Shogun

Ming China last chinese dynasty, 1368-1644 started when the mongols were overthrown zhu yuanzhang started the dynasty and had many military talents population rose about 150 million people economic progress urbanization and technology increase of people that lived in urban areas people were still able to be fed properly China did not have an industrial-technical breakthrough; which is why is it not the dominant power of the world the ming political system The ming dynasty was ruled by a…

Imperialism deeply affected many countries across the world. In the 19th century, imperialism expanded into Africa, and expanded further into Asia. Wars and arguments between imperial powers and the countries/territories that they colonized did eventually lead to independence in some countries, but the unstable independent governments were not equipped for the sudden weight. Imperialism had various effects, ranging from positive to negative, which can still be seen today. The positive effects…

External Forces Against Male Depiction in Art Artwork of the Baroque period in Europe along with the artwork from India and Japan have numerous differences. Regardless of the differences present between the artwork, each focuses on a similar subject, the human male. Weather the art be Caravaggio’s Bacchus, Narsingh’s Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of Marwar, or Yokoyama Taikan’s Kutsugen, each piece focuses on a male figure surrounded by important symbolism of the time period. The paintings may be…

Abdul Rahman Zindani Dr. Rigoni Paper #3 The Views of the Samurai and Machiavelli on Ruling In the late twelfth century, Japan saw the fall of the emperor’s power and the rise of the shogun as the new leader of the feudal system. At the time, the Japanese samurai were part of a disciplined hierarchical structure where many clans served under another for multiple generations. Many of the samurai writings, such as Opinions in Ninety-Nine Articles and The Regulations of Imawa Ryoshun, were focused…

In today’s modern world societies know of the big religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, but the majority of the world could not tell you about the Shinto religion. The Shinto religion is a very rich religion that beliefs in spirits, nature, and purity. This plays a part of everyday life in Japan. Shinto does not meet all the stipulations of most modern religions and there is not missionaries whom spread the religion outside of Japan. The Shinto religion utilizes…

Japan’s Educational System: An Admirable Method Most people would agree that the country of Japan is a world superpower that holds plenty of influence over much of the present world. Of course, the island country did not suddenly hold as much power as it currently does in a single day, nor did it have a lack of struggle to get to its current position. Japan has a long history that leads up to its current events, and a major portion of that history has contributed to the country’s current record…

Code One could write off these personality types as a means of creating likable characters and stress that their inherent goals are not directly affected. For onna-bugeisha, the bushidō code required a woman to give herself completely to her clan and shogun. Kikiyo’s love for InuYasha clouds her judgement and inevitably gets in the way of her position as the guardian of the shikon jewel. Miko were usually young, unmarried, and preferably virgin women that did not take lovers. Being seduced by a…

years of exclusion from the outer world was influential of its expansion as an empire. They developed a systematic and rigid system of living which they despised overseas influences and saw that alliances that could possibly be formed against the shogun were forbidden through the use of an “organized hostage system.” They also developed an attitude of…

The social and political structure of an era greatly influences the arts and cultural products of the time. The relationship a government has with the governed, its interactions with neighboring states and people, as well as the social and economic values of the time, shapes and molds the way the people in that area artistically express themselves. This holds true for the artistic products of ancient Japan, specifically from the Kofun period to the end of the Muromachi period, spanning from…

Wordless Picture Book A Ball for Daisy by Schwartz & Wade. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, for wordless books anyone who picks them suddenly becomes an author in my opinion because you have to create a story with your Imaginations as you see the pictures from the book. My point of view of the story goes a little something with Daisy, who is in love with playing and chewing on her red ball. She rolls over on her back and holds the ball on her stomach. After Daisy takes her nap the…