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'''Japan''', also known as '''Cipango''',<ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy]]</ref> is a civilization and island country situated in [[Asia|East Asia]] with the world's oldest monarchy. | '''Japan''', also known as '''Cipango''',<ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy]]</ref><ref name="ForgottenTemple3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> is a civilization and island country situated in [[Asia|East Asia]] with the world's oldest monarchy. | ||
A relatively younger nation in comparison to its neighbours, [[China]] and {{wiki|Korea}}, Japan experienced an initial period of {{wiki|Nara period|imperial centralization}} and tremendous cultural flowering through its import of Chinese societal and political customs as part of the {{wiki|Heian period}}. Over time, the aristocratic preoccupation with their insular artistic lifestyle gave rise to feudal states ruled by an elite military class known as the [[samurai]]. The emperor henceforth became a figurehead for the head of the samurai, the {{wiki|shōgun}}. | A relatively younger nation in comparison to its neighbours, [[China]] and {{wiki|Korea}}, Japan experienced an initial period of {{wiki|Nara period|imperial centralization}} and tremendous cultural flowering through its import of Chinese societal and political customs as part of the {{wiki|Heian period}}. Over time, the aristocratic preoccupation with their insular artistic lifestyle gave rise to feudal states ruled by an elite military class known as the [[samurai]]. The emperor henceforth became a figurehead for the head of the samurai, the {{wiki|shōgun}}. | ||
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In the present day, the {{wiki|Japan|State of Japan}} is a sovereign state with its capital at [[Tokyo]]. An [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin presence]] in [[Osaka]], one of its largest cities, survived both the [[Great Purge]] of 2000 and a Templar assault in 2012. It became integrated with the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], a [[yakuza]] crime syndicate, in late 2013. | In the present day, the {{wiki|Japan|State of Japan}} is a sovereign state with its capital at [[Tokyo]]. An [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin presence]] in [[Osaka]], one of its largest cities, survived both the [[Great Purge]] of 2000 and a Templar assault in 2012. It became integrated with the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], a [[yakuza]] crime syndicate, in late 2013. | ||
==History== | == History== | ||
===Nara period=== | === Nara period=== | ||
In 717, the Japanese scholar and {{Wiki|Waka (poetry)|''waka''}} poet [[Abe no Nakamaro]] traveled to the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Empire]] as part of a {{Wiki|Japanese mission to Tang China|mission}}, the other members of this mission returned to Japan but Nakamaro elected to stay. After passing the {{Wiki|Imperial examination|civil-service examination}}, Nakamaro held many administrative positions in the country.<ref>{{WP|Abe no Nakamaro}}</ref> In 753, he attempted to sail back to Japan but was shipwrecked off at {{wiki|Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyu}}, and went ashore at the coast of [[Vietnam]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' - [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> | In 717, the Japanese scholar and {{Wiki|Waka (poetry)|''waka''}} poet [[Abe no Nakamaro]] traveled to the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Empire]] as part of a {{Wiki|Japanese mission to Tang China|mission}}, the other members of this mission returned to Japan but Nakamaro elected to stay. After passing the {{Wiki|Imperial examination|civil-service examination}}, Nakamaro held many administrative positions in the country.<ref>{{WP|Abe no Nakamaro}}</ref> In 753, he attempted to sail back to Japan but was shipwrecked off at {{wiki|Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyu}}, and went ashore at the coast of [[Vietnam]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' - [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> | ||
=== Kamakura period === | ===Kamakura period=== | ||
By 1257, knowledge of the country had reached the Western world through secondhand accounts of the country by China. [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] suggested spreading rumours that his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] had been transported to Japan or [[Cyprus]] to draw away the [[Templars]] from looking for it beneath [[Masyaf]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | By 1257, knowledge of the country had reached the Western world through secondhand accounts of the country by China. [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] suggested spreading rumours that his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] had been transported to Japan or [[Cyprus]] to draw away the [[Templars]] from looking for it beneath [[Masyaf]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | ||
=== Sengoku period === | ===Sengoku period=== | ||
