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  History of Japan Encyclopedia Article @ Avowed.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Kofun period saw the establishment of strong military states centered around powerful clans, and the establishment of a dominant polity centered in the Yamato area, from the 3rd century to the 7th century, the Yamato Court, origin of the Japanese imperial lineage.
A traumatic event of the period was the Mongol invasions of Japan between 1272 and 1281, in which massive Mongol forces with superior naval technology and weaponry attempted a full-scale invasion of the Japanese islands.
The later years of 1467 to the end of the Muromachi period is also known as the Sengoku period, the "Warring States period", a time of intense internal warfare, and corresponds with the period of the first contacts with the West, with the arrival of Portuguese "Nanban" traders.
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 Nanban period - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Nanban period of Japanese history extends from the arrival of the first Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, under the promulgation of the Seclusion Laws.
The word Nanban was thought naturally appropriate for the new visitors, since they came in by ship from the South, and their manners were considered quite unsophisticated by the Japanese.
These Nanban dishes are not American or European dishes but an odd collection of dishes not using soy sauce or miso but using curry powder and vinegar as its flavoring.
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 Nanban period - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Nanban period of Japanese history extends from thearrival of the first Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from thearchipelago in 1650, under the promulgation of the Seclusion Laws.
The word Nanban was thought naturally appropriate for the new visitors, since they came in by ship fromthe South, and their manners were considered quite unsophisticated by the Japanese.
The term Nanban did not disappear from common usage until the Meiji restoration, when Japan decided to Westernize radically in order to better resist the West, andessentially stopped considering the West as fundamentally uncivilized.
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 Muromachi period - encyclopedia article about Muromachi period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Muromachi period (Japanese: 室町時代, Muromachi-jidai, also known as the Muromachi era, the Muromachi bakufu, the Ashikaga era, the Ashikaga period, or the Ashikaga bakufu) is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.
The period marks the governance of the Muromachi shogunate, also known as the Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1336 by the first Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Takauji (足利 尊氏).
The ensuing period of Ashikaga rule (1336–1573) was called Muromachi for the district of Kyoto in which its headquarters were located after the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (足利 義満) established his residence there in 1378.
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 Azuchi-Momoyama period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The period marks the governance of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the capital of Kyōto.
The Azuchi-Momoyama period began out of the late Muromachi period, known also as the Sengoku period, in 1568 when the armies of Nobunaga entered Kyōto and reestablished the Ashikaga Shogunate under the 15th and last shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki.
It was a period of interest in the outside world, the development of large urban centers, and the rise of the merchant and leisure classes.
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 Heian period - encyclopedia article about Heian period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Heian period was preceded by the Nara period and began in 794 after the movement of the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (平安京, present-day Kyoto) by the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu (桓武天皇 Kammu Tennō).
The period from 1086 to 1156 was the age of supremacy of the Incho and of the rise of the military class throughout the country.
In 1159, the Taira and Minamoto clashed (Heiji Rebellion, 平治の乱), and a twenty-year period of Taira ascendancy began.
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 Heian period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is the period in Japanese history when Confucianism and other Chinese influences were at their height.
The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature.
The period is also noted for the rise of the samurai class, which would eventually take power and start the feudal period of Japan.
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 Glossary of Japanese History Encyclopedia Article @ Overtook.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Established by Tokugawa Yoshimune in the middle of the Edo period.
They established a government that ruled from 1185-1333 from Kamakura, and thus this rule is usually known as the Kamakura shogunate or Kamakura period.
In Japan, ritsuryo's had been in effect during the late Asuka period, the Nara period and the early Heian period.
www.overtook.org /encyclopedia/Glossary_of_Japanese_history   (957 words)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Nanban
The Namban trade(Japanese: 南蛮貿易, nanban-bōeki, "southern barbarian trade") or The Nanban trade period (Japanese: 南蛮貿易時代, nanban-bōeki-jidai, "southern barbarian trade period") in Japanese history extends from the arrival of the first Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, under the promulgation of the "Sakoku"?title=Seclusion Laws.
Japan was considered as a country immensely rich in precious metals, mainly owing to Marco Polo's accounts of gilded temples and palaces, but also due to the relative abundance of surface ores characteristic of a volcanic country, before large-scale deep-mining became possible in Industrial times.
The first three Europeans to reach Japan were Portuguese (Fernão Mendes Pinto) and came on a Chinese ship to the southern island of Tanegashima, and they had arquebuses and ammunition with them.Since the gun was introduced into Tanegashima, the arquebuses was called Tanegashima in Japan.
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 Empire of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
during this period saw a renewed interest in trading, and with it a growth in the arts.
  By the end of the Period, 2% of the population was Christian.
Although short-lived (1568-1600), the Azuchi-Momoyama period was influential because the unification of the smaller warring groups by the larger military overlords.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/f/jfc165/japan.htm   (1358 words)

