Culture defines art. According to Webster's dictionary, the definition of culture is the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular group, place, and or time. As time progresses and present becomes past, the ability to preserve a society lies on the capacity to transfer history through tangible forms. Art has the capacity to preserve society and its history; it preserves events and emotions that were once meaningful to an era. Animal symbolism in Chinese and Japanese art as seen in a war…
A tragic hero is someone who is of high position in his culture. A tragic hero, is extraordinary, however not perfect. The audience is able to relate to him or her as a human being. The hero 's downfall is the result of a fatal flaw in his character. It is the result of free will, not of an accident or insignificant destiny. The hero does not necessarily deserve the misfortune. The punishment surpasses the "wrongdoing." The hero 's fall is not a complete loss. There is always an increase in…
After a succession of the Shogun, the Azuchi-Momoyama period began with the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which also brought back the feudalist system (“Fact of Japan,” 2015). In 1867, the Tokugawa Shogunate fell and gave rise to the Meiji Restoration. This was when the capital was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo and became a period focused on industrialization and modernization. However, after World War I Japan’s economy plummeted. The rise of militarism…
The nineteenth century was a huge turning point in global powers in Europe and Asia. The smaller countries grew larger in power whereas the bigger countries grew smaller in power, Russia, Japan, and China being the greatest examples. While Japan thrived in many aspects, Russia and China were on the verge of falling apart. The different approaches to nationalism by the three countries affected their political, social, and economic transformation and modernization while Japan mostly benefitted in…
1. The Industrial Revolution gave rise to new economic needs: raw materials and agricultural products 2. Occasionally with industrial capitalism, more manufactured goods were produced than their people could afford 3. European investors found it more profitable to invest money away from home and at one point Britain was investing about half of its savings around the world 4. Imperialism guaranteed solutions to societies of industrializations class conflicts but eluding revolution and…
In the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, many elites, new intellectuals and reform-minded Chinese had realized that the existing political and social systems which lasted for more than thousands years should be changed immediately, or the Qing Empire would collapse quickly. The actual ruler of the Empire, Empress Dowager Cixi, who oppressed the Reform of 1898, recognized the urgent needs for reform as she felt gradually losing control, respects and confidence over both…
their husbands they would be divorce and chastised. During this time there were many books to define the Gender roles of women. Fukuzawa Yukichi played an important role in helping these gender roles progress from the Tokugawa Period to the Meiji Restoration and beyond. He was the first influential advocate of women’s rights in modern Japan and worked to liberate women from their traditional ideas and…
The hindus accepted the unifying force of the mughal rulers What made Egypt an attractive target for Western imperialist expansion in the late 19th century? Because of their art What was the role of the Meiji Restoration in Japanese history? To increase western influence What is the 19th-century Egyptian political leader Muhammad Ali is best known for? He ruled egypt as an ottoman governor ,also had the strongest state in islamic world During the era of British…
The 19th and 20th century were mainly filled with violence, war, and corruption in Southeast Asia. During the mid-19th century, China was the strongest country in East Asia, Korea was strongly influenced by the Chinese, and Japan was starting to open up relations with foreign powers (mainly the west). However, by the end of the mid-20th century, everything changed: China gained a new political system, Korea was annexed and freed of Japanese rule, and Japan suffered a major loss. So, how did…
A Moderate Balance in Governing Nakae Chōmin first published A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government in 1887, during the Meiji Restoration, a historical turning point in Japan’s political and economic development. This turning point was heavily induced by the introduction to the outside western civilization. This introduction pushed Japan to determine how to improve its current government to better compete with that of the West. In Nakae Chōmin’s, A Discourse by Three Drunkards on…