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To began with the economy background information about Edo and Meiji Japan. In the Edo era, the Tokugawa shogunate implementation of the "lock country politics" policy, to prohibit foreign missionaries, businessmen and civilians into Japan, nor to allow foreign Japanese to return home, or even prohibit the manufacture of ships suitable for maritime navigation, only with China, North Korea and Netherlands and other countries only in Nagasaki. It can be proved by C.T. Assendelft De Coningh’s A…

guidance in early Japan. These influences were so vast that they almost paralleled the han Dynasty and borrowed from later Dynasties however this does not mean they did not also fuse Chinese thought with their own beliefs. These changes meant that although they assimilated chinese culture with theirs it became a unique meld. The last was about Nara Buddhism, which was made up of of six sects and how these six sects were used a as a tool of state ideology, Nara Buddhism arrived in Japan around…

Hokusai’s woodcut began as the optimus prime of his thirty-six piece series of woodcuts: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. His piece began as a simple drawing that was attached to a slate of cherry wood which was then carved away until the initial drawing was left in the block. This was done several times, once for each color and then for the line work. The woodblocks where inked, pressed against the printing paper individually, and then the back of the paper was rubbed with a tool called a baren…

The Korean Society has developed over the years to become very successful. Korea has made both cultural and technological advancements in the past years. But how could a vast peninsula, with very minimal resources become so successful? Did they have an influence? Were they guided by someone? Research suggests that Korea's success is related to China's rule over Korea and the influence China had on Korea after Korea’s independence. Until 926, China had ruled Korea. When Korea declared…

were used in feudal Japan and medieval Europe as homes for the noble classes and as defensive fortresses. They were both very effective at protecting the inhabitants and stop attacking forces however, there are a few important differences. Japanese castles were not just used for defensive reasons they are also artistic and beautiful through the architecture and surrounding environment while European castles focussed more on defensive capabilities and functionality. In feudal Japan there was a…

The Cost of Freedom Imagine a world where you are suddenly an alien. Your life is ripped away, and everyone looks at you differently. Within the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, Japanese-American people are segregated and incarcerated in camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The family that is described within this book is one of the unfortunate families that was ripped away from their home because of their heritage. To analyze their situation, Julie Otsuka uses many…

Imperial Japan transformed from a vulnerable country humiliated by unequal treaties, to a political, economic, and military power parallel to the Western countries. Since the Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean isolated the Japanese Archipelago from rest of the world, only the development of superior naval technology could enable Japan to project power abroad. When Commodore Matthew C. Perry steered steam-powered warships into the Bay of Edo in 1853 and coerced Japan to open the country, Japan was…

in the classes based on their setting and clues of wealth. Nature does play a significant part in both paintings. These depictions could be to show the importance of nature. Mono no aware was found in many aspects of the cultural art presented in Japan, such as poetry. Mono no aware is the acute sensitivity to surroundings and scenes that one encounters. It is like empathy with heightened senses towards other objects, which are not necessary living. Mono no aware can be concluded to be…

between two powerful clans (Hosokawa and Yamana), Japan had hence been divided into warring states. This period in history had marked the shoguns' decline in power, both militarily and politically, as well as the rise in "influential feudal lords" called Daimyos, who took advantage of the political disturbance and eventually replaced the shoguns in terms of leadership. Local Daimyos and Warlord desperately vied for the control over different regions of Japan for the next century and a half…

China and Japan are always thought of of being the exact same. The people who think that are the ones that do not even live in the same continent as China and Japan! Though, it does feel like they would be the same since they both prospered around 600 CE and had similar cultural ties. While, yes, they both have a lot of similar aspects, both of them have enormous distinct and different features about themselves. China and Japan both had traditions and culture ties with Buddhism and had similar…