After several defeats by the Assassins in [[Europe]] during the early 16th century, the Templars led by [[Francis Xavier]] sought to spread their influence in Japan. Despite the difficulties posed by the the island's warring states, they recruited a few Japanese sympathizers like [[Mochizuki Chiyome]]. The Assassins responded by recruiting rival ninjas like [[Hattori Hanzō]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref> | After several defeats by the Assassins in [[Europe]] during the early 16th century, the Templars led by [[Francis Xavier]] sought to spread their influence in Japan. Despite the difficulties posed by the the island's warring states, they recruited a few Japanese sympathizers like [[Mochizuki Chiyome]]. The Assassins responded by recruiting rival ninjas like [[Hattori Hanzō]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref> | ||
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In 1615, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] assisted the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in eliminating the last vestiges of the {{wiki|Toyotomi clan}} led by {{wiki|Toyotomi Hideyori}}, the youngest son of the late [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. This battle became known as the [[Siege of Osaka]], which resulted in the Tokugawa clan eliminating the last remaining threat to the shogunate. During the siege, Japanese Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]], son of [[Hattori Hanzo]], fought valiantly in the summer campaign, but was ultimately killed.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Memories''</ref> | In 1615, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] assisted the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in eliminating the last vestiges of the {{wiki|Toyotomi clan}} led by {{wiki|Toyotomi Hideyori}}, the youngest son of the late [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. This battle became known as the [[Siege of Osaka]], which resulted in the Tokugawa clan eliminating the last remaining threat to the shogunate. During the siege, Japanese Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]], son of [[Hattori Hanzo]], fought valiantly in the summer campaign, but was ultimately killed.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Memories''</ref> | ||
==== Bakumatsu era ==== | ====Bakumatsu era==== | ||
By 1868, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] was on it's last legs. With the rapid modernization of Japan through Western influence since the arrival of Matthew Perry and the Black Fleet in the mid-1850s, the Templars were able to infiltrate the Imperial Court in Kyoto and convince [[Emperor Meiji]] to take action against the shogunate in Edo led by [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], a powerful ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Fragments"/> | By 1868, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] was on it's last legs. With the rapid modernization of Japan through Western influence since the arrival of Matthew Perry and the Black Fleet in the mid-1850s, the Templars were able to infiltrate the Imperial Court in Kyoto and convince [[Emperor Meiji]] to take action against the shogunate in Edo led by [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], a powerful ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Fragments" /> | ||
===21st century=== | ===21st century=== | ||
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On 6 December 2000, on [[Kyushu]] island, during the [[Great Purge]], Abstergo troops led by [[Maxime Gorm]] led a raid on an Assassin training camp, where they killed nearly all inhabitants, except [[Tomo Sakagawa]] and [[Hajime Shimada]], who escaped the ambush.<ref name="Book1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]''</ref> | On 6 December 2000, on [[Kyushu]] island, during the [[Great Purge]], Abstergo troops led by [[Maxime Gorm]] led a raid on an Assassin training camp, where they killed nearly all inhabitants, except [[Tomo Sakagawa]] and [[Hajime Shimada]], who escaped the ambush.<ref name="Book1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]''</ref> | ||
In 2013, the Assassin headquarters in [[Osaka]] was attacked by the yakuza faction known as [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], resulting in the death of [[Mentor]] [[Kenichi Mochizuki]]. As retaliation, his wife [[Saeko Mochizuki]] led an attack on the yakuza faction, taking over the organization and using it as a front for the Assassin activities and leading as the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]]'s new Mentor.<ref name="ACI"/> | In 2013, the Assassin headquarters in [[Osaka]] was attacked by the yakuza faction known as [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], resulting in the death of [[Mentor]] [[Kenichi Mochizuki]]. As retaliation, his wife [[Saeko Mochizuki]] led an attack on the yakuza faction, taking over the organization and using it as a front for the Assassin activities and leading as the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]]'s new Mentor.<ref name="ACI" /> | ||
