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By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan

By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan. Japan contains 3000 islands. The largest islands in Japan include Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, Honshu. Japan is separated from Russia by a mere 186 miles. Korea is 124 miles, and China is not too far from there. Japan is about the size of California.

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By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan

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  1. By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan

  2. Japan contains 3000 islands. • The largest islands in Japan include Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, Honshu. • Japan is separated from Russia by a mere 186 miles. Korea is 124 miles, and China is not too far from there. • Japan is about the size of California.

  3. Japan was quite isolated. • Because of such a wide separation from other countries. • Japan was able to develop it’s own culture unlike many others. • Arts were about to develop on their own. ( such as this pottery masterpiece)

  4. While Japan was isolated, it did gain many influences from China and Korea. • This influence allowed for Chinese cultures that were out of practice to be remembered. • Coins, Chinese language principles, taking notes on history, and a centralized government were borrowed from the Chinese. • Korea gave Buddhism to Japan.

  5. Nara (710-794) AD • Ruled by Emperor • Capital was moved several time throughout the time period. • Yamato (About 250-538) • Ruled by Emperor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4rWWtSWf_k&feature=player_embedded

  6. The capital was moved to Nara in 710 • They copied many different Chinese cultural aspects • Buddhism • History started to be recorded during the Nara period • The Manyoshu • Collection of poetry • 759

  7. Buddhism • Embraced and developed within Japan. • Arrived from Korea and soon from China. • Was the last country to adopt Buddhist practices. • There was some resistance to the ideas of Buddhism, but was soon adopted during the Nara period. • Prince Shotoku was one of the first people to adopt Buddhism in Japan. • Also worshiped during the Yamato(Kofun) period

  8. Shintoism • Created around 500 B.C • Beliefs • Tells the story of the divine Japanese deities “Kami” • Sacred places • Mountains, springs, and any other peaceful places in nature • (In background is Shinto Torri Gate)

  9. Shintoism • Four affirmations • Family: traditions the form of celebration in the family • Adoration of nature: sacred; they believed that if you are in nature than you are close to God • Physical cleanliness: they valued being clean • “Matsuri”: worship of the deities and spirits • Similarities to Buddhism • They both expressed the value of human nature

  10. The Yamato Period valued decorating and honoring the deceased's’ burial mounds • Clay sculptures (haniwa) • Figures of nature • Furnished the graves with jewelry, stones, and metal • Temples formed to worship Buddhism. • Buddhist statues made of bronze. This Colossal Buddha is an example of this as Japan experienced a sense of prosperity. • Political unity allowed for the arts to prosper.

  11. Brought together Japan in 300 A.D • Occupied present-day Osaka • Many new ideas come from their region • Osaka rested on the southwestern peninsula on Honshu • Located on the Yamato Plain.

  12. Review • Who was one of the first people to embrace Buddhism in Japan? • Prince Shotoku • What was the significance of the Torii Gates? • To signify the entrance into a more holy place. • From where did the Japanese receive the ideas of Buddhism? • From Korea. 13

  13. http://www.echigonagaoka.com/turbot/isl/map_of_japan.GIF • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1975.268.425 • http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/japan/GEOGRAPHY.html • http://isobe.typepad.com/sketchpad/images/rice_paddy.jpg • http://www.herdaily.com/blogimg/recipes/japanese%20rice.jpg • http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6036012.jpg • http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/early-japanese-buddhism.html • http://www.religioustolerance.org/shinto.htm • http://tiger3.net/periods/Kofun.html • http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-kofun-period.cfm • http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-nara-period.cfm • http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/750c9/ed6ce/ • http://m.wikitravel.org/en/Japan • http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread630706/pg2 • http://epistemic-forms.com/Online-course/Course%20Files/What-social-forces-operate-among-Asian-Englishes.html • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asna/hd_asna.htm • http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html#part2 • http://www.123rf.com/photo_534332_japanese-letter-ai-meaning-love.html

  14. Work Cited (cont.) • http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_history/jushichijokenpo.shtml 15

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