(Tenno Heika) Japan is a society whose culture is steeped in the traditions and symbols of the past: Mt. Fuji, the tea ceremony, and the sacred objects of nature revered in Shintoism. The most important tradition and symbol in Japan, the Emperor, endured through Shogunates, restorations of imperial rule, and up to the present day. The leaders of the Meiji Restoration used these traditions to gain control over Japan and further their goals of modernization. …showed first 75 words of 1427 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1427 total…itself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Footnotes (7) Peter Duus, The Rise of Modern Japan (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976) pgs. 116 (1), (2), (3), (9), (10) Norma Field, In the Realm of a Dying Emperor (First Vintage Books Edition, 1993) pgs. 19,20,26,70,21 (6), (8) Walter McLaren, A Political History of Japan During the Meiji Era 1867-1912 (New York: Scribner and Sons, 1916) pgs. 32,70 (5) Hidejiro Nagata, A Simplified Treatise on The Imperial House of Japan (Tokyo: Hakubunkwan, 1921) pgs. 47 (4) Shusuke Sato, Some Historical Phases of Modern Japan (New York: Japan Society, 1916) pg. 4