Paradox of the Meiji Restoration and Modernization Japan is a society whose culture is steeped in the traditions and symbols of the past: Mount Fuji, the tea ceremony, and the sacred objects of nature revered in Shintoism. Two of the most important traditions and symbols in Japan- the Emperor an...

(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 imper...