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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Mitch Armstrong
Toyotomi Hideyoshi a preeminent daimyo, warrior, and a samurai in the Sengoku period throughout Shogunate Japan. Hideyoshi was regarded and well known as Japan's second pronounced leader and unifier of Japan. A well-respected man in the Japanese army. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born in 1536. He was part of stopping the civil war that ended that conflict in that era, in Shogunate Japan. Hideyoshi is remarkable for saving millions of lives and is remembered throughout history for his work in Japan.
Back in the Sengoku period, there were numerous military conflicts. Toyotomi Hideyoshi stopped the warring states period conflict in Japan in 221BC. The period Hideyoshi ruled is referred to as the momoyama period. The castle is a symbol of his power. In 1588, Hideyoshi prohibited all Japanese citizens besides samurais from owning weapons. This action stopped violence between civilized citizens. This action is known as the "Sword Hunt" angered farmers and warrior-monks, who had kept weapons and participated in wars and rebellions. The significance of Hideyoshi is that without him reigns against the public would never have happened and his work in stopping the civil war. The benefits of Hideyoshi in his work that there was a safer country and
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You were placed on a chart based on your occupation. If you're a merchant, you were in the bottom class. If you were on the top you are the Emperor. You had power over everything in Japan. You were the figure head. 90% of the population of Japan were either peasants or slaves and ranked bottom on the feudal system. Hideyoshi had to clarify the boundaries between the people high up in the feudal system and to prevent uprisings by the monks and peasants. If you were in the lowest class, you had no power and you had to work for people in the higher
War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans controlled much of the country. A chief headed each clan; made up of related families. The chiefs were the ancestors of Japan's imperial family. The wars were usually about land useful for the production of rice. In fact, only 20% of the land was fit for farming. The struggle for control of that land eventually ga...
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In the book Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan, Karl Friday focuses on war in early medieval Japan. A central thesis could be the political primacy of the imperial court. (Lamers 2005) This is the tenth through fourteenth centuries, before the samurai became prominent in Japan and were trying to form themselves into more of what we think of them today. Friday focuses on five aspects of war in his book; they are the meaning of war, the organization of war, the tools of war, the science of war, and the culture of war.
Japan lasted from 1185-1603. During that time Japan had emperors, shoguns, daimyos, samurai, and peasants who were all apart of a social class, and all together it was called the Samurai Society. The emperor was just a figurehead for the shogun. The shogun was a powerful military leader that ruled in the emperor’s name. Daimyo were powerful landlords. The daimyo often led armies of samurai. These samurai were trained professional warriors who served daimyo and shoguns. The samurai had to follow a certain code of rules for samurai called Bushido. One of their rules included to always have self-discipline to become a good samurai. The samurai warriors wore light armor, helmets (usually shaped like an animal), and had two swords around their waist. Their armor had a lot of detail and color to it, like their unique helmets. After the samurai comes the peasants, which included farmers and fishermen. They usually always work, then pay takes to the shogun. They usually gave the shogun what they earned from working like food or crops. What made their jobs a bit difficult was their topography. Japan’s topography included many mountains, undersea volcanoes, and barely any flat land to farm on. The Japanese didn’t only work they also practiced their religion. For example, they practiced Confucianism, Buddhism (...
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Chinese and Japanese faced much internal conflict, but while China faced a combination of economic setbacks and political weakness, the Japanese were riddled with wars along their countryside. First, the Chinese emperor was too weak in comparison to his bureaucracy, which ended up making most of the decisions for the last Ming dynasty emperor. This was due to the emperor’s realization that having a title as Son of Heaven did not mean he had all the power of the empire. Instead he lived a laid back life where the bureaucrats vied for power and wealth amongst themselves and he merely managed them. Like the Chinese, the Japanese also saw elites battling it out for power, but this time on the battlefield with armies of samurai. These battles put Japan in a period much like the Warring States period in early Chinese history, where families fought and fought for power almost endlessly. The political weakness in China contributed to its economic failure as well. With no force to manage to seas, pirates were free to raid trade ships and villages along the coast line, weakening the Chinese economy that relied on a transport system to supply the country. These two major forces led to China’s fragmentation and eventual takeover by the Manchu. In contrast, the battles happening in Japan were not harmful to the economy as much as they were in China. This is due to the fact that the Japanese daimyos were independent...
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When discussing the origin of the Samurai, an important time in history for their beginning can be seen in the formation of a Feudal System in early Japan. In 646 AD, Emperor Tenji enacted the Taika Reform. This reform allowed the aristocracy to adopt Chinese-Style political structures, bureaucracy, and culture (Farris). Basically, this allowed land to be redistributed among the people and while new taxes were formed. This was because more income was needed to support the newly adopted Chinese style empire. Due to these reforms, many peasants had to sell their land and work as farmers for other people while people who actually owned land were able to gain wealth and power. This resulted in the formation of a feudal system. This system was similar to that of medieval Europe and contributed to the rise of the Samurai social class.
