Edo period

The 47 Ronin Story Paper (#1) The 47 Ronin Story takes place in 1701, approximately 100 years after the Tokugawa Shogunate was formed. The story displays much of the changes going on in Japanese society and culture. From the declining importance of the Samurai, to the rising influence of the merchant class, and finally to the inevitable changing of values that are all exacerbated by the long peace imposed by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The changing of values were not just commonplace among the classes

over two hundred years, challenges to Tokugawa authority were few, and this era was known as the time of Great Peace. In general, its appearance for the populace was grateful, because of a period of freedom from the warfare marked Sengoku, from the middle of 15th century to the end of 16th century. During that period, the chain of islands that makes up Japan was ruled by samurai and warlords. During the late sixteenth-century Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and finally Tokugawa Ieyasu took power in

history and its culture. My knowledge is mostly from modern Japan, a little from the Heian Period, the Edo Period, and also the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. I found out some of the information from past research papers I wrote for my history classes in high school, friends, family members, and anime. Japan’s culture developed at a rapid pace compared to some of the other parts of the world in the Heian era. This period had a great impact on Japanese culture when it came to literature. Many people, mostly

legend holds that Emperor Jimmu was the primary emperor of an imperial line that is still in place today. Archaeological proof gathered by a number of scholars implied the imperial rule started later, the third to seventh centuries AD, during the Kofun period. Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to re-join the country and effectively founded the Tokugawa Shogunate.

the Heian Period, the Edo Period and also the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. I found out some of the information from past research papers I wrote for my history classes in high school, friends, family members, and anime. Japan’s culture developed in a rapid pace compared some other parts of the world in the Heian era. An example would be The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu. Her novel gained popularity during this period. Jumping through time from there, in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, a great Japanese

paint that resembles the scene in which it wants to portray. Unlike the Minori, Tale of Genji, the Deer Scroll is more spacious because it portrays more of the Edo period’s motif of where empty space has the same fundamental as the importance of the area that has been covered on. However, the Minori, Tale of Genji was during the Heian period where Fujiwaras would marry female clan members to emperors and then ruling on behalf of the emperors offsprings until they are able to take the throne. This was

Feudal Japan was a time in Japanese history that lasted from 1185 to 1603 A.D. This influential time included the rise of the bakufu, or tent government, and rule by shōgun. It also included many wars, battles, and introductions of new weapons, ideas, or religions from foreign places. The mentioned introductions included firearms, Buddhism, and Christianity. The geography, climate, and location of Japan affects the inhabitants then and now. The geography of Japan consists of mountains, basins, plains

Feminist criticism, a “direct product of the ‘women’s movement’ of the 1960s”, is a broad school of theory that examines the representations of women in literature as well as the socially constructed concept of femininity (Barry, 2009, p.116). Besides challenging the previously-unquestioned ‘naturalness’ of gender roles in society, feminist criticism is also concerned with female experiences of oppression, and seeks to expose “how aspects of our culture are inherently patriarchal” (Purdue University

their sources of inspirations, paralleling to the subject matter of Ukiyo-e prints. For instance, the café and nightclub of Paris were the same as the teashops and brothels in old Edo. These innovative works of art inspired the new generation artists in France to seek for an alternative aesthetic experience in the modern period. The next part of the paper will use Henri Toulouse-Lautrec as representative example illustrating the immense influence of Japanese prints on the Post Impressionism

Kotoku was born in 1871 in rural Tosa and matured in the hectic reform years of the Meiji period. During his maturity, Japan was undergoing changes that lead to impending dangers. The years of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 changed from feudal system of the Edo period to a compulsory system of equal education and enlistment to the army. Japan underwent intense reforms that changed its social, political, and economic aspects. The reforms shook the foundations of the dying regime and gave birth to a