Music of Japan

From around 1600 to the middle of the 19th century, Japan and China chose isolation for themselves to avoid western cultures and their outside influences. As the world around them began to increase their powers and advance with new technologies, Japan and China realized the growing influences they’d once avoided was now upon them. They had to decide if these new western developments were a threat to their cultural identity and how they would be affected. In the beginning, the nations felt they…

Shogunate Japan was a very structured and influential time in Japan’s history, starting from 1185 to 1603. Japanese society was structured in different layers which resembles a pyramid. The Social and Political structure was essential to Japanese society because it promoted stability. The purpose of this essay is to find how this social hierarchy worked and what each person did to contribute to society. In The Shogunate pyramidal division had a very complex five level class system. Society in…

Shirin Shahsavari 12/22/15 G Block How Did Contact with China influence Japan? Contact between Japan and China goes back to around 200 AD. At the time, China was much more advanced and powerful than Japan. The Japanese people soon became fascinated with Chinese philosophies and ideas and started to adopt Chinese ways to suit their own needs. As Ancient Japan was developing, it faced an internal division of clans that made the Japanese authorities adopt a range of Chinese political values and…

After the date December 7, 1941, Tomi’s life took a large change. The flow map goes in chronological order starting a year and a half later after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The flow map has 3 events for the middle, beginning, and end. First of all, the first block begins on page 7, a year and a half later after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The map says, “Tomi and Billy go and see his dad’s old boat”, and I added this into my map because I believe that this is one of the main aspects that…

To began with the economy background information about Edo and Meiji Japan. In the Edo era, the Tokugawa shogunate implementation of the "lock country politics" policy, to prohibit foreign missionaries, businessmen and civilians into Japan, nor to allow foreign Japanese to return home, or even prohibit the manufacture of ships suitable for maritime navigation, only with China, North Korea and Netherlands and other countries only in Nagasaki. It can be proved by C.T. Assendelft De Coningh’s A…

guidance in early Japan. These influences were so vast that they almost paralleled the han Dynasty and borrowed from later Dynasties however this does not mean they did not also fuse Chinese thought with their own beliefs. These changes meant that although they assimilated chinese culture with theirs it became a unique meld. The last was about Nara Buddhism, which was made up of of six sects and how these six sects were used a as a tool of state ideology, Nara Buddhism arrived in Japan around…

Hokusai’s woodcut began as the optimus prime of his thirty-six piece series of woodcuts: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. His piece began as a simple drawing that was attached to a slate of cherry wood which was then carved away until the initial drawing was left in the block. This was done several times, once for each color and then for the line work. The woodblocks where inked, pressed against the printing paper individually, and then the back of the paper was rubbed with a tool called a baren…

The Korean Society has developed over the years to become very successful. Korea has made both cultural and technological advancements in the past years. But how could a vast peninsula, with very minimal resources become so successful? Did they have an influence? Were they guided by someone? Research suggests that Korea's success is related to China's rule over Korea and the influence China had on Korea after Korea’s independence. Until 926, China had ruled Korea. When Korea declared…

were used in feudal Japan and medieval Europe as homes for the noble classes and as defensive fortresses. They were both very effective at protecting the inhabitants and stop attacking forces however, there are a few important differences. Japanese castles were not just used for defensive reasons they are also artistic and beautiful through the architecture and surrounding environment while European castles focussed more on defensive capabilities and functionality. In feudal Japan there was a…

The Cost of Freedom Imagine a world where you are suddenly an alien. Your life is ripped away, and everyone looks at you differently. Within the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, Japanese-American people are segregated and incarcerated in camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The family that is described within this book is one of the unfortunate families that was ripped away from their home because of their heritage. To analyze their situation, Julie Otsuka uses many…