Please respond in a few sentences to 10 of the identification items below. Be sure to tell why the item is significant in Japanese history. St. Francis Xavier Yoshida Shōin SPAM (as used in this class) Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) Dejima Alternate Attendance (sankin kotai) Akō Vendetta (47 rōnin) Bunraku theater (aka: jōruri) Matsuo Basho Chikamatsu Monzaemon Aizawa Seishisai (New Theses) Oshio Heihachirō Rebellion Ii Naosuke Dutch Studies "National" learning
Please respond in a few sentences to 10 of the identification items below. Be sure to tell why the item is significant in Japanese history.
St. Francis Xavier
Yoshida Shōin
SPAM (as used in this class)
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu)
Dejima
Alternate Attendance (sankin kotai)
Akō Vendetta (47 rōnin)
Bunraku theater (aka: jōruri)
Matsuo Basho
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Aizawa Seishisai (New Theses)
Oshio Heihachirō Rebellion
Ii Naosuke
Dutch Studies
"National" learning
Choose 2 questions with long essay answers please.
1. Explain the role of each of the three "unifiers" in bringing Japan out of perpetual civil war and into the era of Tokugawa peace: what were the important factors for each? what obstacles did they face?
2. Some scholars say that the arrival of Commodore Perry to Japan was the most important factor leading to the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1867-1868. Others claim that even without Perry, the Tokugawa shogunate was going to collapse anyway?
3. The historian EH Norman once described Tokugawa Japan as a virtual "police state" because the samurai class was so dominant. This implies that people who were not members of the samurai class had very few freedoms. Based on Musui's Story explain whether you agree or disagree and why?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON MUSUIS STORY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SAMURAI
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