Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Flower arrangement
Hey all!
This is my first time to do Japanese flower arrangement. I wish I could have had more kinds of flowers but I tried my best..I'll do it better next time!
Flower arrangement
Hey all!
This is my first time to do Japanese flower arrangement. I wish I could have had more kinds of flowers but I tried my best..I'll do it better next time!
This is my first time to do Japanese flower arrangement. I wish I could have had more kinds of flowers but I tried my best..I'll do it better next time!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Japanese Culture Festival -This Saturday
A small Japanese festival is held this Saturday. For more information, please check www.japancfest.blogspot.com.
The people who works for this festival, please don't forget and come on time.
*Please click the pictures to enlarge.
The people who works for this festival, please don't forget and come on time.
*Please click the pictures to enlarge.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Kenzan (pinholder)
The people who have my Kenzan (pinholder for flower arrangement), please give me back them.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Comparative papers
If you haven't turned in the comparative papers, please submit them as soon as possible.
The sooner you turn in them, the less I reduce points.
Good Luck!
The sooner you turn in them, the less I reduce points.
Good Luck!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Hey! This is my Ikebana project I did while I was at home. I bought one of those round spiky things, but I had to use a dish-bowl because I didn't have anything really shallow, I hope that's ok!! All the flowers and branches are from my backyard. :)
Also, Shoji I will send you that transcript of Shinto Nature & Gods in an email soon.
Also, Shoji I will send you that transcript of Shinto Nature & Gods in an email soon.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Flower Arrangement powerpoint
Someone let me know that the folower arrangement powerpoint on this blog is missing someinformation such as names of schools, names of styles, etc.
I fixed it today, so, if you studied before today, please check the powerpoint again.
Also, I emailed to everybody with the powerpoint as an attached file.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
I fixed it today, so, if you studied before today, please check the powerpoint again.
Also, I emailed to everybody with the powerpoint as an attached file.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
Give Away 2
*Vacuum cleaner.
*Carpet. Approximately 60inches x 90 inches.
Motorola phone charger. I have 3 chargers and 1 car charger.
*Carpet. Approximately 60inches x 90 inches.
Motorola phone charger. I have 3 chargers and 1 car charger.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Hisoty (Showa-Heisei Period) & Ikebana (Flower Arrangement)
*For the next week test, please study with this post and the video transcript which was sent from Shoji on April 10th.
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History
昭和時代 1926-1989 Showa Period
The Period of the Pre-War Fascism and Postwar Economic Power
Showa Emperor Hirohito
＜before 1945＞
1931満州国建設→国際連盟脱退
Japan established a puppet state, Manchukuo in Manchuria <- criticized in the League of Nations -> Japan withdrew the League
1932 5.15 incident海軍将校が犬養毅首相を射殺
Young Marines assassinated Prime Minister
1936 2.26 incident皇道派の青年が大臣を射殺
Young armies assassinated some government officials
<- Power of Military in the government
→軍部大臣現役武官制の復活 ＝政党政治の終焉
＊治安維持法、特高警察による思想弾圧
1937 Second Sino-Japanese War日中戦争開始
1939 WWII began in Europe
1940日独伊三国同盟
Axis Pact: Japan, Germany, Italy
*the US: stop exporting oils to Japan, warn Japan to withdraw from China
1941太平洋戦争開始（真珠湾攻撃）
Pearl Harbor = beginning of “Pacific War”
*Japanese news always report “Japan won!” at any battles
1943大東亜戦争を宣言（石油確保のため、東南アジアを侵略中）
(Japan wanted oils in the Southeast Asia)
Japan Declared “The Great East-Asian War”: save Asians from imperial westerners
1945年
7月26日ポツダム宣言
July 26: Potsdam Declaration (US, UK, China): demand Japan’s surrender
8月6日原爆（広島）
August 6: atomic bomb on Hiroshima
8月8日ソ連参戦→満州国進入→日本人が帰国（＊中国残留孤児）
August 8: Russia started war on Japan
-Occupied Japan’s puppet state, Manchukuo
-Took the northern territory of Hokkaido (kept warring until September 4th)
8月9日原爆（長崎）
August 9: atomic bomb on Nagasaki
8月15日ポツダム宣言受諾
August 15: Japan Surrendered
＜after 1945＞
1945-1951GHQ (General Headquaters of the Allies) occupied Japan. 連合国最高司令官総司令部（多くはアメリカ人）占領
Douglas MacArthurダグラスマッカーサー（→朝鮮戦争で原爆の使用を主張し、解任される）
Douglas MacArthur & Showa Emperor Hirohito
-Emperor lost all political power (God human being)
-New constitution (no military power, women’s voting rights, etc.)
