Shogun Assassin

In 1868, Japan appeared to be period of triumph of tradition over change, but Japanese leaders realized that Japan needed to modernize to survive (pg. 652). They begin enforcing a policy of comprehensive reform that would lay the basis for a modern industrial nation within the generation (pg. 652). A new young emperor by the reign name of Meiji symbolized the new era that was beginning (pg. 652). Meiji, (which means “enlightened rule”), took the throne in 1867 after the death of his father…

Japan Japan first became a unified country by the year 300 A.D., however Japan had many different forms of government before it became unified. For most of its history, Japan was feudal country, with a strong central government and multiple rural towns spread around the country. The exact form of the Japanese government has changed over the years. During the Heian period, which was between 794 and 1185 A.D., there were four major groups that held government power. These groups were the emperor…

Medieval Europe vs Feudal Japan Having extensively researched both Medieval Europe and Feudal Japan, I conclusively maintain a preference to live in Feudal Japan. This is due to Japan’s superior social, military and medical frameworks as opposed to Medieval Europe's underdeveloped and primitive society. It is because of Feudal Japan’s pragmatic and intuitive societal construct that makes it my undeniable choice of residence. Feudal Japan's healthcare and sanitation system was far more…

Obligations of the Warrior Classes: European Knight and Japanese Samurai When looking at the roles and their differences between European Knights and Japanese Samurai, there were four articles. The first article looked at was about the way of the Samurai, which was by William S. Wilson in 1979. This article went into depth about how Samurai were treated and how they had to be in a certain mindset. The second article in the Samurai was by Jackson Spielvogel in 2011. This article was about a…

three periods in Medieval Ages of Japan. The time period was mark by the defeat of one of the most distinct families in Japan the Taira family and the leadership of the Kamakura Period was appointed to Yoritomo. Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura Period and he appointed other commanders called shugos, also known as military officials to different providences across Japan to insure that land in these provinces…

Samurai and Knights Essay Maybe, the samurais and knights are both warriors, but that does not mean they are similar. In 1000 - 1500, during the medieval times, Japan built a warrior class called Samurai and Europe built a warrior class called Knights. They developed a thing called feudalism and they built a warrior class. Were the similarities greater than the differences or are the differences greater than the similarities? The similarities between samurai and knights were not greater than…

to lose their power to that of clans. Minamoto no Yoritomo, the leader of his clan and victor of the Genpei War, decided to locate his capital in Kamakura, while governing the sharing power of Japan with the Emperor Go-Toba, who gave him the title shogun, which resided in Kyoto. Thus, establishing the first warrior government with a new notion, as stated by Jeffrey P. Mass states in “Identity, Personal Names, and Kamakura Society”, that Minamoto-led bakufu embraced warriors from all clans.…

the Daimyo were able to be brought under control. This period was called the Tokugawa period also known as the Edo period. This was also a period when Japan was cut off from the rest of the world. The daimyo were one of the great lords of Japan (shogun above them) who had many samurais under their control. Oda Nobunaga, a Japanese warrior and government official, decided in 1568 to conquer the daimyo and gain control over them. This was later continued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and completed in…

blowing as you walk, the smell of fresh fish made present. Your head bows as you pass one of the Shogun, Oda Nobunaga to be exact. Your bent position pleases the man as he continues on his way. Now imagine being awoken to the sound of your neighbor being dragged away because he didn’t bow far enough. This was the daily life of someone living under the rule of the Azuchi-Momoyama shogunate, a powerhouse of Shogun made warlords in Japan. Many people seem to believe that Medieval Japan, or Feudal…

Protest activity, prompted by prolonged inequality, arises from the frustrations of men who feel socio-economically disadvantaged and are displeased with the government’s approach towards society’s issues. The Tokugawa and Meiji periods encountered several instances of uprising amongst the peasantry—most notably those led by Oshio Heihachiro, Tanaka Shozo, and Sakura Sogoro. The story of Sakura Sogoro—a protest in which an archetypal heroic peasant martyr appealed directly to the elites in…