Takeda Shingen was a swift and meticulous daimyo in feudal Japan during the late stage of the Sengoku period. He ruled the Kai Province from 1541-1573. Born on December 1, 1521, Takeda Shingen was the eldest of 3 sons of Japanese warlord, Takeda Nobutora of the Kai Province. During his childhood, Shingen was called “Taro” (a commonly used pet name for a Japanese family’s eldest son) or “Katsuchiyo.” Around 1535, Katsuchiyo had an elaborate coming of age ceremony which included court notable Sanjo Kinyori, a retired Dainagon, whose daughter Katsuchiyo would soon marry. In addition, shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu sent word for Katsuchiyo to add “Haru” into his adult name, thus he became known as Harunobu. In feudal Japan, it was common practice for a high-ranking warrior to grant a character from his own name to a subordinate as a symbol of recognition. Upon discovery that his father, Nobutora, was planning to name his second son, Nobushige, as his heir, it caused great strife between Harunobu and Nobutora. It was in 1541 that Harunobu rebelled against his father and Nobutora was exiled to Suruga, ruled by the Imagawa clan. Many of Nobutora’s top Takeda retainers saw advantage in supporting Harunobu, as many held personal grudges against his father. An alliance was formed with the Imagawa clan for their support in this bloodless coup.
My early years of adulthood were very well spent because I worked hard to upgrade my ranking in the army. I went from the ranking captain in 1915, to the ranking colonel in 1928. I was also made commander of the lst Infantry Regiment. I returned to Tokyo after being named chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria in 1937. However, in 1938 I became the vice-minister of war and I was one of the leaders of Japan’s Tripartite Pact with the countries Italy and Germany. July 1940 was when I was appointed minister of war in the cabinet of Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro. I succeeded Konoe Fumimaro as prime minister on October 18, 1941. This gave me a rise to power, encouraging me to lead many battles in WWII.
Takashi Murakami is an incredible, talented Japanese artist whose modern artwork has attracted even the biggest names in the industry for collaborations, such as Kanye West and Louis Vuitton. Although Murakami does not think of his artwork as Pop Art, his work does have a Pop Art feel to it. To people without the knowledge of history behind his work, they will think that his work is happy and colorful, but behind the bright colors and the happy caricatures, Murakami tells a story that was inspired by the struggles of discriminated people.
Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584, in a Japan struggling to recover from more than four centuries of internal strife. The traditional rule of the emperors had been overthrown in the twelfth century, and although each successive emperor remained the figurehead of Japan, his powers were very much reduced. Since that time, Japan had seen almost continuous civil war between the provincial lords, warrior monks and brigands, all fighting each other for land and power. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the lords, called daimyo, built huge stone castles to protect themselves and their lords and castle towns outside the walls began to grow up. These wars naturally restricted the growth of trade and impoverished the whole country.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, born in either 1536 or 1537, was a powerful daimyo, kampaku and samurai who put a stop to the Warring States period. Hideyoshi was born in the Owari Province in the late 1530s. He was the son of a peasant-ashigaru and had no surname.
The Himeji Castle had been occupied by several shogun during the Sengoku Period, including one of the early unifiers, Toyomomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi remodeled the castle in 1581, and he completed the military unification of Japan in 1590.(H3) The Himeji Castle represents the evidence of the influence of samurai, and how the samurai is significance in the Japanese
Our preliminary class gave a brief, yet detailed outline of major events affecting the East Asian region. Within that class, prompted by our limited geographical knowledge of Asia, we were given a fundamental explanation of the geographical locations of the various events taking place in the region. In subsequent classes, we were introduced to the major wars, political shifts, and economic interests which shaped Japan, China and Korea to what they are today. We examined the paradigm of pre-modern Japanese governance, the Shogunate, and the trained warriors which defended lord and land, Samurai. In addition, we examined the socio-economic classes of Medieval Japan, which included the Samurai, peasants, craftsmen, and the merchants. We also examined pre-1945 Japan’s policies toward foreign entities, notably the Sakoku Policy, which sought to expunge all foreign presence and commerce in an effort to protect its borders and culture. 1945, however, saw ...
There are many historical aspects of the Japanese, but the most interesting is the history of the Samurai. In Japans history war played a large role in the country. Controlling clans fought for parts of the land and overall control of the country. These clans were powerful families that resided in the country and who all wanted power and control of Japan for themselves. The families that would be in control were known as Shoguns. These shoguns would have warriors that fought for them if any of the other clan families would try to attack him in order to overthrow him and take his power from him. The Samurai followed a code that developed from Chinese beliefs when in battle. The Samurais code was known as the Bushido. This code was also known as “The Way of The Warrior” which was the main belief s...