The Way of the Warrior

 

The illustrated presentation to follow consists of one hundred and seventeen images (with accompanying written narration) displayed over a series of eighty linked screen "pages". It should take approximately sixty minutes to complete (depending largely on the speed of your modem connection). 

1. the historical process whereby the military - aristocracy came to exercise political power over the centralized state;
2. the development of warrior cultural values and the impact of Buddhism on those values; 
3. the developing patterns of religious, artistic, literary and architectural traditions associated with "The Way of the Warrior", the cultural style of the Military - Aristocratic period in Japanese history; and … 
4. the loss of centralized political control during the final century of military - aristocratic rule to local daimyo feudal lords.

As you proceed, be sure to examine each image for visual information illustrating the point made in the accompanying caption; figure out why that particular picture, diagram or chart was included. 

A written follow-up exercise (on a page that can be printed out for your personal use) concludes the presentation. A comment form for your reactions to the entire experience has also been included. 

Click on the button below to move to the next screen "page" in the presentation.