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Japanese Architect Studios and a Team Zoo

In ten pages this paper discusses the Nago City Hall and Miyashiron community center in a consideration of a Japanese architectura...

Comparing Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai with Homer's 'The Iliad'

heroic ideal of the young and noble combatant who appears to be destined to die at an early age on the battlefield. Achilleus is ...

Post 9 11 and Civil Rights

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Tea Ceremony's Importance

years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Marital Abuse

her story, she shares that her grandmother, a very strict woman and set in her ways, decides that Janie should be married off to s...

Sculpture of Early Japan

figurines represented the earliest of the Japanese deities and were included within the religious observances. One sculpture, in ...

Comparing U.S. and Japanese Politics

governed by a Prime Minister who is elected by the members of the Diet. The Prime Minister then chooses members of his cabinet, mu...

Mid 19th Century Japan

boom in both economic and political strength. As the twenty-first century began, Japan had new and stifling issues to deal with: ...

1898 Hawaii Annexation by the United States

In eight pages this paper discusses Hawaii's annexation in 1898 by the United States in an overview of the various political and e...

America Through the Eyes of its People by Bruce Borland

In five pages the U.S. in terms of social, economic, and political rights between the years 1865 to 1929 are explored within the c...

Racism, Imagination, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

segments correlates with the seasons. The section about "See Jane," is really about Pecola, as opposite a presentation from the w...

Patriotism by Yukio Mishima

a review of this text and how Japanese marriage traditions are reflected in the double suicide ritual are analyzed in five pages. ...

Junichi Saga's Memories of Silk and Straw A Self-Portrait of Small Town Japan

as men. It seems, especially after reading the stories in Memories of Silk And Straw, that the class distinction and level of pov...

Cultural Aspects of Japan

This paper examines the uniqueness of Japanese culture in 5 pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Dramatic Elements in Morrison's Bluest Eye

This paper addresses Toni Morrison's use of misnaming and other dramatic techniques. This six page paper has no additional source...

Pearl Harbor and Intelligence

In six pages this paper considers possible failures of U.S. intelligence as they involve the Pearl Harbor bombing by the Japanese ...

Dialect Significance in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In twelve pages this research paper presents the argument that a greater appreciation of Hurston's classic novel can be acquired t...

A Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

Since the publication of its first English translation in 1974, A Book of Five Rings has become an underground classic in the Amer...

Canada's International Role and JETRO in a Futures Study

In a paper of twelve pages Canada's role in determining the Japanese External Trading Organization's (JETRO) future is discussed a...

Opium Wars Through Chinese Eyes by Arthur Waley

strictly illegal under Chinese law. However, the opium trade was of pivotal importance to British Imperialism. The British smuggli...

A Case Study of Work Ethic and Culture

The author examines conflict among Western participants of a Japanese work program. This five page paper has one source listed in...

Japanese Kabuki Music

In five pages this paper examines Japanese kabuki theater and music in an historical overview. Five sources are cited in the bibl...

International Trade Case Study on Global Beer

In sixteen pages a case study on Global Beer is presented in a consideration of its Japanese marketplace entrance with a discussio...

International Relations and Japan

In seven pages this paper discusses such issues as the military, culture, society, and economics and how they have impacted upon J...

Japanese Linguistics 'Scrambling'

This is an analytical overivew of an article that considers the word order as it pertains to Japanese linguistics, which is an are...

Fukuzawa Yukichi's Influence

This of course would serve to weaken the state, thus giving the Western nations a way to step in and take control of Japan. As h...

Character Comparative Analysis of Thurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Chekhov's The Darling

In 8 pages this paper contrasts and compares the characters of Janie and Olenka in these works by Hurston and Chekhov. Two source...

Prince Toshihito's Katsura Villa

In 5 pages this paper examines the influence of Japanese culture as well as the relationship between Hideyoshi and Toshihito in th...

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe

In five pages this essay examines this Japanese novel's narrative with an emphasis on the character of Himiko, the girlfriend of t...