I would say that the reigns of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi had attempts to spread Japanese influence to Mainland China and Korea. Although for the most part I think it was also an attempt to compete with great nations like Ming, Joseon, and the Europeans. They were adapting more than they were exporting their cultural influences I would say. Not sure about Japan a thousand years ago or more. I guess that was largely their mutual influence with the Korean states.
Japanese archipelago is not exactly "prime estate" as far as resources and arable lands
went.
It is prone to natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruption.
Some may explain why Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi might want to expand
beyond the Japanese archipelago.
The background of the Battle of Baekjang was the near demise of Baekje drove Yamato
Japan to aid Baekje; rather, it resulted in the demise of Baekje and unification of Southern
Korea under Silla.
Instead of invasion, Yamato Japan's actions were probably defensive, and it strengthened
its forces right after the victories of Tang and Silla.
Lord Oda Obunaga said:
These video games are overly simplified in terms of representing warfare and mobilization of armies, even administering a state. I wish it was as easy as clicking buttons and making armies pop out. But I actually did not play that much Nobunaga's Ambition or Romance of Three Kingdoms, save for very briefly on an old Super Nintendo emulator. I have been meaning to get a more recent Nobunaga's Ambition game but I just never got around to it. Other than that I played a lot of Shogun 2 on my PC and Samurai Warriors on the Play Station and Wii. That is actually why I started using the "Lord Oda Nobunaga" username, because of the Samurai Warriors games.
Have you ever heard the series of
Dynasty Warriors?
en.wikipedia.org
Characters from the Three Kingdoms era are involved; then, keep in mind that
Romance of Three Kingdoms features many out of period weapons.
It sounds interesting to play action games on Wii.
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It is interesting that despite the current Japanese cultural power, Japan was regarded as a backward country. Way back between 1900 to 1950 the Japanese economy was geared towards domestic consumption and exports of cheap goods. While Japan is still a largely domestic economy, they have moved away from shipping cheap goods. In essence Japan was the "China" of its day back then. During the 1970s and 1990s this shifted towards Taiwan being the exporter of cheap stuff. After about 1995 China took up that role, and it might not give it up any time soon. Although Vietnam, Indonesia, India etc may attempt to compete in that market. But the Japanese cultural power was by no means secure, and it has largely found an audience with the already developed countries of the West. China also depends on the developed markets, it isn't surprising that these economies exist if they have a stable market for their goods.
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Can we explain why the influence of the latest animes and Doramas wane?
I witness fewer products of Japanese brands in comparison with my childhood,
what do you think?
Lately, I purchased a Japanese petty knife for cutting meat; I own a Santoku knife
(Henckels International, made in Japan) as well, and my family members prefer the
old Icel knife over it. The Portuguese members here will know what Icel knives are.