日本国憲法（非武装）
--->
1949 Communist China US sees Japan as a strategic keystone in the Pacific
1951 Korean War US established Japan’s Security Force
->
1951サンフランシスコ講和条約＝独立
Japan’s Independence: Treaty of San Francisco
*Okinawa Problem
-Okinawa used to be an independent kingdom –Annexed by Japan in 1872
-The fierce battlefield at the end of WWII (1/4 of Okinawan people died.) –Japan didn’t help Okinawa because Japan wanted to buy time by holding American forces in Okinawa in order to plan the defense of the mainland and get a better deal.
-Had been occupied at 1945-1972 as “residual colony” (Japanese mainland was occupied at 1945-1951.) –Japan’s independence was achieved partly because Japan accepted the US right to use Okinawa as an important station for US pacific military strategy
-Discriminately attitude from both Japanese mainland and the American occupation force
-In 1972, returned to Japan (Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and US President Richard Nixon)
-Today 75% of US bases in Japan are in Okinawa, and 20-25% of Okinawan lands are US bases.
Prime Minister Sato, Eisaku & President Ricahrd Nixon
＜経済 Economic growth ＞
1951-53 special procurements from Korean War 朝鮮特需
1960s special procurements from Vietnam War ベトナム特需
Little burden from the Military budget 防衛費負担なし（⇔思いやり予算負担、米軍とのトラブル）*instead, Omoiyari Budget (“budget allocation for sympathy”): Japan pays a lot for US stationing in Japan.
-“Income doubling program” in the 1960s (by Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda)
Prime Minister Ikeda, Hayato
-“Three sacred treasures” in the 1960s = TV, refrigerator, and washing machine
-“Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago” in the 1970s (by Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka)
Prime Minister Tanaka, kakuei & President Richard Nixon
*side effect of the economic growth: Pollution and depopulation of the countryside
1989Peak of Japanese economy
“Japan as No. 1”（Book）
平成時代1989-Present Heisei Period
Current Period
1991-1992 “Japan’s Great Depression”バブル崩壊：不動産、株式価格暴落
1990s:”The Lost Decade”「失われた10年」
＊→2003くらいから回復基調 slightly getting better
1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 阪神淡路大震災 (in Kinki region)
1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway 地下鉄サリン事件 by a cult religion group
1998 Nagano Winter Olympic長野オリンピック
2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Soccer サッカーワールドカップ初出場
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Ikebana (Flower Arrangement) Powerpoint
*At the end of this powerpoint, you see how to make a Ikebana. If you want to make your own one for a extra point, please refer to this page.
http://show.zoho.com/public/sshoji/Ikebana-(flower-arrangement)--Presen-ppt
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History
昭和時代 1926-1989 Showa Period
The Period of the Pre-War Fascism and Postwar Economic Power
Showa Emperor Hirohito
＜before 1945＞
1931満州国建設→国際連盟脱退
Japan established a puppet state, Manchukuo in Manchuria <- criticized in the League of Nations -> Japan withdrew the League
1932 5.15 incident海軍将校が犬養毅首相を射殺
Young Marines assassinated Prime Minister
1936 2.26 incident皇道派の青年が大臣を射殺
Young armies assassinated some government officials
<- Power of Military in the government
→軍部大臣現役武官制の復活 ＝政党政治の終焉
＊治安維持法、特高警察による思想弾圧
1937 Second Sino-Japanese War日中戦争開始
1939 WWII began in Europe
1940日独伊三国同盟
Axis Pact: Japan, Germany, Italy
*the US: stop exporting oils to Japan, warn Japan to withdraw from China
1941太平洋戦争開始（真珠湾攻撃）
Pearl Harbor = beginning of “Pacific War”
*Japanese news always report “Japan won!” at any battles
1943大東亜戦争を宣言（石油確保のため、東南アジアを侵略中）
(Japan wanted oils in the Southeast Asia)
Japan Declared “The Great East-Asian War”: save Asians from imperial westerners
1945年
7月26日ポツダム宣言
July 26: Potsdam Declaration (US, UK, China): demand Japan’s surrender
8月6日原爆（広島）
August 6: atomic bomb on Hiroshima
8月8日ソ連参戦→満州国進入→日本人が帰国（＊中国残留孤児）
August 8: Russia started war on Japan
-Occupied Japan’s puppet state, Manchukuo
-Took the northern territory of Hokkaido (kept warring until September 4th)
8月9日原爆（長崎）
August 9: atomic bomb on Nagasaki
8月15日ポツダム宣言受諾
August 15: Japan Surrendered
＜after 1945＞
1945-1951GHQ (General Headquaters of the Allies) occupied Japan. 連合国最高司令官総司令部（多くはアメリカ人）占領
Douglas MacArthurダグラスマッカーサー（→朝鮮戦争で原爆の使用を主張し、解任される）
Douglas MacArthur & Showa Emperor Hirohito
-Emperor lost all political power (God human being)
-New constitution (no military power, women’s voting rights, etc.)
