A Brief History of Fuedal Japan

Japan’s influence on the west has been nothing short of miraculous, in less than a century and a half they have risen from a small isolated culture to one of the preeminent superpowers of the world. Although most people know a little about modern Japan most people do not know anything about the early history of the Japanese islands. For this essay I have chosen to focus on three major points of Japanese history, …

…possible, this was allowed, in part, by the values of the age, values and beliefs that continue to the present day. Although the majority of Japan’s history is a bloody one the feudal age also saw some of the truly remarkable accomplishments of their history, it witnessed the birth the national spirit and through the hard work of the people brought Japan from the feudal age into a superpower in less than two-hundred years.