Music of Japan

Medieval Europe vs Feudal Japan After extensive research, I conclude that I would prefer to live in Feudal Japan. There are many factors that influenced my decision - some being that people in Japan led a cleaner lifestyle, had access to advanced medicinal treatment, had a diverse range of warriors, were accepted under multiple religions, were well protected, were well-rounded, had easy movement when fighting, knew and trained in multiple fighting styles and were overall, mentally healthy. The…

Shintoism in Japan Introduction Many people believe that Shintoism and Buddhism are “distant relatives” like how there are different branches of Christianity. People also think one came from the other, but that is not the case. Shintoism and Buddhism are two entirely different religions and have different ideas and cultures. Shinto has probably been in Japan since humans started settling there. Then, Buddhism was brought in by Koreans and quickly became a widely practised religion in Japan. In…

The fairytale house is an example of Tanizaki criticizing Japan as the decay of their relationship and surroundings were brought upon themselves by too whole heartedly following the example of the West. Joji is deceived by the Naomi and is made a fool. Tanizaki provides a harsh social commentary about Japan as a fool as the relationship between the United States and Japan suffered in the 1920s. Joji made his decision on marriage based off of the fact that Naomi was the closest to a Western he…

also known as the Book of Japan, published in 1975. Starts off around the year 1600 with Europe just starting to explore Asia and other far off lands in exchange for power and wealth. “Beginning…

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“Warlords fight each other to see who can control the most territory. Warriors from other lands threaten to invade and destroy your way of life. How can men, women, and children in your region protect themselves?” Both samurai and knights were created to protect their country and people. When riots broke out or thieves came to steal a master’s belongings, the warriors would protect them. Samurai and knights fought in wars and protected their country. Critics may say that the samurai and knights…

entertaining people using the fine arts. To become a geisha, the process begins with making the decision to becoming a geisha. In the early ages of the geisha, their training would have begun at the age of 13, but because of different laws and reforms in japan, it now starts at the age of 16. In making that decision, they agree to move away from home, live in an okiya (a geisha house), and learn the intense ways of the geisha. A girl who begins her training before the age of 21 is called a…

Sometimes it would be good to examine a frame by looking at the structure. The subtitles of the wartime chapter in the book are "Japan and Manchou", "Wave of the Crisis", "Liberty and Violence", "Dictatorship of Army Headquarters", "the War against China" and "the Pacific War". The clue behind these subtitles is the history of Japanese militarist. In the chapter of "Japan and Moanchou", the book introduces the militarists and their efforts to fight China. The chapter of "Wave of the Crisis"…

AWOL #3 (By Alix Spiegel for NPR, 11-12-12) Jim Stigler was sent to japan from university of michigan to test how others countries education is different from the education that american kids get. I strongly disagree with what Jim says about japan's kids versus american kids, how he put it as were just robots just following instructions under programing and to say that means he would have to take out all of the feelings all the way up to the brain control, and yes americans kids do no…

story of a Buddhist man’s travels throughout Japan during the Kamakura Period. The book has many names in English, but here it will be referred to by the name contained with the reading: The Narrow Road to a Far Provence. The tale is but one example of many Buddhist themed stories during the Japan’s Kamakura period. Japan was one of the only countries to incorporate Buddhism into the already standing religion: Shintoism. This offers a unique look into Japan and the development of later and even…