日本国憲法（非武装）
--->
1949 Communist China US sees Japan as a strategic keystone in the Pacific
1951 Korean War US established Japan’s Security Force
->
1951サンフランシスコ講和条約＝独立
Japan’s Independence: Treaty of San Francisco
*Okinawa Problem
-Okinawa used to be an independent kingdom –Annexed by Japan in 1872
-The fierce battlefield at the end of WWII (1/4 of Okinawan people died.) –Japan didn’t help Okinawa because Japan wanted to buy time by holding American forces in Okinawa in order to plan the defense of the mainland and get a better deal.
-Had been occupied at 1945-1972 as “residual colony” (Japanese mainland was occupied at 1945-1951.) –Japan’s independence was achieved partly because Japan accepted the US right to use Okinawa as an important station for US pacific military strategy
-Discriminately attitude from both Japanese mainland and the American occupation force
-In 1972, returned to Japan (Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and US President Richard Nixon)
-Today 75% of US bases in Japan are in Okinawa, and 20-25% of Okinawan lands are US bases.
Prime Minister Sato, Eisaku & President Ricahrd Nixon
＜経済 Economic growth ＞
1951-53 special procurements from Korean War 朝鮮特需
1960s special procurements from Vietnam War ベトナム特需
Little burden from the Military budget 防衛費負担なし（⇔思いやり予算負担、米軍とのトラブル）*instead, Omoiyari Budget (“budget allocation for sympathy”): Japan pays a lot for US stationing in Japan.
-“Income doubling program” in the 1960s (by Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda)
Prime Minister Ikeda, Hayato
-“Three sacred treasures” in the 1960s = TV, refrigerator, and washing machine
-“Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago” in the 1970s (by Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka)
Prime Minister Tanaka, kakuei & President Richard Nixon
*side effect of the economic growth: Pollution and depopulation of the countryside
1989Peak of Japanese economy
“Japan as No. 1”（Book）
平成時代1989-Present Heisei Period
Current Period
1991-1992 “Japan’s Great Depression”バブル崩壊：不動産、株式価格暴落
1990s:”The Lost Decade”「失われた10年」
＊→2003くらいから回復基調 slightly getting better
1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 阪神淡路大震災 (in Kinki region)
1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway 地下鉄サリン事件 by a cult religion group
1998 Nagano Winter Olympic長野オリンピック
2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Soccer サッカーワールドカップ初出場
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Ikebana (Flower Arrangement) Powerpoint
*At the end of this powerpoint, you see how to make a Ikebana. If you want to make your own one for a extra point, please refer to this page.
http://show.zoho.com/public/sshoji/Ikebana-(flower-arrangement)--Presen-ppt
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Extra Credit Work 2
On May 3rd (Saturday), the Japanese Teachers' Association, Charlotte and Gastonia will have "Bunkasai (Japanese Culture Festival).
The festival need some volunteer staff on the day.
If you could work for about 2 hours for the festival, please let me know.
You will get 1% extra point for that.
For more information (date, time, place etc.), please check the site below:
www.japancfest.blogspot.com
Thank you.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Comparative Paper 2
I forgot to remind you that the due of the second comparative paper is due this week.
So, I extend the due to the following Thursday (April 10th).
You can submit the paper anytime by April 10th.
Submit by email is fine, but I don't take responsibility for delivery failure from network trouble.
If you haven't written the paper yet, please try to make a comparison with your own analysis, like what you think about the difference, what you feel about it, what you agree or disagree on something in both culture, etc.
