors were…

culture is unsure, but it is said that it goes back 7,000 years ago. A very important era to focus on is the Kamakura Shogunate era that started in 1185 and ended in 1133. Kamakura lasted for about 150 years, but had a great impact on the history of Japan. In 1192, Minamoto Yoritomo took total control of the country and was appointed shogun. He established the very first warrior government in Japan’s history. When appointed shogun, Yoritomo had total control of the military and warrior class,…

Was Japan provoked into attacking Pearl Harbor? On December 7 ,1941 Japan attacked pearl harbor. Many americans said why did this happen. But, the truth is that Japan didn’t want to be controlled by the U.S anymore.Before the 1850s Japan believed in isolationism but, the U.S pressured Japan to open themselves to trade. The U.S also froze all japanese assets so, the japanese could make money anymore even there own property. The U.s also slowly decrease trading with Japan. Japan wanted to be a…

According to me, in the movie “The last samurai”, the Natural Law theory is shown when captain Algren San is sent to train Japanese men for modern warfare so that they may develop westernized means of war as opposed to their traditional samurai system. In this process a war against these men and the samurais takes place in which the newly trained Japanese army is defeated and Captain Algren is captured by the samurais and taken to their village. The head of these samurais does not kill Captain…