The work that I chose is a color woodblock print called "Drum Bridge at the Tenjin Shrine in Kameido" (Kameido Tenjin taiko-bashi) by Katsushika Hokusai. This particular piece is from his Wonderous Views of Famous Bridges in Provinces (shokoku Meikyo Kiran) ... -1849, during the Edo Period. The piece itself measures 9 7/8" x 15" in size. This type of woodblock print is also known as ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world." This piece contains a drum bridge in Kameido with villagers walking along the planks. The piece also displays a few buildings in the foreground and background as well. I ...

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... Ward, the Japanese evacuation is viewed as an occurrence due to the publics terror of the potential threat from the local Japanese-Canadians on the west coast of Canada during the 1930s. Which is definitely unlike J.L. Granastein and Gregory A. Johnson's article, "The Evacuation of the Japanese Canadians, 1942: A ... feeling was not particularly intense in British Columbia. But in the closing months of 1937 a new source of stain bore down upon the west coast's racial cleavage. Japan attacked China once again and, in Canada reports of this aggression provoked the first strong outburst of...

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... a year. Most of them are minor tremors that cause little damage, but severe earthqaukes occur every few years. Underseaquakes sometimes cause huge, destructive tidal waves, called tsunami, along Japan's Pacific coast. The Japanese islands have more than 150 major volcanoes. Over 60 of these volcanoes are active. Numerous short, swift rivers cross Japan's rugged surface. most of the rivers are too ... like Tasmania. Two Pacific Ocean currents--the Japan Current and the Oyashio Current--influence Japan's climate. The warm, dark-blue Japan Current flows northward along the country's south ...

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... picked up radio messages transmitted btwn the 2 task groups and Pearl but they calculated the Americans would have to get around 300 mi from the coast to make a carrier strike, 69 Japanese land based bombers were on alert and they could range out as much as 600 miles so the Japanese ... B-25s were flying independently and were strung out over 200 miles, they were going in as lone raiders A few minutes b4 noon, Doolittle's plane crossed the coast about 80 miles NE of Tokyo, minutes later Doolittle raced S toward the city at a 30 ft altitude, saw 9 Japanese fighters 1000 ft above him; ......

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... effort. The most powerful and most crucial part of American defense in the Pacific Ocean was that of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. This fleet was usually stationed somewhere along the west coast of the United States, and made a training cruise to Hawaii each year. With war threatening, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This was ... the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States west coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Fleet first arrived at Pe...

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... acid, which is used as a diagnostic chemical used to investigate Huntington's chorea, a rare but fatal disease of the nervous system (Aldridge 102). Japan's coast is one of the most studied coral coasts in the world. Doctors are now using shark cartilage to aid in the relief of arthritic pain and to ... to the corals below also. Last year alone over 1.2 million tourists visited the Great Barrier Reef, which is located 2000 kilometers along the east coast of Australia, and happens to be the largest reef on the planet. It is said to be visible from the moon! Every year the ... of visitors ...

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... , following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States demanded that people with Japanese ancestry who lived on the West Coast (Oregon,California and Washington etc.) be held in internment camps. Initially, the public's opinion on Japanese who lived in the West Coast prior to the US declaring war on Japan,was that they were "kind" and "well educated ... ". Between 110,000 and 120,000 people who lived on the West Coast, were forced into relocating to internment camps while only 1,200 to 1,800 people from Hawaii were forced to attend internment camps. Even people who were merely 1/16 Ja...

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... any of them assumed to be dangerous (Armor 13). Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt was the Western Defense Commander. Four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, DeWitt declared the West Coast of the United States and Alaska a "theater of operations." This made the area a war zone. DeWitt commenced with random raids of Japanese homes and seized guns, radios, and cameras from ... were required to report to processing centers. An article in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 20, 1942 printed: 100,000 Japs Now Cleared From Coast- Almost 100,000 Japanese have already been moved form their We...

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... then attack here. " The strongest and most powerful part of the American defense in the Pacific Ocean was the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Usually, this fleet was stationed somewhere along the West Coast of the United States, and made a training cruise to Hawaii each year. With war approaching, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This was ... the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States West Coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Fleet first arrived...

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... Honshu, which occupies 61% of Japan's total land area. The capital of Japan is Tokyo and is found also on Honshu island. In total, most Japanese inhabitants live on the coast and other habitable land is small considering nearly three quarters of Japan is mountainous. The highest peak is Mt Fuji at 3776m, which is an extinct volcano. There are over ... regions which can be defined by differing land geography, industry and agriculture. Refer to Map 2 to see a map of Thailand. Physical Geography 1.1 Landforms Japan is located off the east Asian coast in the North Pacific, it consists of 4 ...

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... south region more than 70% of Brazilians live on only 18% of the land . Today most Brazilians are city dwellers. Most of the big towns and cities are on the coast, the biggest city is Sao Paulo (9.6 Million), the further inland you go the population becomes less dense. The highest densities are near Sao Paulo and Belo even though they"re ... is the seventh most densely populated country in the world. Less then a fifth of the country is lowland and broken up into many small plains, these are located along the coast and are cut off from each other by uplands. Most of its population live o...

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... from the Tahitian word tatau, which means "to mark something." The word tattoo has been used in the English language since around the year 1644, denoting the beat of the drum (Rowe12). Although the idea of having your skin poked hundreds of time a minute sounds extremely painful, tattoos have become more and more popular these day. What started out as a simple ... ...