On 28 July 2017, Tomo was working in an arcade while researching overnight for any mention of Maxime Gorm when he caught a brief mention of him in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. The next day, Tomo met with Hajime about Gorm's possible involvement with Animus technicians [[Thomas Adler]] and [[Alice Adler]] and Dr. [[Nathalie Chapman]], who had been stealing and utilizing Abstergo's [[Helix]] data for her own business. With no options left, Tomo persuaded Hajime to go and investigate his findings.<ref name="Book1"/> | On 28 July 2017, Tomo was working in an arcade while researching overnight for any mention of Maxime Gorm when he caught a brief mention of him in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. The next day, Tomo met with Hajime about Gorm's possible involvement with Animus technicians [[Thomas Adler]] and [[Alice Adler]] and Dr. [[Nathalie Chapman]], who had been stealing and utilizing Abstergo's [[Helix]] data for her own business. With no options left, Tomo persuaded Hajime to go and investigate his findings.<ref name="Book1" /> | ||
{{Wiki|Whaling in Japan|Whaling}} is a controversial issue. [[Susan Drayton]], an Assassin and environmentalist, originally intended to use the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' to fight Japanese whalers.<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – {{Cite|files needed}}</ref> | {{Wiki|Whaling in Japan|Whaling}} is a controversial issue. [[Susan Drayton]], an Assassin and environmentalist, originally intended to use the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' to fight Japanese whalers.<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – {{Cite|files needed}}</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia == | ||
*In his [[Cryptic Messages|cryptic messages]], [[Clay Kaczmarek]] made references to the {{Wiki|Yonaguni Monument}}, and drew imagery of {{Wiki|Mount Fuji}}, {{Wiki|Japanese architecture#Asuka and Nara architecture|Nara-style pagodas}}, and a {{Wiki|torii}}. | *In his [[Cryptic Messages|cryptic messages]], [[Clay Kaczmarek]] made references to the {{Wiki|Yonaguni Monument}}, and drew imagery of {{Wiki|Mount Fuji}}, {{Wiki|Japanese architecture#Asuka and Nara architecture|Nara-style pagodas}}, and a {{Wiki|torii}}. | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Imo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Imo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]] – [[Tokyo XXI]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]] – [[Tokyo XXI]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm]]'' {{c|mentioned only, non-canon}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm]]'' {{c|mentioned only, non-canon}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Red]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Red]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Japan, also known as Cipango,[3][4] is a civilization and island country situated in East Asia with the world's oldest monarchy.
A relatively younger nation in comparison to its neighbours, China and Korea, Japan experienced an initial period of imperial centralization and tremendous cultural flowering through its import of Chinese societal and political customs as part of the Heian period. Over time, the aristocratic preoccupation with their insular artistic lifestyle gave rise to feudal states ruled by an elite military class known as the samurai. The emperor henceforth became a figurehead for the head of the samurai, the shōgun.
As centuries passed, this decentralization culminated in the Sengoku period in the 16th century, wherein hundreds of states vied for dominion over all of Japan and hoped to establish a new shōgunate. It was in this pivotal era that the contest between the Assassins and the Templars in Japan reached new heights, for they integrated themselves heavily in the turmoil through their training as ninja, allying themselves with daimyō, or—in the case of those such as Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kenshin—serving as warlords themselves. In this chaotic contest, the Assassins emerged as the victor in 1603 through their chosen ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu, inaugurating almost two centuries of peace and stability coupled with social stagnation and isolationism.
Japan was eventually pressured to rapidly modernize by the threat of Western imperialism, and this culminated in the Boshin War between the Tokugawa shogunate, supported by the Assassins, and the Imperial Court, supported by the Templars. The latter's victory led to the dissolution of the shōgunate in 1868, returning full prestige, if not power, to the emperor. With the establishment of the Empire of Japan, the increasingly nationalistic state unleashed brutal invasions on its Asian neighbours over the first half of the 20th century. Its onslaught and militaristic regime only ended when it was defeated in World War II by the United States.
In the present day, the State of Japan is a sovereign state with its capital at Tokyo. An Assassin presence in Osaka, one of its largest cities, survived both the Great Purge of 2000 and a Templar assault in 2012. It became integrated with the Onmoraki-Gumi, a yakuza crime syndicate, in late 2013.
