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A 3 page paper which examines and discusses three turning points in Japan’s modern history. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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have long influenced other cultures, influenced trade and art, and held themselves as a powerful and unified people. The following paper examines three different periods that could well be considered
powerful turning points in their modern history, all of which are turning points involving the pressures of outside cultures that helped Japan develop, but clearly did not strip Japan of
its identity. Turning Points in Japans Modern History In W. Scott Morton and J. Kenneth Oleniks book Japan: Its History and
Culture the authors lay out a lot of the history of Japan and one of the turning points that seems incredibly crucial is presented in Chapter 9, Unification of Japan.
The authors note that, "Some unity of emotion and loyalty had always existed in Japan, fostered by the national legends...promoted by Confucian ideals. Developments of literature and thought during the
Heian period must have given birth to a sense of cultural unity....at the end of the sixteenth century Japan became unified and pacified in a much more definite and complete
sense" (Morton; Olenik 101). In this one can see that many changes had clearly occurred over the history of these people but in this particular time there were powerful changes
taking place in a world that was growing more modern. The authors illustrate that, as is perhaps often in the case of long wars and internal struggles, great gains are
made and as such this seems to be one of the most powerful periods of growth for Japan. Through wars cultures are often forced to change for one reason or
another, and there is often perhaps more trade and interaction between cultures at such times. The authors state, "A noticeable increase in domestic and foreign" aspects created "far-reaching changes in
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