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    the air. Busy one half, memorizing the other, this is Japan. I hope to visit this fascinating and vast place one day and really experience the style that they wear. I want to be emerged with the culture they have. Taking in an eyeful of the surroundings they are engaged, but that has only been in contrast of the technological advances that they have achieved in. That is really what makes japan unlike no other country in the world. Going to Japan the common places have everyday men, women, and…

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    Introduction Japan, in the nineteenth century, has gone through much reform. Prior to the Meiji Period, much of what the citizens knew was based around farming and agriculture . Japan had not yet explored trade with other countries, aside from China, which happened during the Taika Reform. The Taika Reform, happening in mid-sixth century, “opened Japan to the incorporation of new ideas and institutions from China .” Many scholars associate the Meiji Reform to the Taika Reform, although the…

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    especially the for the shoen system in Japan. During the Heian Period, the control of land and agricultural production was an important concept to the samurai. However, during the Kamakura Period, the jito came into the picture and took over the shoen system. By the mid-fourteenth to the late sixteenth century, the shoen declined due to four different factors. However, during the Tokugawa Period, the samurai gain economic surplus from the peasants of Japan. Ethan Segal’s The Shoen System,…

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    for everyone. General MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender and took control of the US occupation of Japan. Right when he took leader he was determined to build a new stabilized foundation full of peace and order. He began this new process with something called demilitarization. This getting rid of Japanese forces. This didn't take long to do at all and he ended up leaving the Japan army with only a small armed force. The next part to his new strategies was the…

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    History essay The Tokogawa period, also called the Edo period, was the last Japanese feudal military government which lasted between 1603 and 1868. The feudal system was designed to separate different groups of people and each group having a purpose in the system. The Tokogawa Shogunate was responsible for controlling the samurai class and collecting taxes, defending and controlling the cities. Samurais who were professional warriors, were the leaders in this period, but all of them were…

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    During the period between 1600 and 1900 in Japan, regarding cultural and political changes and continuities, the ideology of kokutai remained constant while there were significant changes in their militarily weak country and isolated nation. Japan changed from being a weakened isolated nation to a modern imperialist country. Before this big change, Japan was under the rule of Tokugawa Shogunate. Japan did not associate with any other country because they believed foreign influence was a…

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    his ability to seamlessly merge new practices with the old elite families, Taizong’s governance and decrees were admired by surrounding territories. His leadership and government planning especially attracted the newly unified Silla Kingdom of Korea as well as Japan during Shōtoku’s Great Reforms. Both Kingdoms in Korea and Japan, despite social differences from the Tang, tried to implement the same reforms as Taizong and his fellow officials did: especially,…

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    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…

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    Samurai Downfall

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    inevitable because they want to keep the same traditions not trying modernize. During the eighth century, the Heian Period, around the year 800 to 1200, Samurai originally was referred to household servants. The Heian Era was a time where Japan’s government was ruled by an Emperor who ruled by military force. The Emperor had heavy taxation and those who refused to pay the fine, which were rich landowners, were killed by a well organized calvary called…

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    Yukichi Fukuzawa Essay

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    prosperous city in Japan, and so the way she dressed us and arranged our hair made us seem queer in the eyes of these…

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