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... the dispute that continues to be a source of strain and anxiety for the United States, Japan and China. Tension began in 2010 when a Chinese fishing trawler rammed into two Japanese coast guard vessels near the Senkakus, resulting in the first public dispute over the islands. When China's demands for the crew and vessel to be released were not met, they halted ... bring great pride, but would also be beneficial for their maritime goals, in regards to EEZs due to the stipulation that an EEZ stretches out 200 nautical miles from the coast line. Thus allowing China to increase their EEZs d...

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... . But, that is not usually what it looks like. Tsunamis are caused by an underwater disturbance, such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. If you are on the coast watching the tides, you will see that the water recedes quite a lot--about 10 feet. Even though people notice this happening, they just dismiss it as weird and nothing to ... worry about. Then, small ripples begin to swirl further away from the coastline. After that, a larger wave comes upon the coast--the wave may be tall or short, but that doesn't really matter in the long run. Water starts rushing in...

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... been any military action until recently. The incident in 2012 nearly caused a war between China and Japan. A fishing boat went into the area controlled by the Japanese and rammed a Japanese Coast Guard Vessel, nearly sinking the boat. Though this was done by a local fisherman, the Japanese still used this as another attempt by China to try and provoke Japan into giving ... hacking American computer systems conflict that China is currently dealing with (Jones). This would make it very easy for the United States to send military ships over to the Chinese coast. Every day, Chinese computer...

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... a tsunami that is estimated to have the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima atom bombs [PBS05]. The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake was under the Indian Ocean, close to the west coast of the island of Sumatra and was caused when sections of tectonic plates moved violently and displaced a huge waves in all directions, the quake was the largest quake in 40 ... much scrutiny, mostly due to their response to the disaster. This has led to a massive overall of evacuation policies. The effects of Katrina can still be seen across the Golf Coast. There have been problems with eco systems, inclu...

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... , Hungary and the Balkans. In the battle of the Atlantic, the German submarine fleet was virtually destroyed. The final Allied campaign began with the invasion of Normandy, on the northwestern coast of France on June 6 1944 at 12:15 A.M. The invasion was code named "Operation Overlord". This operation would come to be known as D-Day. D-Day is a military term designating the ... an active month for all fronts. The Russian army crossed into Poland and in Italy the Allies were blocked by a heavily fortified Rome. The Allies began landing on the eastern coast of Italy attempting to open the ...

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... is important to us as a people. Maybe more in the sense of what is important to our leaders. The decision to drop the atomic bomb was just that...Atomic. It coast millions of lives, lives across the globe. August 6th of 1945 the was day the first bomb was dropped on Japan, but in no way was it the first bomb ... ...

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... chronicle of Japanese history and mythology, describes the "wrestling match between Takemikazuchi no Kami, a deity, and Takeminakata no Kami, the son of the ruler of Izumo on the Japan Sea coast. The results of this match were said to have established the supremacy of the 'divine' Yamato race" (Cuyler 1985:22). In light of such mytho-religious connections, it is not ... first (27). An even more interesting example of ritual sumo is hitori-zumo (one-man sumo), performed at the Oyamazumi Shrine on the island of Omishima right off the northwest coast of Shikoku. Usually performed in conjun...

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... the many warnings Roosevelt had paid no attention to, his actions also show that he had indirectly planned the attack. In early 1941, Roosevelt ordered the majority of the West Coast's military fleet transferred to its exposed position at Pearl Harbor. Admiral James O. Richardson protested that there was inadequate protection from an air attack, and no protection from a torpedo attack. Richardson ... cut off military intelligence to Hawaii that same day. Roosevelt was a naval expert. Clearly, he knew the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor. On the weekend of December 7, he put the West coast ...

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... Vincent Massey the high commissioner in London reported to Mackenzie King that there was "secret" reliable information, which revealed that the Japanese were taking an interest in the British Columbia coast and that the Japanese living in those costal areas were actively involved (Johnson and Granatstein 107). The authors of this article criticize King for his lack of action after learning ... Canadian POWs. King was also well aware that his handling of the situation could directly affect British interests in the Pacific (Ward463). King had to balance the fears of west coast nativists w...

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... invade South America in Brazil, Chile, and Peru. Germany also planned to attack the Panama Canal, which is very important for American sea-trade and for ships to get from coast to coast. If these plans were true, the US had to put an end to them then, so that Hitler did not attack America. As people began to follow FDR's thinking ... ...

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... the many warnings Roosevelt had paid no attention to, his actions also show that he had indirectly planned the attack. In early 1941, Roosevelt ordered the majority of the West Coast's military fleet transferred to its exposed position at Pearl Harbor. Admiral James O. Richardson protested that there was inadequate protection from an air attack, and no protection from a torpedo attack. Richardson ... cut off military intelligence to Hawaii that same day. Roosevelt was a naval expert. Clearly, he knew the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor. On the weekend of December 7, he put the West coast ...

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... we think is fair today. In the months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many expected an immediate attack against the West Coast. Fear gripped the country and a wave of hysterical antipathy against the Japanese engulfed the Pacific Coast. The FBI began rounding up any and all "suspicious" Japanese for internment. None was ever charged with any crime. Almost all were ... ...

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... to the early 20th century, when immigration from Japan was slowed, and eventually stopped altogether by the government. Furthermore, Japanese American children were segregated from certain schools on the West Coast of the U.S. The racial tension between Japanese Americans and non-Asians only grew in the following years. After the Pearl Harbor attack, which was suspected to have been helped by ... , due to heightened fear of potential future military attacks. President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) demonstrated his views towards the Japanese Americans by personally approving evacuation of Japa...

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