Saigō Takamori Essays

In both “The Knight's Tale” and “The Pardoner's Tale,” there are valuable lessons that should be recognized. Each tale was not only educational, but they were also entertaining, they both held a strong meaning behind them. Here is the real question: does one tale trump the other? Did one have a more valuable lesson? Well, the answer is yes. “The Knight's Tale” had more moral value and it vital points that are important, while “The Pardoner's Tale” was more for entertainment. In “The Knight’s Tale

film, the director intentionally distorted history. Captain Nathan Algren was purely used as a source of entertainment for the Western world (Source 1). This hypothesis was drawn from the fact that the true Last Samurai in 19th century Japan, was Takamori Saigo, who was the inspiration for Katsumoto’s character in the film (Source 16). This meant that the director purposefully titled Captain Nathan Algren incorrectly as Katsumoto should have been seen as The Last Samurai (Source 17) (Source 5). Therefore

hold,” (Jensen 363) because of how dangerous it would be to incite a war that would likely involve China and European nations. While the Iwakura statesmen were able to prevent the hostility torward Korea it caused the leader of the of the plan, Saigo Takamori, to leave the government and return to the Satsuma Province along with many soldiers and leaders who remained in Japan during the Iwakura mission. The experience

Unlike the enemies of the samurai trop, they didn’t use any guns and killing machines, they sticked to their samurai swords and it only made them smarter in their plan and more willing to fight. The captain suddenly saw one of his samurai friends while walking down the street surrounded by men holding guns, threatening his life. In a moment or so the hair of the samurai warrior was cut off. After the scene the camera moved around showing the sadness on the faces of the commoners in the street making

against the Japanese Imperial Government. The last and worst of the series of armed Samurai revolts, the Satsuma Rebellion, began in the January of 1877. It's end, in September of the same year, marked the end of the Samurai class when its leader, Saigo Takamori, on the brink of defeat, took his own life. The rapid and massive changes to the Japanese culture was taken as an insult to the Samurai. They would not stand to see the old order of feudal Japan, along with its culture, come to its end for

In 1868, the Tokugawa shogun lost his power and status, leading to the beginning of the Meiji Restoration by the Meiji emperor. To restore the emperor’s power, the capital was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. This was also the period Japan exposed itself to Western influences, following Commodore Perry’s demands for Japan to open up to trade in 1853. The development of modern Japan saw changes in the kimono that reflected this Western influence and the subsequent social, political and economic changes