History
Nara period
In 717, the Japanese scholar and waka poet Abe no Nakamaro traveled to the Tang Empire as part of a mission, the other members of this mission returned to Japan but Nakamaro elected to stay. After passing the civil-service examination, Nakamaro held many administrative positions in the country.[5] In 753, he attempted to sail back to Japan but was shipwrecked off at Ryukyu, and went ashore at the coast of Vietnam.[6]
Kamakura period
By 1257, knowledge of the country had reached the Western world through secondhand accounts of the country by China. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad suggested spreading rumours that his Apple of Eden had been transported to Japan or Cyprus to draw away the Templars from looking for it beneath Masyaf.[7]
Sengoku period
After several defeats by the Assassins in Europe during the early 16th century, the Templars led by Francis Xavier sought to spread their influence in Japan. Despite the difficulties posed by the the island's warring states, they recruited a few Japanese sympathizers like Mochizuki Chiyome. The Assassins responded by recruiting rival ninjas like Hattori Hanzō.[8]
Edo period
In 1615, the Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins assisted the Tokugawa shogunate in eliminating the last vestiges of the Toyotomi clan led by Toyotomi Hideyori, the youngest son of the late Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This battle became known as the Siege of Osaka, which resulted in the Tokugawa clan eliminating the last remaining threat to the shogunate. During the siege, Japanese Assassin Hattori Masanari, son of Hattori Hanzo, fought valiantly in the summer campaign, but was ultimately killed.[9]
Bakumatsu era
By 1868, the Tokugawa shogunate was on it's last legs. With the rapid modernization of Japan through Western influence since the arrival of Matthew Perry and the Black Fleet in the mid-1850s, the Templars were able to infiltrate the Imperial Court in Kyoto and convince Emperor Meiji to take action against the shogunate in Edo led by Tokugawa Yoshinobu, a powerful ally of the Assassins.[2]
21st century
Abstergo Industries gave J. Robert Oppenheimer authorization to test the atomic bomb, making them directly responsible for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II.[10]
On 6 December 2000, on Kyushu island, during the Great Purge, Abstergo troops led by Maxime Gorm led a raid on an Assassin training camp, where they killed nearly all inhabitants, except Tomo Sakagawa and Hajime Shimada, who escaped the ambush.[11]
In 2013, the Assassin headquarters in Osaka was attacked by the yakuza faction known as Onmoraki-Gumi, resulting in the death of Mentor Kenichi Mochizuki. As retaliation, his wife Saeko Mochizuki led an attack on the yakuza faction, taking over the organization and using it as a front for the Assassin activities and leading as the Japanese Brotherhood's new Mentor.[12]
On 28 July 2017, Tomo was working in an arcade while researching overnight for any mention of Maxime Gorm when he caught a brief mention of him in Geneva, Switzerland. The next day, Tomo met with Hajime about Gorm's possible involvement with Animus technicians Thomas Adler and Alice Adler and Dr. Nathalie Chapman, who had been stealing and utilizing Abstergo's Helix data for her own business. With no options left, Tomo persuaded Hajime to go and investigate his findings.[11]
Whaling is a controversial issue. Susan Drayton, an Assassin and environmentalist, originally intended to use the Altaïr II to fight Japanese whalers.[12]
Trivia
- In his cryptic messages, Clay Kaczmarek made references to the Yonaguni Monument, and drew imagery of Mount Fuji, Nara-style pagodas, and a torii.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed (Cryptic Messages only)
- Assassin's Creed II (Gylphs only)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Memories
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone
- Assassin's Creed: Dynasty (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice – Tokyo XXI
- Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm (mentioned only, non-canon)
- Assassin's Creed: Codename Red
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Memories
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu – [citation needed]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Lost Legacy
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 3
- ↑
Abe no Nakamaro on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty - The Flower Banquet (Part 1)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Memories
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Memories
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #13: "I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone — Book 1
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – [citation needed]
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