Essays Tagged: "japanese history"

How Japans Geography has effected it economically and socially.

o socially affected it. Japan is located off the east coast of Asia on the Pacific Rim. Through out Japanese history they have been isolated from other countries because of their location geographical ...

(1 pages) 47 1 2.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The effects of the bombing on nagasaki

age. But if I were there I wouldn't have wanted to know either.It was one on the worst tragedies in Japanese history When the U.S. Atomic bomb "fat man" was dropped by a parachute at 11:02 A.M. on aug ...

(1 pages) 46 2 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Japanese Artwork Analysis

Japanese Art- a section of the museum dedicated to Japanese art during early Japanese history as wel ... ection of the museum dedicated to Japanese art during early Japanese history as well as more modern Japanese art.Title: Naniwa bay in snow, Arashiyama under a summer's moon, and cherry blossoms at Asu ... everchanging and adapting society the artist remains true to the more traditional style of earlier Japanese history. His art during this time would have not been controversial or provocative in the l ...

(3 pages) 28 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Important Changes in Japan During the 20th Century.

) and he is sometimes referred to as the Emperor Showa. His reign was the longest of any monarch in Japanese history.Under the Japanese political system before World War II, the Emperor was in theory ... he Emperor. That meant, in effect, that power was divided among several different groups within the Japanese political system, most importantly, the military, the civilian bureaucracy, and to some ext ...

(7 pages) 117 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Japan History

the nation's never ending desire for political and economic status among the nations of the world. Japanese history before the twentieth century, is divided into three general phases. It begins in ab ... eudal period and continues on to the Meiji Restoration. In an effort to preserve their history, the Japanese people have maintained many legends and traditions. Towards the beginning of the twentieth ...

(5 pages) 27 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Police System In Japan

he activities of their membership.After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the main change in the whole Japanese history, the Home Ministry was established in 1873. With jurisdiction over the Police Burea ... ater in 1928 it was strengthened with the introduction of the Peace Preservation Law. When the Sino-Japanese War began in 1937, the police were given the added responsibilities of regulating business ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Shogun in Japanese History From 1192 A.D. until 1867,

The Shogun in Japanese History From 1192 A.D. until 1867, almost continuously, Japan was under the rule of a Shogu ... was plagued by many problems, the Ashikaga Shogunate did see an increase in living standards among Japanese. Better agricultural methods and larger estates helped spur a three-fold increase in food p ... s.The Tokugawa Shogunate The Tokugawa Shogunate ushered in a period of peace and unity unmatched in Japanese history. However this peace was obtained at the expense of a police state, and in this peri ...

(6 pages) 5156 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Minamoto Yuritomo

By the middle of the 12th century the Hein era in Japanese history was winding to a close, as the central government in Kyoto declined. Powerful provi ... tragic rivalry with his brother Yorshtuses combine to create one of the most celebrated stories in Japanese history. The Minamoto and Tara waged a powerful war against one another after the death of ...

(2 pages) 3176 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Meiji Restoration

This isolation generated a rigid society accessorised with traditions and values that governed the Japanese way of life. 1868 saw the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the rise to power of the Emper ... n Emperor ideology on the public, so that support and justification could be established throughout Japanese society. These radical and sudden changes resulted in tension and strain on original Japane ...

(5 pages) 39 0 5.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Article 9. of Japan Constitution

The Article 9. says:"Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of for ... use of force as means of settling international disputes."The aim of this report is to analyze the Japanese nowadays situation and then to decide what should Japanese government, Japanese people do w ...

(6 pages) 16 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Buddhist Monuments In The Horyu-Ji Area Year 11 Ancient History Assessment Task III World Heritage Site Study

uarded the Empire, and so in turn always enjoyed the protection of he Imperial family. According to Japanese history, these buildings were destroyed by fire in AD 670. The present buildings at Horyu-J ... apan's national treasures, they illustrate adaptions of Chinese Buddhist architecture and layout to Japanese culture and they also provide a history of Japan's religion, due to their construction coin ...

(6 pages) 12 0 4.3 Jan/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

History of the Ninja

e there were not many records kept. It is based on spies and assassins that have existed throughout Japanese history. A lot of what we know about the ninja is taken from stories that have been passed ... amboo strip with a fan on the end. The Tojime was a tool used to jam the door of their enemy. Since Japanese doors usually opened by sliding and not outward or inward like our doors, the ninja would s ...

(6 pages) 21 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History