I require you to use at least two resources. You can use the sources to get information/facts, but I still want you to write your thought about it. I don't grade your thought. (*like I don't grade your paper bad just because your thought is different from mine. Because I think coexistence of different thoughts is mandatory for coexistence of different culture.) But I just want you to have your thought about it.
In order to understand the different culture, you would process acceptance, resistance, reinterpreting, and so forth. Here is a model of the process of cultural understanding.
This diagram shows three destinations (shown in purple):
1. refusal/ignorance
2. disorganization
3. new balance (understanding)
I hope you don't get to refusal/ignorance in understanding Japan.
Anyway, this is such a late notice. I am soooo sorry.
So, I extend the due to the following Thursday (April 10th).
You can submit the paper anytime by April 10th.
Submit by email is fine, but I don't take responsibility for delivery failure from network trouble.
If you haven't written the paper yet, please try to make a comparison with your own analysis, like what you think about the difference, what you feel about it, what you agree or disagree on something in both culture, etc.
I require you to use at least two resources. You can use the sources to get information/facts, but I still want you to write your thought about it. I don't grade your thought. (*like I don't grade your paper bad just because your thought is different from mine. Because I think coexistence of different thoughts is mandatory for coexistence of different culture.) But I just want you to have your thought about it.
In order to understand the different culture, you would process acceptance, resistance, reinterpreting, and so forth. Here is a model of the process of cultural understanding.
This diagram shows three destinations (shown in purple):
1. refusal/ignorance
2. disorganization
3. new balance (understanding)
I hope you don't get to refusal/ignorance in understanding Japan.
Anyway, this is such a late notice. I am soooo sorry.
Information for 4/10 Test (history and education)
安土桃山時代 1568-1603 Azuchi-Momoyama Period
The Period of Wars
*”Azhichi” and “Momoyama” are the names of castles.
*Also called “Sengoku Period (Warring Period)”
Three Heroes (all three are from Chubu region, around Nagoya):
1. Oda, Nobunaga “Kill the cuckoo if it doesn’t sing”
2. Toyotomi, Hideyoshi “Make the cuckoo sing if it doesn’t sing”
3. Tokugawa, Ieyasu “Wait till the cuckoo sing if it doesn’t sing”
1. 織田信長 Oda, Nobunaga
-Strange acts in the youth
-Grew as a strong warrior
The Battle of Okehazama: 4000 Oda warriors beat over 25000
The Battle of Ngashino (against Takeda Shingen’s son): Use of firearms (introduced in this era by two Portuguese)
-Fierce personality (nicknamed “Devil”)
Unsparing treatment of his subordinates
→本能寺の変 Incident at Honno-ji Temple
Akechi, Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga
(→Hideyoshi killed Mitsuhide soon)
2. 豊臣秀吉 Toyotomi, Hideyoshi
-Parents are peasants
-Served Nobunaga
-Nickname is “Monkey” (*from his looking)
-Rise at the Early Age as a good Strategist
*Right after the Incident of Honno-ji Temple, return from Takamatsu Castle in a week to attack Akechi, Mitsuhide
-Policies
1. Kenchi (Land Survey)
2. Katana-gari (Sword Hunt)
3. Heinou Bunri (Separation of the military from the farming class)
-Decline at the Later Age (nicknamed “Devil”)
1. Persecution of Christianity
2. Invasion on Korea (1552-1553, 1557-1558)
3. More then ten wives, but no strong son
＜茶道（tea ceremony: Sado “Way of Tea”）＞
Sen no Rikyu
-Sado (Tea ceremony) teacher of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi
-The biggest figure of Sado (tea ceremony) world
-Eventually killed by Hideyoshi
3. 徳川家康 Tokugawa, Ieyasu
-Born at a weak clan
-Served Hideyoshi and got Kanto region lands
-After Hideyoshi’s death
1600 Battle of Sekigahara: Hideyoshi’s followers VS Ieyasu
→Ieyasu won = transfer of the power from Toyotomi family to Tokugawa family
→1603 Open Edo Shogunate = Beginning of Edo Period (lasts until 1868)
*Ieyasu killed Hideyori (Hideyoshi’s son) and destroyed Toyotomi clan