  
 Nanban_trade_period info here at en.articles-on-stress-of.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Namban trade(Japanese: 南蛮貿易, nanban-bōeki, "southern barbarian trade") or The Nanban substitution aeon (Japanese: 南蛮貿易時代, nanban-bōeki-jidai, "southern barbarian substitution period") in Japanese history extends from the return of the introductory Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, pressed down the promulgation of the "Sakoku" Seclusion Laws.
The chitchat Nanban was deliberation candidly well-suited for the unique visitors, since they came in by haul from the South, their manners were thought-out wholly unsophisticated by the Japanese.
Nanban substitution aeon Tanegashima (種子島(銃)) Tanegashima (種子島(銃)) Japanese arquebus of the Edo era(Tanegasima).
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 Nanban_trade_period info here at en.alfred-hitch-covers.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Namban trade(Japanese: 南蛮貿易, nanban-bōeki, "southern barbarian trade") or The Nanban administration stretch (Japanese: 南蛮貿易時代, nanban-bōeki-jidai, "southern barbarian administration period") in Japanese history extends from the debarkation of the foundational line Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, foundational the promulgation of the "Sakoku" Seclusion Laws.
The confabulation Nanban was anticipation frequently correct for the fresh visitors, since they came in by remit from the South, 'n their manners were weighed outright said unsophisticated by the Japanese.
Nanban administration stretch Japanese chronicles of Europeans Japanese chronicles of Europeans The characters for Nanban, lit.
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 Nara period - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Most of Japanese society during this period was agricultural in nature, centered around villages.
In the late Nara period, financial burdens on the state increased, and the court began dismissing nonessential officials.
Decentralization of authority became the rule despite the reforms of the Nara period.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Nara_Period   (1276 words)

  
 Buddhism / japanese buddhism / asuka period
The Yamato state evolved much during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka region, south of modern Nara, the site of numerous temporary imperial capitals established during the period.
The Asuka period is known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations, which had their origins in the late Kofun period.
With the dawn of the Asuka period the use of elaborate kofun tombs by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/asuka_period.htm   (1530 words)

  
 Kemmu Restoration Encyclopedia Article @ Despotism.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It marks the three year period between the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and the rise of the Ashikaga shogunate, when Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to re-established Imperial control (but failed).
By the early 14th century the Kamakura bakufu (military government) of the Hōjō family was in disarray: the efforts needed to repel the abortive invasions from the Mongol Empire in 1274 and 1281 had been costly, and the shogun had been unable to reward provincial leaders who had rallied to the banner.
The Kemmu Restoration was a failure, but it kept alive the ideology of imperial rule, which finally succeeded in bringing centuries of shogunal rule to an end in 1868 with the Meiji Restoration.
www.despotism.net /encyclopedia/Kemmu_restoration   (574 words)

  
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Generally, the Kofun period is divided from the Asuka period for its cultural differences.
The Kofun period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato period by some Western scholars, since this local chieftainship arose to become the Imperial dynasty at the end of the Kofun period.
Much of the material culture of the Kofun period is barely distinguishable from that of the contemporaneous southern Korean peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia (especially with the southern dynasties of China) through Korea.
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 Military history of Japan
This period is marked by the departure from tournament-like battles, and a move to massive clashes of clans for the control of Japan.
The Muromachi period was a brief period of peace but traditional aristocrats completely lost power as the samurai continued to grow in importance.
This period, named for the castle-cities which became increasingly important, is marked with the introduction of firearms, after contact with the Portuguese, and a complete disappearance of personal braveries as the factor in a battle.
www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_Military_history_of_Japan   (2927 words)

