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Analysis of the Gempei War In May 1180 Prince Mochihito, the son of Retired emperor Go-Shirakawa, issued a statement urging the Minamoto to rise against the Taira. While Mochihito would be killed in June and Minamoto Yorimasa crushed at the Battle of the Uji, a fire had been set. In September Minamoto Yoritomo, who had recieved Mochihito's call from Miyoshi Yasukiyo, set about raising an army in the Province of Izu, where he had been in exile. There was an irony in the preceeding events, as

Loyalty and honor are of the highest value in the eyes of the samurai. This is a statement that many scholars and young educated persons believe to be true on the basis of assumption. Thomas Conlan challenges this preconceived notion of loyalty and honor in his book State of War by piecing together a much more difficult and situationally based definition of loyalty which differed depending on the samurai and by observing how times of war and hardship truly challenged an individual’s sense of honor

The Heian Period from about 794-1185 A.D. was an impressive era in Japanese history. Considered Japan’s Classical Age, it was a period of wealth and sophistication. Peace and prosperity, high culture, powerful clans, new ideas and relative independence of foreign influence marked this time. The move to the capital of Heian-kyō (modern day Kyoto) was motivated in large part on a desire by Emperor Kammu to reduce the substantial influence exercised by the monasteries in Heijō-kyō (modern day Nara)

“Warring State,” 1467 to 1603, was not, as aficionados assume, a world of lasting honor. Loyalties exchanged like yen coins. Ambitious warlords allowed family members to be kidnapped, and murdering young innocents was commonplace. An entire ruling clan, the Taira, was dispatched when rival children, spared rather than extinguished, grew and enacted revenge, finishing off Taira youths. My entry into Japan was accident. I rolled dice on a job teaching English in a Japanese village of 900 in the mountains

The Momoyama period was a turning point between the Middle Ages in Japan. This period began by the overthrow of the Ashikaga Shogunate who was the ruler during the Muromachi period, in the late 15th century. During the Muromachi period, Japan was experiencing violent conflicts over territory and power. In 1573 Oda Nobunaga became the ruler and with him was the birth of the short-lived Momoyama period; only three warlords seized power during that time . Even though, the Momoyama was a brief period

“The Tale of Heike” centers around the war between two clans, the Taira or Heike in the story and the Minamoto or known as Genji in the story in the 1100s. The work is often equated to other historical pieces of work such as the Iliad, the general plot of the work revolves around aspects of warrior culture and Japan during the medieval age. Since the piece was like other historical epic poems, there is not single author and the story has evolved being passed down through an oral culture before finally

much of her young self. Perhaps unbeknownst to her, the one thing they truly have in common is too much ambition. Alastair’s health soon withered and it was now apparent that Blane will soon have to ascend and take over the control of the Campbell Clan. In one of the festivities held to honor him as the incoming chief, Duff appeared in the

Adversity, rather it be a bully at school or even a sprained ankle playing your favorite sport; these things are what build our character. When we are young we are naive to the world around us, our only influence is our family.As a child you adopt a base character, adversity helps build onto this. In ‘We Were Liars’ by E. Lockhart the liars are blinded by wealth and power, when tragedy strikes the liars characters are changed dramatically showing that adversity is the main influence on a person's

emperor claimed sovereignty over most territory of Japanese islands”. It was also stated in the same source that members of the “High Court Nobility were recruited among Junior and imperial family”. This tells us that the members of the prestigious clan in the period should have a powerful and strong family background which Genji did not have. Also it is stated in the same source that “holders of the aristocratic ranks enjoyed special legal and economic privileges.” It shows us how the great power

1. Lady Murasaki wanted to compare and contrast between these characters since Genji seems the one sharing his opinions on fictional novels to nonfictional novels that affects their society as Tamakatsura read her fictional novel. The rehetorical effect of the novel’s main male character making these arguments while she is reading a novel. 2. According to Genji, a fictional narrative gives us contradictory, emotional, and somewhat intellectual reactions. 3. The connection that Genji draw between