Low Down

  The political and social changes make each of the Japanese periods very uniqiue and one of its kind. What has to be underlined; the change of its name has never been accidental or random, in contrary, it is always associated with changes, in this case it was no difference. The role of dayimo has not changed, they still were responsible for administrating their land, the role of the samurai has also been more or less the same, however, it was about to be changed. They who stayed under the surveliance of their master had peasants to govern and supervise the land farming and crops gathering. The system was organised and ordered. Yet, it was a time for having some reforms, it came in 1868 with the Charter Oath, which said or rather promised: to discuss the matters of state by means of assembly, a unity of all classes to establish equal economy and welfare, the overall equallity of the nation and their individual desires, aspirations, basic customs for everyone, and principles o...

Tokugawa Ieyosu became a distinctive figure after succession of the title of daimyo after his father's death. He was a very good military leader, an intelligent warrior, possessed virtues which helped him to go up through the ladder of success. He was patient, observant and wit. He didn't take random decisions, in contrary, he always searched for the advise from other, more experienced subordinates. He was always very respected by his fellowmen, he got married  countless of time, he had many sons and many concubines.  Hideyoshi was his main and only important rival. He knew he couldn't stand against Hideyoshi, therefore, he  became his 'allay'. He tried to be in the middle of all Hideyoshi's decisions, nonetheless, he didn't take part in a total disaster - the great conquer of Korea, Hideyoush was defeated, Tokugawa, stayed in his castle in Edo. Ieyosu knew what the power was, he understood it, used it wisely, with great respect. The patience made him an exc...

The feudal Japan is Japan of an aristocracy. This social class has dominated the law, the society and all the orders. The changes went through militarism and strict obedience. They enforced the political and economical changes. Those changes were unwillingly accepted by most of the society, yet, were unavoidable. The law was magistrated by the Imperial Court. The taxes were put on every goods, available. The Equal Fields distribution was strictly monitored. It embraced only one generation and the fraud was punished. The country was undergoing never-ending civil wars, the Buddhist temples were pronounced as ''sacrid places'', the places of protection and escape from persecution. The land reclamation was very expensive, almost impossible to gain, especially, when the land was lost. It was due to the hereditary tax which was extended later on and embraced other related pieces of the land.       The military service was compulsory, the sons who would never become the emp...

Heian period in Japan is dated between 794-1185 and is marked by social and political uphevals. The fifth and the sixth century were contunally disturbed by never-ending civil wars and skimrishes. The political scene has constantly changed, Chinese impact was more and more obvious. The country itself became devastated and ruined. The migration started, it was popular mostly in the middle and intellectual classes. They had money, they had connections and opportunities to change their surroundings. It made a huge influx of other citizens, mostly from China, they did not predominated the scheme of Japan, they, on the other hand brought the religion, something, Japanese people heard of yet never practiced before.  The Shinto in Japan was not just a notion it was a symbol, an onset of religion people worshipped. At that time Japan had no significant markers of religion, they worshipped nature, symbols of nature and their habitats. The beliefs were created around the magical stories, the fo...

The sperm whales are often found stranded on shore. The reason why they push themselves onto the beach is still unknow, the presumptions var y , most possibly, it is an illness, perhaps, some kind of a disease, which directs them to the land, where they are marooned and die. This case was not any other than that, five beached sperm whales had died overnight on the shore of the Island of Texel. The whales were very dangrously close to the shore, the ditsnce was trecherous and became a lethal trap for the mammals. As scientists foresaw it was almost impossible to get them back onto the open ocean. Some of them which had been turned back, spinned aroung and returned onto the very shallow water, the shore itself. The reason of such behaviour is still a puzzle to be solved. ''We wish it could last longer'' – one of the authorities said, however, the Netherlands do have a protocol, which gives 12 hours to rescue the mammals, if it doesn't happen they are sedated or wit...

Veronica Guerin was a crime reporter, she had been assassinated by the drug lords. It was the most horrifying mafia crime in Ireland, triggered on media and public person. She was 37 years-old, she died on 26 th of June 1996. She wrote about crimes, about the Irish Republican Army. She started writing about the drug dillers for Sunday Independent, she wanted to uncover John Traynor. He gave her warning and numbers of threats, death threats, included. While writing about the crime kingpin Martin Cahill – she was given a serious thereat, the shots were triggered onto her house. She ignored it. In 1995, she was shot in the leg, lucky the bullet missed her head, where primarly it was set upon. Still, Guerin wrote about drug dillers and fought for an independent Irish press. Sep 1995 – Guerin was attacked by John Gilligan. He had severely beaten her. He also threaten her He would kindnap and rape her son, Guerin herself will be murdered. She took the threats for granted, however, she ...

 So far I have been writing about the immerse Japanese literature, which is indeed wonderful, fruitful, extremely metaphorical and above all, didactic. With all respect for that, the time has come to present the Japan from its roots, some of them, by means of historical periods has been already presented by me, not thoroughly though. Without a cloud of doubt Japan is a unique place, one of the leading Asian nations, very dynamic and hermetic. Despite its politeness, friendliness, openness toward other cultures, it is still closed, once I met someone, who have been living in Japan for nearly twenty years, and, still, replied, ''(…) I am a foreigner in my own country (...)'' Japan is rich in natural goods, however, the country import some of them from abroad, which is not so expensive, for instance 85% of energy is imported, it is nothing, but, outsourcing. Japanese are very traditional, the heritage of theirs is culture, is what their ancestors left behind. They cultiv...