Imperial House of Japan

be remembered by the people. Hideki Tojo was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 30th 1884 to a family of Samurai decedents. He was the youngest son in his family out of his two siblings, because his two siblings died before he was born. This made his dad more eager to help Tojo succeed in life. While his brothers could not prosper in life because they will die at such a young age. In result of his dead brothers, Tojo will go to an imperial army academy as a young boy to learn to grow up and shadow

is written account of the power tussle between the clans in Japan, which were the Taira and Minamoto clans. This story documents the struggle for leadership and control between both clans at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War, taking place from 1180 to 1185. Authorship is unknown but it is still regarded as one of the celebrated classics in the Japanese literature. This story’s focus is on Heike (Taira) Clan in medieval Japan. It shows his rise into power and eventual fall. Highlights

leaves fell into the water. The Emperor drank the tea and found it refreshing. Lu Yu, a Chinese scholar of Buddhist Monks, codified the various methods of tea cultivation and preparation in Ancient China. This helped him to introduce tea to the Imperial Japan. Japan was first introduced to tea by the Buddhist priest Yeisei. Encouraging the use of tea in religious meditation. Yeisei became known as “the Father of Tea”. Over the years, tea has been introduced to many countries such as Europe, America, England

conspired with Prince Naka No Oe to take down the Soga clan, one of the most powerful clans of the Asuka period of the early Japanese state, and to destroy the Soga’s influence on the imperial family (Rhee 3). The Soga’s fell out of power and the prince, after being coronated, granted Katamari a high position in the imperial court; after that their clan name was Fujiwara. The Fujiwara is one of the four great clans that now dominated the Heian politics, along with the Mimamoto, the Taira, and the Tachinana

Russia and Japan were both dominated by Western domination during the 19th century, however they both reacted different and similarity to industrialization in 1750-1900. A rising tide of unrest accompanied Russia’s period of transformation by the 1880s, from nationalist agitation to outright revolution. Russia had become a profoundly unstable society. However, Japan was better at adapting to the challenge of industrial change. For example, marker forms were more extensive, reaching into peasant agriculture

A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house one or more Shinto kami (spirit). A shrine's most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects rather than for worship. Although "shrine" is the only word used in English, Shinto shrines have a variety of many different names used in Japanese. In particular, gongen,  -gū,  jinja,  jingū,  mori,  myōjin,  -sha, taisha, and ubusuna oryashiro are the nonequivalent names for Shinto shrine. A Shinto shrine is usually

how much land they conquered and how powerful they were. 2. Have the political accomplishments of both Japan & Western Europe matched their economic achievements? Both Japan and Western Europe practiced feudalism and they were both unusually successful in industrial development. They are both also proven adept at running capitalist economies, so the political accomplishments of both Japan and Western Europe have matched their economic achievements. 3. If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

creating diplomatic tensions with other countries especially the Soviet Union. Before the atomic bomb was tested, Truman’s main goal was to ask the neutral Soviets to join in and create a two front war so we could force an unconditional surrender on Japan. However, the successful atomic test at Trinity gave Truman more muscle to negotiate with Stalin. Although after the atomic bomb was readily available, the war wouldn’t end so swiftly. Walker gives some additional supporting sources that indicates

was urging Japan to surrender, when they refused to comply with these terms, the bomb was dropped and 100,000 people were killed. Two professors of American History, Robert James Maddox and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, share their opposing views on weather the atomic bomb was necessary to end World War II. Maddox claims that the atomic bomb forced the Japanese army to agree to surrender, which significantly saved more lives than would have been lost. Hasegawa asserts that the Soviet invasion of Japan was a more

from the Raping of Nanking. The Imperial Army was shamed for the bluntness of its killing and raping of several hundreds of thousands of women. “The army that's rapes and pillages together stays together”-Alison Bernier. So it was not a surprise that the army was back at it with ‘comfort women’ during World War Two. This essay discusses the history of comfort stations, ‘comfort women’, and the controversy that surrounds the situation. Comfort Stations were houses near military barracks and stations