＜Video Game: good tool to study Azuchi-Momoyama History＞
Sengoku Musou
Samurai Warriors 2
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江戸時代 1603-1868 Edo Period
The Period of Stability,
The End of Samurais’ Rule
-Edo (today’s Tokyo) as the capital city
1st Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa, Ieyasu
-Local rule by military lords (Daimyo domain) under strong shogunal authority
1. 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai (Alternate Attendance Requirement):
-Daimyo (local lord) come to Edo to see shogun periodically
-Daimyo’s wife and heir had to stay in Edo as hostages
2. 鎖国 National Seclusion:
-traded with only Dutch and China at Dejima, Nagasaki (Kyushu Region)
3. 士農工商 Samurai-Farmers-Artisans-Merchants social class
*“Don’t let farmers alive, don’t let them die”
4. キリシタン禁教 Eradication of Christianity
*Shimabara Uprising by Shiro Amakusa 天草四郎（17 years old歳）
1853 Commodore マシューペリー Matthew Perry forced to open Japan
15th Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa, Yoshinobu
-->
Rise of xenophobia since the opening of Japan
薩長連合Satsuma-Choshu Alliance fights against Tokugawa Shogunate
*Satsuma clan from Kyushu region and Choshu clan from Chugoku region
1867大政奉還: 15th Shogun Tokugawa, Yoshinobu gives the emperor back the rule of Japan = Satsuma and Choshu clans makes new Meiji government (Meiji Restoration)
*Go-between: 坂本竜馬Sakamoto, Ryoma convinced Tokugawa family to return the power to emperor.
1868-1869 Boshin Wars
Series of the wars between new government and the Tokugawa shogunate supporters
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明治時代 1868-1912 Meiji Period
The Period of Modernization/Westernization
“Edo江戸”→”東京Tokyo”
Meiji Emperor: Mutsuhito moved to Tokyo (from Kyoto)
-Era name元号 started: changes every time when emperor dies
Three biggest leaders of the Meiji Restoration:
1. Kido, Takayoshi (or Katsura, Kogoro): from Choshu Clan
2. Saigo, Takamori: from Satsuma clan
3. Okubo, Toshimichi: from Satsuma clan
New Meiji government
-Abolished clan-system, started prefecture-system
-Equalization of the four divisions of the social class (Samurai-Farmers-Artisans-Merchants) *two social classes still existed (Noblemen –Commoner)
-Founded school system
-Revision of Taxation system (rice money)
-Abolished the Samurai’s privileges (having a sword, unconditional salary)
-->1877 Seinan War (Satsuma Rebellion)
War between Saigo-leading-Satsuma Samurai vs. Okubo-leading Meiji government
Saigo died at the war (*The Last Samurai movie)
*During the war, Kido died from a disease
*Following year, Okubo was assassinated by an anti-government Samurai
*Seinan War was the last military rebellion by Samurai against the Meiji Government
-->
Freedom and People's Rights Movement:
Demand the parliament system with the election/voting.
-Okuma, Shigenobu: founded Constitutional Reform Party
-Itagaki, Taisuke: founded Liberal Party
--->First Parliament
1885 1st Prime Minister Ito, Hirobumi 初代総理大臣伊藤博文
1889 Meiji Constitution 大日本帝国憲法
give voting rights to 25 years old or older male + tax qualification (*1.1% of the Japanese citizen)
*Japan put effort on buildup military power.
1894-95日清戦争Sino-Japanese War
China and Japan fought over Korea beginning of Japan’s occupation of Korea (Officially annexed in 1910)
朝鮮を中国から独立させる（日本の朝鮮支配の始まり）
1904-05日露戦争Russo-Japanese War
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt offered to mediate.-->The Treaty of Portsmouth
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大正時代1912-1926 Taisho Period
The Period of Early Democracy
Taisho Emperor: 大正天皇Yoshihito
-physically weak病弱
-First Emperor who had only one wife 初めての一夫一妻天皇
1914-1915 WWI
-While Westerns were fighting in Europe for WWI, Japan started seeking for invading China.
-After WWI (1914-1915), Japan got a seat in the League of Nations
*Meiji Period started in 1868= Very rapid rise to the Great Power Status in the world
●Taisho Democracy: liberal movement大正デモクラシー
1. 1918 Prime Minister Hara, Takashi: first commoner prime minister (*”Noblemen-commoner” social classes existed from the beginning of Meiji through the end of WWII.)
