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JAPAN. Japanese Traditional Dress. Kimonos Japanese traditional garment. Kimonos Traditional Japanese garment. Kimonos Traditional Japanese garment Until the mid 19th century it was the form of dress worn by everyone in Japan. Language.

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  1. JAPAN

  2. Japanese Traditional Dress • Kimonos • Japanese traditional garment

  3. Kimonos • Traditional Japanese garment

  4. Kimonos • Traditional Japanese garment • Until the mid 19th century it was the form of dress worn by everyone in Japan.

  5. Language • Japanese borrowed from the Chinese system of writing • Kanji • Chinese characters or picture words written in Japanese • Must know 1800 kanji to read Japanese newspaper • Kana • Express sounds rather than entire words

  6. Japanese Poetry • Haiku • Three lines • 17 total syllables • Expresses mood, feeling • 17th Century Poet • Basho Matsuo

  7. Examples: • Noh Example • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF64QwlyeBs&feature=related • Kabuki Example • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unT93gSEZ4g

  8. Noh • Began in the 14th Century • Traditional way • Only used actors • Males played female roles • Females are now performing on Noh stages • Religious dances that formed from Buddhism • Represents the “austere” way of life adopted by the aristocracy • Commoners were outlawed from learning the dance, music of Noh from 1600-1868. • Little plot • More about human emotion • Kabuki • Began in 16th Century • Sensual performances • Many prostitutes performed • Male audiences lost control • Tokugawa Shogunate banned females from performing • Males actors playing female roles are known as onnagata or oyama • Centers on Japanese historyor family issues • Feelings are exaggerated

  9. Japan • Densely populated • Leaves little space • Ikebana • visual presentation of cut stems, flowers and other features to represent an aspect of nature in miniature

  10. Bonsai • small branches of a tree, pruned and cultivated so that they look like smaller versions of their own species.

  11. Daijosai • Shinto ceremony • Way to enthrone new Emperor • Last one was held in 1990 • Enthroned Hirohito’s son • Akihito

  12. Origami • Developed from Zen Buddhism • Originated from China • Very simple • The art of folding paper into decorative arts • Less prominent after the Meiji Restoration

  13. Cha-no-yu • Tea ceremony • Developed between 15th Century and 16th Century • Men would meet in small house with garden • a tiny door which forces them to crouch, thereby foregoing their worldly status

  14. The following is a message from SenSoshitsu, UraSenke Grand Tea Master XV: • "Chado, the Way Of Tea, is based upon the simple act of boiling water, making tea, offering it to others, and drinking of it ourselves. Served with a respectful heart and received with gratitude, a bowl of tea satisfies both physical and spiritual thirst. • The frenzied world and our myriad dilemmas leave our bodies and minds exhausted. It is then that we seek out a place where we can have a moment of peace and tranquility.

  15. Nippon Professional Baseball • Organized in 1950, 12 teams • Championship known as the Japan Series • Best team • Yomiuri Giants • Known as the “New York Yankees” of Japan

  16. Besuboru • Arrived in Japan during • Meiji Restoration in 1868 • Ichiko baseball team defeated U.S. team of traders and missionaries in 1896 • Beat foreign “barbarians” at game that they invented • Caused interest in sport to soar

  17. Japanese Baseball Players in U.S. • Ichiro Suzuki • Plays for the New York Yankees • First MLB player to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

  18. Sumo Wrestling • Originates from Feudal Japan • Trial of strength in combat • Shinto ritual • Priests “bless” ring • Wrestlers perform rituals • Important in imperial court • Dates back to the Edo Period (1600-1800) • Force opponent out of ring or have any body part other than soles of feet hit ground

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