Kojiki

“Buddha in the Land of the Kami” is a historical fiction film that covers a lot of the culture and religion of the Japanese and the ideas that got passed onto them from their surrounding cultures. The first thing the film discusses is their beliefs in the Kami. The movie states that the Japanese call their home “Land of the Rising Sun” because of brother and sister Kami; the Kami of fire and the hot headed male Kami. There was a war between them and the Kami of fire locked herself inside her heaven cave and would not come out. This resulted in constant night. The brother derived a plan to trick her into coming out. He held a mirror towards her to bring her out. Then as soon as she came out, they locked her doors with a huge rope called a Shemenawa. This was done to insure that she would never take away daylight again. The movie showed how the Shemenawa is still special in Japan now because they use to mark off all sanctified places. This occurrence is still re-enacted in some of the Shinto temples today. If this fight never happened, Japan might not have ever been named “The Land of the Rising Sun”. The Kami are not actual gods. They are a supernatural presence that exists in everything of nature as well as man made things. There are 8 million of these Kamis that hold themselves in permanent stance over Japan’s archipelago. The kami have no actual form or shape of a human to properly greet the Buddha who came to the Japanese land. This is where Japan got its multiple…

Shinto has no established texts as well as a formalised system of beliefs, but instead Shinto is based off of four ancient books where ancient myths, religious teachings, beliefs and history originate from. These texts are an accumulation of oral teachings and ancient myth which have been put into words and documented. These books are not singularly compiled of Shinto beliefs. Due to these books being recorded in the 8th century there were many influences from Buddhism and Confucianism which…

some people may choose to mix these two religions together and follow it. It is an ancient Japanese religion that worships a mass number of god’s known as Kami, the Kami’s are not a singular being instead it is the essences of multiple things of nature, animals, places, and even people. The name Shinto comes from the name Kami no Michi, which the translation is “Way of the Kami”. In Shinto, it does not have any written teachings or a founder, instead how it is taught is by the rituals and…

of the fact homosexuality practices were largely emphasized in early Japanese literature and promoted within society in the early periods, the notion of the homosexual seems to have declined in current Japanese culture. This essay will compare the differences between the homosexuality in ancient and modern Japan, and by examining the disparities the essay will explain why it is so difficult for Japanese homosexuals to publicly reveal their sexuality to their peers in this era. First, the early…

which is supported by the facts that traditions associated with him in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki give no hint of such an atmosphere. However, the original horserider theory of Egami and updated model by Ledyard are facing strong criticisms, not only for nationalism reasons, but mostly for three academic reasons: the assumption of a backward agricultural society, arbitrary line between periods and selective use of evidences. First, the assumption that characterizing agricultural peoples as…

influenced by Daoism and Buddhism but ironically rivaled both. Confucianism originally was more of a political plan but this neo confucianism also incorporated nature and the individual, making it more appealing. A main focus of neo-confucianism was the social harmony as well as familial harmony and state harmony. Shintoism is a religion with no founder that is indigenous to Japan. Shintoism believe in purifying of the body as well as harmony with natural and stress rituals as well as ritual…

more concentrated the higher up the food chain one examines. (Burns) Because of the hunting and distribution of these meats in Eastern Asia, staggering amounts of mercury is found in the general population, the worst area of them is mainly in the town Taiji. “Specifically, the tests of 1,137 Taiji residents last year revealed that average MeHg (mercury) levels were 11.00 parts per million (ppm) for men and 6.63 ppm for women — compared with an average of 2.47 ppm for men and 1,64 ppm for women…

The Tokugawa shogunate established his military government in Edo. Hideyoshi started as a soldier that didn’t know how to read or write, later he became one of Japan’s greatest warriors. Hideyoshi tried to invade Korea but he fails to do so. Oda was a daimyo which means feudal lord. Oda Wanted to unify Japan in late Sengoku period. Arts and Culture The Heians had many arts and culture Japanese called their country Nippon or Nihon because it means “Base of the Sun”. The national…

Shinto (Shintoism) also known as “The Way of the Gods” (207). A native religious belief and practice in Japan. In the Shinto religion there is no deities the “kami meaning little” (209) Japanese only significant features is the shrine, worship, and festival. Shinto creation goes back to heavens the high Kami sends a couple like a Adam and Eve to create earth`s nature. Later the women is burned and destroyed for what the man couldn’t revive her to do so he had eaten all the food. This is all…

The religious story “Ama-Terasu” which is told in Kojiki and Nihongi; is a Japanese take on how the goddess of Sun and the ruler of the universe Ana-Terasu deals with struggles her brother Sosa-no-wo the god of fire throws at her. While Ana-Terasu prepares for Sosa-no-wo’s arrival she anticipates the worst; because of his previous behavior. After his journey from the Netherlands he wishes for peace from his not so welcoming sister. When Ama-Terasu accepted his questionable request she started to…