Who is the Emperor of Japan? Has any Japanese emperor abdicated? Why was the Tokugawa shogunate so strict? How does one become the Emperor of Japan? Who was the Emperor of Japan during 54 CE? What did Emperor Jimmu do for Japan?
Why was the Tokugawa shogunate successful? What effect did the Meiji Restoration have on Japan's economy? How did the Japanese feel about the Meiji Restoration? What happened to the samurai after the Meiji Restoration? What happened to the samurai during the Meiji Restoration?
From an environmental perspective, the start of trans Atlantic trade represented the human recreation of Pangaea. Derived from Alfred Crosby’s (2000:2–4, 42–43, 164)Ecological Imperialism, this argument posits that the Atlantic after 1492 CE morphed from a barrier to a conduit for terrestrial...
Sake, the drink of the Gods in Japan from the very beginning of its appearance in Japan, was a part of early religious rites that were the prototype of what is identified as the Shinto religion today. It was used to purify the temple and formed an important to the gods. Sake is believ...
It’s not Japan’s fault that I did basically the exact opposite of being with the fox. It’s that I arrived in Tokyo, realized that I was standing on another planet far in the future, and understood that the utopian Japanese countryside would have to wait for another trip—I needed to...
How brutal was the Japanese invasion of Manchuria? Why did the Sino-Japanese War happen? Why did the Nanking Massacre happen? What was the purpose of the Sino-Japanese War? What was the Battle of Nanking's significance? What was the importance of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan?
Why was the Tokugawa shogunate not influenced by other cultures? Why did the Tokugawa shogunate ban Christianity? Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu isolate Japan? How ruthless was the Tokugawa shogunate? Why was the Tokugawa Clan so powerful? Why is Tokugawa Ieyasu an example of an absolute ruler?
Why did the Tokugawa shogunate want to attack the Choshu? Why did Kublai Khan start the Yuan dynasty? Why did Japan invade China in 1937? Why did Kublai Khan's reign succeed? Why did the Mongol invasions of Japan fail? Why did Japan want to take over China and other places in Asia in...
Why did Meiji Japan rise up? How did feudal Japan start? Why did the Tokugawa shogunate isolate Japan? Why did Japan isolate itself during the Edo Period? What characterizes the Showa Period of Japan? Why did the Emperor Meiji choose to westernize Japan? How did Japan create an Asian colon...
Why did Japan begin a period of conquest? How did Japan become a modern industrial power? Why did Japan industrialize during the Meiji Period? Why did Japan want to take over China and other places in Asia in the 20th century? Why did Tokugawa shogunate come to power?