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Hand To Hand Combat Martial Arts
1,654 wordsJudo had its origin in the ancient Japanese art of bujutsu, a system of hand-to-hand combat. The bushi of feudal Japan (samurai) are usually credited for developing bujutsu (at their time the art was known as York kumi-uchi, a grappling method for fighters fully clad in Japanese armor). However, the Nihon Show (the Chronicle of the Japanese nation) documents public unarmed competitions (hilary-karate) dating back to 230 B. C. Bujutsu has been known by several names throughout Japanese history: t...
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16 Th Century Heian Period
981 wordsThe term Shogun means general. Later, it refered to the leader of the Shogunate (Samurai's government). From 1192 - 1867, the Shogun ruled Japan. The Emperor reigned but did not rule. The Shoguns were a type of warlords that governed providences and states as a type of Japanese check and balance of the 16 th century. The name of that form of government was called Shogunate. The Shogunate's ruled as a military dictatorship for over a span of almost 700 years: they fought the Mongolians in 1281, f...
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Feudal Japan Tenno Shogun And Daimyo
610 wordsFeudal Japan: Tenno, Shogun and Daimyo The origins of Japan are buried in the fantastic and mysterious legends. Tenno Ten " no (? ? ) is the Emperor of Japan. Tenno is a title head of State as well as the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. The term Tenno is used to describe the Japanese Emperor, and can be literary translated as god-king or the heavenly Emperor. According to the Japanese history, Jimmy Tenno, the head of confederation of warlike clans, was the first person who received the na...
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Toni Morrison Pecola Breedlove
907 wordsMemoirs of a Geisha by Author Golden and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison are two thought provoking books with a unique style of writing. Memoirs of a Geisha has a beautiful poetic grammar which captures readers imagination and brings the story to life. Morrison on the other hand uses combined voices to give varied perspectives with out resorting to authorial intrusion or preaching. Memoirs Of A Geisha and the bluest eye both contain graphic realism combined with a dramatic flair, which is the ke...
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One Of The Most Important Zen Buddhism
2,509 wordsThe Japanese Gardens Japanese Gardens The role of gardens play a much more important role in Japan than here in the United States. This is due primarily to the fact the Japanese garden embodies native values, cultural beliefs and religious principles. Perhaps this is why there is no one prototype for the Japanese garden, just as there is no one native philosophy or aesthetic. In this way, similar to other forms of Japanese art, landscape design is constantly evolving due to exposure to outside i...
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