2. 1925General Election Law普通選挙：成人男子すべてに選挙権
25 years old or older men’s voting right (20% of the citizens)
however… 1925Peace Preservation Law治安維持法
Strong censorship: Any activities against government were banned suppressed the liberal atmosphere strongly accelerated the militarization/ totalitarianism of the WWII Japan
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Here is the education powerpoint.
*I still have problem in uploading the powerpoint. So I send an email with the powerpoint to your UNCC email account. Please check your email that was sent on Sunday lat at night or monday early in the morning. Sorry about that.
The Period of Wars
*”Azhichi” and “Momoyama” are the names of castles.
*Also called “Sengoku Period (Warring Period)”
Three Heroes (all three are from Chubu region, around Nagoya):
1. Oda, Nobunaga “Kill the cuckoo if it doesn’t sing”
2. Toyotomi, Hideyoshi “Make the cuckoo sing if it doesn’t sing”
3. Tokugawa, Ieyasu “Wait till the cuckoo sing if it doesn’t sing”
1. 織田信長 Oda, Nobunaga
-Strange acts in the youth
-Grew as a strong warrior
The Battle of Okehazama: 4000 Oda warriors beat over 25000
The Battle of Ngashino (against Takeda Shingen’s son): Use of firearms (introduced in this era by two Portuguese)
-Fierce personality (nicknamed “Devil”)
Unsparing treatment of his subordinates
→本能寺の変 Incident at Honno-ji Temple
Akechi, Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga
(→Hideyoshi killed Mitsuhide soon)
2. 豊臣秀吉 Toyotomi, Hideyoshi
-Parents are peasants
-Served Nobunaga
-Nickname is “Monkey” (*from his looking)
-Rise at the Early Age as a good Strategist
*Right after the Incident of Honno-ji Temple, return from Takamatsu Castle in a week to attack Akechi, Mitsuhide
-Policies
1. Kenchi (Land Survey)
2. Katana-gari (Sword Hunt)
3. Heinou Bunri (Separation of the military from the farming class)
-Decline at the Later Age (nicknamed “Devil”)
1. Persecution of Christianity
2. Invasion on Korea (1552-1553, 1557-1558)
3. More then ten wives, but no strong son
＜茶道（tea ceremony: Sado “Way of Tea”）＞
Sen no Rikyu
-Sado (Tea ceremony) teacher of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi
-The biggest figure of Sado (tea ceremony) world
-Eventually killed by Hideyoshi
3. 徳川家康 Tokugawa, Ieyasu
-Born at a weak clan
-Served Hideyoshi and got Kanto region lands
-After Hideyoshi’s death
1600 Battle of Sekigahara: Hideyoshi’s followers VS Ieyasu
→Ieyasu won = transfer of the power from Toyotomi family to Tokugawa family
→1603 Open Edo Shogunate = Beginning of Edo Period (lasts until 1868)
*Ieyasu killed Hideyori (Hideyoshi’s son) and destroyed Toyotomi clan
＜Video Game: good tool to study Azuchi-Momoyama History＞
Sengoku Musou
Samurai Warriors 2
====================================
江戸時代 1603-1868 Edo Period
The Period of Stability,
The End of Samurais’ Rule
-Edo (today’s Tokyo) as the capital city
1st Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa, Ieyasu
-Local rule by military lords (Daimyo domain) under strong shogunal authority
1. 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai (Alternate Attendance Requirement):
-Daimyo (local lord) come to Edo to see shogun periodically
-Daimyo’s wife and heir had to stay in Edo as hostages
2. 鎖国 National Seclusion:
-traded with only Dutch and China at Dejima, Nagasaki (Kyushu Region)
3. 士農工商 Samurai-Farmers-Artisans-Merchants social class
*“Don’t let farmers alive, don’t let them die”
4. キリシタン禁教 Eradication of Christianity
*Shimabara Uprising by Shiro Amakusa 天草四郎（17 years old歳）
1853 Commodore マシューペリー Matthew Perry forced to open Japan
15th Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa, Yoshinobu
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Rise of xenophobia since the opening of Japan
薩長連合Satsuma-Choshu Alliance fights against Tokugawa Shogunate
*Satsuma clan from Kyushu region and Choshu clan from Chugoku region
1867大政奉還: 15th Shogun Tokugawa, Yoshinobu gives the emperor back the rule of Japan = Satsuma and Choshu clans makes new Meiji government (Meiji Restoration)
*Go-between: 坂本竜馬Sakamoto, Ryoma convinced Tokugawa family to return the power to emperor.
