Satsuma Rebellion

The Satsuma rebellion was a resist from the Meiji government and modern changes that took place in 1877. The Meiji Era controlled most of Japan, except for a small area in the southwestern part of Japan, which was the Satsuma. "Japanese leaders decided that they needed a modern army equipped with the most up-to-date weapons, trained by the best officers of the day: the French and Germans. In 1872, the imperial army was reorganized as a force of 46,000 conscripts from every social class. " The Southwestern

In the movie Garden State, Natalie Portman‘s character is trying to get Zach Braff‘s character to do something really stupid and silly, and says “This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and no one will copy through-out human existence. And if nothing else you'll be remembered as the one guy who ever did this… this one thing.” It’s movies like this, movies that are written with great meaning, that I walk away from with just this warm unexplainable feeling. Movies

The Last Samurai vs. The Satsuma Rebellion   “The Last Samurai” is a war film depicting Civil War veteran Nathan Algren, thrust into the middle of a conflict between a small sect of samurai and the newly formed Japanese empire after being sent over to train the empire's army. The film was inspired by the events of the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigo Takamori. While the film retains some genuine aspects of the time period, many aspects of the film are fictionalized. This most notably includes

Each country has a different culture. That culture will thrive on any of its citizens and in use in their daily life. Sometimes, about the culture of the country also appears in the story of a movie. One of them is the last Samurai movie. It published in 2003. This movie is about an American epic historical war film. Nathan Algren as the main character portrays a formerly retired officer of the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment, who is personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with

For many years Japan isolated themselves from the world causing them to miss out on benefits of the Industrial Revolution. Once Japan realized how far behind they were in technology, they opened their gates to foreigners. This led the Boshin War, a civil war between the remaining Samurais and the rest of the country pushing for a more modern and foreign influenced country. The film the “The Last Samurai” does a wonderful job depicting Japanese culture during the Boshin War. It shows how Japanese

In this investigation I will look at the major historical and military events of the transition of the Edo period to the Meiji Period and the Meiji Restoration and look at how they relate to the freedom of Japanese people. Japan during the periods of 1600 – 1868 A.D. was a land of seclusion, military power and oppression. This was known as the Edo period. This however was one of the most peaceful times in Japan’s history. This peace was established through the military powers of the Tokugawa Shogunate

reformation changed the system of Japanese military which samurai lost their power and they weren’t be able to hold their swords anymore. Instead, Japan started to develop western weapons and draft system was adopted into Japanese society. This led to Satsuma Rebellion where group of samurai, leaded by Saigo Takamori tried to defeat the shogunate, but they were defeated by new Japanese army. The growth of Japanese military was proved by their victory in Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War There was massive

According to Moritz Bonn, “the modern world is the result of colonisation,” and colonisation is generally defined as “the transfer of political, economic, and cultural institutions from one society to another.” During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the world was in chaos. A number of countries from all over the world had colonised other states or had been colonised by others. However, among the states that had escaped from the fate of being colonised, Japan stood out more noticeably

Both Japan and China lie in the East of Asia. ‪To a certain extent，Japan and China own similar culture background, in the Confucian Cultural Circle. But when we look back into the modern history development, Japan and China made quite different decisions when facing the western countries’ aggression. China suffered the invasion in 1840 after the first Sino-British War. Japan was in a similar situation in the black boat incident in 1853, the Opium War made the West began to pay attention to East Asia

ineffective, forcing many to realize the need for nationalization and reform. By the late 1850s, there was a growing call for sonnō (respect for the emperor). The imperial court became a haven for bafuku opposers, particularly radical samurai from Satsuma and Chōshū. An alliance between the two domains concerned the bafuku, leading to an attempted military expedition to chastise the Chōshū in 1866 for its insubordination. The failed expedition proved the bafuku no longer possessed the strength to impose