  
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The Yamato court\'s supremacy was challenged throughout the Kofun period at least by another polity centred in the later Bizen and Bitchū provinces in what is now known as Okayama prefecture, and it was only into the 6th century that the Yamato clans could be said to have any major advantage over their neighbouring clans.
During the Kofun period, elements of Northeast Asian, Chinese civilization, and Korean civilization continued to influence the culture in the Japanese archipelago, both through waves of migration and through trade, travel and cultural change.
With the dawn of the Asuka period the use of elaborate kofun tombs by the imperial family and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
www.nesconsetnyus.com /section/Yamato_period   (2189 words)

  
 Late Tokugawa shogunate:
The Late Tokugawa Shogunate (Japanese: 幕末 Bakumatsu) is the period between 1853 and 1867 during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy called sakoku and modernized from a feudal shogunate to the Meiji government.
It is at end of the Edo period and preceded the Meiji era.
The major ideological/political factions during this period were divided into the pro-imperialist Ishin Shishi (nationalist patriots) and the shogunate forces, including the elite shinsengumi (newly selected corps) swordsmen.
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 Nanban Trade Period Encyclopedia Article @ Occurring.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Namban trade(Japanese: 南蛮貿易, nanban-bōeki, "southern barbarian trade") or The Nanban trade period (Japanese: 南蛮貿易時代, nanban-bōeki-jidai, "southern barbarian trade period") in Japanese history extends from the arrival of the first Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, under the promulgation of the "Sakoku" Seclusion Laws.
Portuguese trade was progressively more and more challenged by Chinese smugglers on junks, Japanese Red Seal Ships from around 1592 (about ten ships every year), Spanish ships from Manila from around 1600 (about one ship a year), the Dutch from 1609, the English from 1613 (about one ship per year).
The "barbarians" would come back more than 200 years later strengthened by industrialization, and end Japan's isolation, with the forcible opening of Japan to trade by an American military fleet under the commandement of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854.
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Throughout the period, however, political problems were usually solved through compromise, and political parties gradually increased their power over the government and held an ever larger role in the political process as a result.
This essay certainly contributed to the economic and technological rise of Japan in the Meiji period but it may also have laid the foundations for later Japanese colonialism in the region.
A key foreign observer of the remarkable and rapid changes in Japanese society in this period was Ernest Satow, resident in Japan 1862–83 and 1895–1900.
www.centralparknyusa.com /topic/Meiji_period   (2704 words)

  
 Broadmining: Kofun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Kofun Period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato Period by some Western Scholars, since this local Chieftain ship eventually rose up to become the Imperial Dynasty at the end of the Kofun Period.
Japanese archaeologists find this a little predeterministic and emphasise the fact that in the early half of the Kofun Period other regional Chieftainships, such as Kibi near modern day Okayama were in close contention for the crown.
The Kofun period is seen as ending by A.D. 538, when the use of elaborate kofun by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
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 72 Pin Edo
During the Edo period, the Shogunate appointed administrators (''machi bugyo'') to oversee the government of Edo.
The period ended in 1867 with the restoration of the Imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
It is at the beginning of the Edo period that Japan built her first ocean-going Western-style warships, such as the ''San Juan Bautista'', a 500-ton galleon-type ship that transported a Japanese embassy headed by Hasekura Tsunenaga to the Americas, which then continued to Europe.
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 Edo Period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He wanted to make Edo a major port, but once he learned that the Europeans favored ports in Kyūshū and that China had rejected his plans for official trade, he moved to control existing trade and allowed only certain ports to handle specific kinds of commodities.
Ee ja nai ka - an outbreak of mass hysteria at the end of the Edo period.
Jidaigeki deals with Japanese period dramas, which are usually set in the Edo period.
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Meiji (明治) may refer to: Meiji Restoration, the revolution that ushered in the Meiji Era Meiji period - the period in Japanese history when the Meiji Emperor reigned Emperor Meiji of Japan - Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor, who reigned during Meiji Era Meiji Mura - open-air architectural museum in near Nagoya.
It occurred from 1866 to 1869, a period of 4 years that transverses both the late Edo (often called Late Tokugawa shogunate) and beginning of the Meiji Era.
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