1868-1869 Boshin Wars
Series of the wars between new government and the Tokugawa shogunate supporters
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明治時代 1868-1912 Meiji Period
The Period of Modernization/Westernization
“Edo江戸”→”東京Tokyo”
Meiji Emperor: Mutsuhito moved to Tokyo (from Kyoto)
-Era name元号 started: changes every time when emperor dies
Three biggest leaders of the Meiji Restoration:
1. Kido, Takayoshi (or Katsura, Kogoro): from Choshu Clan
2. Saigo, Takamori: from Satsuma clan
3. Okubo, Toshimichi: from Satsuma clan
New Meiji government
-Abolished clan-system, started prefecture-system
-Equalization of the four divisions of the social class (Samurai-Farmers-Artisans-Merchants) *two social classes still existed (Noblemen –Commoner)
-Founded school system
-Revision of Taxation system (rice money)
-Abolished the Samurai’s privileges (having a sword, unconditional salary)
-->1877 Seinan War (Satsuma Rebellion)
War between Saigo-leading-Satsuma Samurai vs. Okubo-leading Meiji government
Saigo died at the war (*The Last Samurai movie)
*During the war, Kido died from a disease
*Following year, Okubo was assassinated by an anti-government Samurai
*Seinan War was the last military rebellion by Samurai against the Meiji Government
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Freedom and People's Rights Movement:
Demand the parliament system with the election/voting.
-Okuma, Shigenobu: founded Constitutional Reform Party
-Itagaki, Taisuke: founded Liberal Party
--->First Parliament
1885 1st Prime Minister Ito, Hirobumi 初代総理大臣伊藤博文
1889 Meiji Constitution 大日本帝国憲法
give voting rights to 25 years old or older male + tax qualification (*1.1% of the Japanese citizen)
*Japan put effort on buildup military power.
1894-95日清戦争Sino-Japanese War
China and Japan fought over Korea beginning of Japan’s occupation of Korea (Officially annexed in 1910)
朝鮮を中国から独立させる（日本の朝鮮支配の始まり）
1904-05日露戦争Russo-Japanese War
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt offered to mediate.-->The Treaty of Portsmouth
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大正時代1912-1926 Taisho Period
The Period of Early Democracy
Taisho Emperor: 大正天皇Yoshihito
-physically weak病弱
-First Emperor who had only one wife 初めての一夫一妻天皇
1914-1915 WWI
-While Westerns were fighting in Europe for WWI, Japan started seeking for invading China.
-After WWI (1914-1915), Japan got a seat in the League of Nations
*Meiji Period started in 1868= Very rapid rise to the Great Power Status in the world
●Taisho Democracy: liberal movement大正デモクラシー
1. 1918 Prime Minister Hara, Takashi: first commoner prime minister (*”Noblemen-commoner” social classes existed from the beginning of Meiji through the end of WWII.)
2. 1925General Election Law普通選挙：成人男子すべてに選挙権
25 years old or older men’s voting right (20% of the citizens)
however… 1925Peace Preservation Law治安維持法
Strong censorship: Any activities against government were banned suppressed the liberal atmosphere strongly accelerated the militarization/ totalitarianism of the WWII Japan
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Here is the education powerpoint.
*I still have problem in uploading the powerpoint. So I send an email with the powerpoint to your UNCC email account. Please check your email that was sent on Sunday lat at night or monday early in the morning. Sorry about that.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Give away
My friend just left Charlotte, and he gave me many things he doesn't need any more.
Please leave comment if you want to get any of these. It's free, and first come first served.
1. plastic cups
2. minced onion and flour
3. something to listen to music in your car
4. clock/radio
5. something you use when your car window is frozen
6. something to clean floor
7. printer (with install CD)
8. camping matress(?)
9. cushion
10. Japanese "futon" set (imported from Japan) *size: single
*As you know probably, Japanese people traditionally sleep on the floor. They put "futon" on the floor and sleep in it.
Please leave comment if you want to get any of these. It's free, and first come first served.
1. plastic cups
2. minced onion and flour
3. something to listen to music in your car
4. clock/radio
5. something you use when your car window is frozen
6. something to clean floor
7. printer (with install CD)
8. camping matress(?)
9. cushion
10. Japanese "futon" set (imported from Japan) *size: single
*As you know probably, Japanese people traditionally sleep on the floor. They put "futon" on the floor and sleep in it.
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