Shogun : title dating back of 794 AD meant general of imperial Japanese armies; it was assumed by military dictators who ruled of Japan from the 12th to 19th centuries. The overthrow of the Shogun in 1867 marked the beginning of modern Japan.
... in civil slaughter. And what was the point at issue? Simply, whether Shogun or Mikado should be leader and sovereign in Japan. Our wise men would have advised the Japanese to give up their differences and work together under the Shogun because he was "the recognised leader"; but the patriots of Japan knew that the question of Shogun or Mikado involved vital issues which must be settled at any cost; so ...
... detail, the common evolution. Japan with its great feudal order under the spiritual Page 375 and secular headship of the Mikado and afterwards the double headship of the Mikado and the Shogun evolved one of the most vigorous and self-conscious nation-units the world has seen. China with its great learned class uniting in one the Brahmin and Kshatriya functions of spiritual and secular knowledge ...
... over the ultimate ideal or object—the freedom and greatness of Japan, on which all parties were agreed—but on questions of method and internal organisation. Until that question as between the moderate Shogun party and the extremist Mikado party had been settled, it was felt by all that the approach to the ultimate ideal of all could not be seriously attempted. True national unity is the unity of se ...
... body. In the book, Gardening the Japanese Way (p. 137) Sima Eliovson writes: The Garden of Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, also called Rocuon-ji (Deer Park), was originally built for the shogun Yoshimitsu (1367-95 AD) after his retirement. The garden comprises about 4 1/2 acres, including a pond of 1 3/4 acres, with islands representing the tortoise and crane, symbols of long life. The Pavilion ...
... at their head who pushed the country into revolt and created a nation. The history of the Italian revolution tells the same story. Even in Japan, it was when the issue between the moderate Shogun party and the extremist Mikado party was settled that the country's sensational regeneration became possible. Of course, as distinct from paper-unity or hypocritical platform-unity, there was the ...
... live in a world of stereotyped thought and customary action.’ 25 The reader of these words sees passing before his inner eye the world of Chinese emperors and warlords, the traditional Japan of shoguns and samurai, the India of maharajas, sultans and nizams: the whole colourful but burned-out East of the traditions. When an Indian at the time asked the Mother the question: ‘How is India likely to ...
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