Shinto

At the age of 13 Musashi would engage in his first dual with a full grow man and samurai Arima Kihei, who was a student of the famous Shinto-Ryu school. This school taught samurai primarily battlefield techniques and how to find weak points in the enemy’s armor which was a common practice during the feudal war that ravaged Japan. Musashi was able to throw his opponent to the ground and…

Buddhism was constructed in the late 6th century.Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha") is the founder of buddhism. This religion is important in most of asha. It has been formed into many different forms. Siddhartha Gautama ,or the butta was born in 563 B.C.E.in a plase called Lumbini . After Siddhartha Gautamad died. the community he created slowly became a comlax religion like movement and the teachings of Siddharthais the basics of buddhism. In this last few decades the buddhists have been…

The Tokugawa period was a cultural infusion of new forms of art. One form of art was practiced in the form of painting using a tedious process to get a spectrum of colors. Many woodblock paintings were like snapshots of everyday life. They weren't always drawn of wealthy aristocrats, rather a farmer's life. They were used to experience the unornamented, simple life. Some paintings are more urbanized and some are in rural areas. A common quality of many of the images is the presence of nature.…

imports to meet their food needs (www.worldbank.org). Also, like here in the United States, Djibouti has quite a few religions. Some of the most important religions in Djibouti are Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism (www.cia.gov). The people of Djibouti elect a president to a six year term. The president that is elected may not serve more than two terms. Not only do the people elect the president but they also elect the…

걸어가야겠다.” More than half a century later, the lines of Yun Dong Ju’s “서시, “ or “Foreword,” still ring with the anguish and suffering of Korea under the Japanese colonial rule. During World War II, Japan annexed Korea and made its utmost effort to completely annihilate Korea’s national identity. Koreans were given Japanese names, attended Japanese schools, read Japanese books, and spoke Japanese. In the midst of Japan’s cultural sweep was an ordinary citizen, one with neither political power nor…

INTRODUCTION The samurai is a class of highly skilled warriors, constantly developed in Japan after Taika reform of 646 CE. The reforms included land redistribution and heavy new taxes, meant to support and elaborate Chinese-style empire. Samurai is usually assigned in Japanese as bush or buke, were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. HISTORY The samurai is a class of highly expertise warriors, deliberately developed in Japan after the Taika reforms of 646 CE. The…

The beginning of Noh Theater dates back to 11th century Japan. At this time entertainment was taking a turn toward musical form and dramatic nature. Poetry had been flourishing in Japan for many years, and performance art began to develop by way of influences from China and Korea. Two of these types of entertainment, the sarugaku and the dengaku, merged, and Noh theater blossomed. Saragaku offered a choreographic element, and the dengaku brought an element of the dramatic. A very popular Noh…

celebrate this annual reunion. They spend a wonderful time together eating traditional food. Secondly, it is the perfect day for those who want to make an auspicious start to the year. On this day, a lot of Japanese people customarily visit local Shinto shrine to make their New Year’s resolution and wish for success and prosperity. 場所 叙述 An important place that I frequently go to is a town library. Located in the center of my prefecture, the library has a large collection of books…

Jediism a new religious movement especially based on a science fiction movie (Star Wars), it may sound hilarious or ridiculous to explored, but it’s still consider as a religion because they share a variety of other religious perspectives, like Taoism, Shinto, but Daoism and Buddhism are the main influence. After exploring this religion by searching for some essential substances that sustain any other religion like, how does ritual function within in it, how does the Jediism meet the definition…

THE NATURE OF GOD. The nature of God shows His characteristics, His attributes and His qualities. These attributes set God aside from human beings and other supernatural beings. It also reveals to us how he deals with mankind. The way he created human beings and made them superior over other creations and the order in which he creates shows his character as a powerful and orderly being. He is described as the Holy Trinity for he is God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It’s…