TheEdo periodlasted from 1603 to 1868, wherein Japan was ruled largely by the TokugawaShogunateand regionaldaimyo. This era had a distinct social hierarchy, with the warrior class and the nobility at the top, followed by the peasant class, the craftsmen or working class and the merchants. Whi...
Under the Togukawa shogunate (1600-1868), Chinese culture enjoyed something of a renaissance, though popular culture owed more to Japanese urban taste and urban wealth. In 1868 the Meiji Restoration brought to power rulers dedicated to the pursuit of national wealth and stre...
Crucifixion in Japan took various forms and was used to punish thieves, threats to public order, and religious enemies alike. It's unclear when crucifixion ...
9) Japan's feudal era and how it was characterized by the emergence and dominance of a ruling class of warriors, the samurai. 10) The start of the Muromachi period and the Ashikaga shogunate 11) The Higashiyama culture is a segment of Japanese culture originated and promoted in the 15th ce...
It examines the relationship between peasant and local lord, and between the lord, as a unit of local government, and the emerging shogunate. It offers new insights into the evolution of indigenous thought and religion and it also deals with Japan's foreign relations, particularly the impact of...
Japanis an island nation located in East Asia, and its islands can be found in several large bodies of water: the Sea of Okhotsk, the Pacific Ocean, the East China Sea, and the Sea of Japan. The main islands of Japan are called Shikoku, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Honshu; however, there ...
of Japanese calligraphy, and his creation ofwayo,or Japanese-style calligraphy, was born. Finally, the talented artistHon'ami Koetsu(1558-1637) used his flowing style of writing in a way that impressed the Tokugawa shogunate and emperors of the medieval period. Many of the works of these ...
The Edo Period under theTokugawa Shogunatefrom 1603–1868 brought stability and peace to Japan, bringing the ninja story to a close. Ninja skills and legends survived, though, and were embellished to enliven the movies, games, and comic books of today....
In 1853 a flotilla of U.S. Navy warships led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Japan. A scant fourteen years later the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had lasted two and a half centuries, was at an end. What lay behind the sudden collapse of samurai rule? Watanabe Hiroshi...
A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present, Fourth Edition, paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of Japanese history. It takes students from the days of the shogunate--the feudal overlordship of the Tokugawa family--through the ...