The Inception of Communism in Japan

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The turn of the century for Japan came as a smooth transition from the enclosed cultural setup to the widespread adoption of the external influence of the other world. Up to the time of century turn, Japan had concentrated on having a clear control on the infiltration of the masses by new ideas and acts of handing over revenue and wealth creation to the control and eyes of the government. Sanshiro is the literature that points us to the exact scenario that existed in Japan at that time. The author introduces us to the prevalent conditions that incubated the gradual alteration of the traditional setup upheld for long by the Japanese. It is therefore to note that the existence of a varied strata of the population led to the initial revolution among the Japanese people.

Sanshiro represents the less modernized parts of the Japanese nation at the turn of the century. The author of Sanshiro also introduces us to a host of characters who represent various levels of people in the strata of society. This existence of layers led to the quick adoption and implementation of the communist manifesto. As it is the case with Sanshiro, so it with the Communist manifesto. In the manifesto Marx introduces us to two different vital groups of people he refers to as Bourgeois and the Proletarians. According to Marx these two groups exist so as to ensure a balance in life. He goes further to indicate the conflict existed at the time of the turn of the century. Marx identifies that the ploterians are a working class kind of people that have all the dependence on the people responsible for creating these jobs.

The turn of the century led to the widespread adoption of permanent structures as opposed to makeshift accommodation facilities. In Sanshiro we a...

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...ads an ambitious, competitive and worldly life, Hirota thinks it vital to live life without losing what he calls self identity. The middle class of people also keeps fighting the bourgeoisie to block any chances of being swept out of existence. The manufacturing field moves towards large scale operations that the small shopkeeper and the other peasants cannot support. This advances to a level of extinction for these proletarian groups.

These factors lead to a great pace setting for the widespread adoption of the precepts of communism given by Marx. At the turn of the century, Japan translates from a state of an all equal people nation to an increasingly diverse people with different levels of dominance and power.

References

Natsume Soseki (2009).Sanshiro. Penguin books.

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (2009) The Communism Manifesto. The Floating Press

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