Contents: * Hirohito’s early years * Rise to power * Dictatorship * Achievements and historian judgment * Japan defeated - End of the dictatorship * Death * Personal opinion * Resources “We have resolved to endure the endurable and suffer what is insufferable” Hirohito’s early years: Japan's longest-reigning monarch, Michinomiya Hirohito, was born on April 29, 1901, in the Ayoma Palace in Tokyo, Japan, the first of four sons of Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess Sadako. His childhood title was Prince Michi. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to primarily by his successive name Emperor Shōwa which translates to “Enlightened peace”. Following long-established custom, Hirohito was separated from his parents shortly after birth. He was cared for by a vice admiral in the imperial (of the empire) navy until November 1904, when he returned to the Akasaka Palace, his parents' official residence.
Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu The Tokugawa period began in 1603, this was when the warring states period of history is about to end (3.Tokugawa). Tokugawa Ieyasu consolidated his control of Japan at the battle of Sekigahara (1). In 1603, Ieyasu was appointed Shogun by the emperor. The administration of Japan was a task given by the imperial Court in Kyoto to the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa continued to rule Japan for 265 years.
Ukiyo-e is an art form that originated in Japan during the Edo period. It lasted from 1603 to 1867. The Edo period began after the ruler Hideyoshi had died in 1958. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was the most powerful man in Japan, did not respect Hideyoshi’s successor Hideyori, because he wanted to become absolute ruler of Japan. He won that by defeating Hideyori loyalists in the battle of Sekigahara in 1600.
Ivan the “Not So” Terrible Ivan IV, know as Ivan the Terrible, is most known for his brutal ruling and centralizing Russia. He was born in Moscow on August 25, 1530, the oldest son of Vasilij III. Ivan’s father, Vasilij Glinsky, died when he was only three and his mother took the throne. His mother, Yelena Glinskaya was leading the territory that noble family owned, but it soon capsized into intrigue, and violence as rival nobles fought over who would rule Glinsky Family. Yelena died in 1538 and misrule continued.
Good morning. Today, the resulting conflict between Russian and Japanese imperialism, occurring at the turn of the twentieth century will be discussed. This brief war was the result of direct territorial acquisition from both parties and the increasingly tense political and economic affairs of that decade. Whilst the Russo-Japanese war was fought predominantly in North-East China and the surrounding oceans, the outcome not only affected the diplomatic relations between Russia and Japan, but had further direct influence on nations which were indirectly involved. The Russo-Japanese war was declared on the 8th of February 1904 in the method of a formal letter from Japan, and continued until the 5th of September 1905, with Russia’s defeat.
Compare how the two states in eras of Japanese history, Tokugawa and early Meiji, ruled and what flow on effects it caused on the people The change from Tokugawa Japan to Meiji Japan is often called the most remarkable transformation ever undergone by any people in so short a time’. (Palmer and Colton) This essay will compare the two states and their ways and method of ruling and the flow on effects it had on the people, the economy or commerce. Tokugawa period started after the central authority was given to Tokugawa Ieyasu after the battle of sekihagara and he became the shogun in 1603. Tokugawa Ieyasu and the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, developed established a new social and political order. These changes were set up for very a specific reasons: So the whole nation would be under the Tokugawa family’s control and secure their reign.
The ninth century A.D. marked a turning point in Japanese history with the emergence of the professional warrior (called bushi) and the subsequent rise of the military class to power. This period witnessed the decline of the (once-powerful) reigning Fujiwara family, which subsequently had to enlist the aid of certain other families/clans to enforce established laws and regulations. The Taira and Minamoto families, in particular, became so successful that they ended up ruling the land as military powerhouses. By the next century, "the military profession was fully established as a hereditary privilege" a mark of distinction. A man by the name of Minamoto Yoritomo (A.D. 1147-1199) became the first permanent shogun (supreme military ruler) of feudal Japan when he overturned the dominant Taira clan.
America planned to change the society with the introduction of a new constitution and a shift of power that would turn Japan into a democratic society, similar to America and their constitution. On November 3rd, 1946, A new constitution for Japan was created by America, who currently had occupation of Japan. General Douglas MacArthur, supreme Commander of the allied powers, was appointed to be in control of the Japanese Government after occupation. MacArthur, through radical change along with the help of his military team created a new constitution that focused on democratic principles, that would rebuild Japanese society with a new government, rights for individuals and demilitarization. Before World War II, Japan was a dictatorship with an absolute monarchy under the rule of Hirohito, the sun God, the government was run by military force and suppressed any opposition.
On 25th June 1950, ninety thousand North Korean soldiers invaded South Koreas border defences, The Korean war had begun. This small scale civil war would escalate into an international conflict. Historically, Korea had once been a united country, under Japanese rule for between 1905 and 1945 however, the Japanese were unruly and did not treat the Koreans well. At the end of the Second World War it was decided that the country would be divided along the 38th parallel and occupied by soviet troops in the North and American troops in the South. Syngman Rhee, who had spent some years exiled in America, became the president of South Korea in 1948, while Kim Il Sung, having fought for the Russian red army during the war became leader of the People’s Democratic Republic (Communist) in North Korea.
This brought about the signing of several treaties with Western countries such as America, Britain, Russia and Holland, which began the decline of the Shogunate. The people of Japan began to lose faith in the Shogun, and soon many were adopting the slogan of Sonnojoi- ‘Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian’. In 1866, the two most powerful Japanese Clans known as the Choshu and the Satsuma formed an alliance against the Shogun with the backing of the Tosa and Hizen clans and the Emperor, and in 1867 the Shogun agreed to hand over power to the new emperor Meiji, who had inherited his status after the death of his father Emperor Komei. After a brief civil war in