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  • Imperium Das Schwert der Shogune (Season 5, Episode 3)
  • TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary

Imperium

Das Schwert der Shogune (Season 5, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary
The 3000 islands archipelago Japan developed a distinct, austere culture. A huge 'knighthood' class of samurai was its military and political backbone, symbolized by the cult of the sword. The emperor, descendants of the sun goddess ...See moreThe 3000 islands archipelago Japan developed a distinct, austere culture. A huge 'knighthood' class of samurai was its military and political backbone, symbolized by the cult of the sword. The emperor, descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu, were powerless in Kyoto palaces. The rule of the daimyo, regional feudal princes commanding rival samurai, was ended by the shogun after many battles and ninja (undercover agent) homicides. The culture, largely imported from China, combining Budhism and Confucian influence with traditional Shinto animism, was closed up and the navy abolished after the first European arrivals until the 19th century, when Japan transformed into a modern empire, losing its splendid isolation, after conquests, in the Second World War. Written by KGF Vissers See less
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May 2, 2010 (Germany)

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