BELL RINGER

1. BELL RINGER • READ THE LINKING PAST & PRESENT STORY ON PAGE 500 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHAT SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT HELP STRENGTHEN YOUR MIND AND BODY?

2. Japanese Religion & Culture Main ideas Pure Land Buddhism Poems & Plays What is Zen Buddhism? Art & Architecture So what? What is important to understand about this?

3. Japanese Religion and Culture • Practiced both Shinto and Buddhism. • Buddhism was divided into different sects, or smaller religious groups. • Pure Land Buddhism – its message is about a happy life after death. • Zen – teaches that people can find inner peace through self-control and a simpler way of life.

4. Japanese Religion and Culture • Art reveals the people’s love of beauty and simplicity. • Includes wooden items coated in lacquer, landscape paintings, folded paper called origami, and tea ceremonies. • Buildings were influenced by Chinese and Japanese styles. Shinto – Japanese. Buddhist – Chinese.

5. Japanese Religion and Culture • Calligraphy – the art of writing beautifully, was important in Japan. • Tanka – Japan's oldest form of Poetry. • MurasakiShikibu – wrote The Tale of Genji, the story of a Japanese prince. • Noh plays taught Buddhist ideas and were preformed on a bare stage by actors in robes and masks.

6. Economy and Society • Most people were poor. • Farmers worked hard to grow rice, wheat, millet, and barley. Irrigation in the 1100s allowed for improved farming. • Artisans: weapons, armor, pottery, paper, textiles, and lacquered. • Kyoto – capital of Japan. Center of production and trade.

7. Economy and Society • Extended families included grandparents, parents, and children. • Men head the family. Women obey their father, their husband, and their sons. • Before the Samurai and Daimyo took control women could own property , and some wealthy women could be rulers. • Marriages were arranged by parents. Farming families had more control over who they married.