Shinto

documents, works of art provides important insights into past and existing cultures, helping us to understand how others have lived and what they valued. During feudal Japan, the country was influenced by two main beliefs, Shintoism and Buddhism. Shinto was established first in Japan depicting mystical kami (gods) that would interact and shape the lives of the people of Japan. Later on Buddhism was brought to Japan, this brought to Japan a new set of ethics and deities. Throughout the years,…

Christianity: Christianity originated in Jerusalem, which is in the present day country of Israel. The creator of Christianity was born in Bethlehem, just outside Jerusalem. Christianity was spread by hierarchical diffusion. This is because many kings of Empires were converted to christianity and thus forced their people to believe in the beliefs of christianity. Christianity could also have been spread by contagious diffusion. The religion was spread and taken in by neighboring countries and…

Since Buddhist ideas fit into many of the Shinto (explain Shinto) beliefs, it started to become popular in Japan. For example, the two religions shared the belief that life had an ongoing cycle to it. Japan's pre-Buddhist Shinto beliefs that were combined with Buddhist ideas and showed that while the Japanese were significantly influenced by Chinese ideas, they still kept their own values…

There are vast amount of things within our daily lives that have been a result of cultural diffusion. These can range from food, religion, economics, and even technology. Buddhism is a good example of religion cultural diffusion. It reached China, due to cultural diffusion as it was favoured by the merchants along the silk roads, and therefore, was able to extend into China. Buddhism would be met with its patrons, as well harsh critics. Some viewed Buddhism as an outside force that had no place…

based in the 13th to 15th century in Japan, so were the origins of Shinto teachings diffusing throughout the island. This connection to Shintoism was no doubt on purpose, done to remind Japanese audiences that the religion that inhabited their island for more than one thousand years was based on the inherent seeking of a path towards the unification of human and nature. Myizaki undertones Princess Mononoke with various symbols of Shinto as well, not letting the viewer forget their cultural ties…

are influenced by religion. One area that intrigued me during our term was the relationship between Art and religion. Art such as paintings, drawings, and architecture are heavily influenced by all the major eastern religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto and Taoism. All the religions differ greatly in their art work. By understanding each religion on its own it is easier to know the impact of art in each specific religion. Hinduism is one of the biggest religions across the world, but It has…

Religion and Social/Political Institutions In every tradition there exists a religion, a system of belief beyond the grasp of man. Human beings have a desire for a supreme being, something they acquire through religion. Religion serves the purpose of quenching man’s thirst to be good and peaceful thereby creating some order. It does not matter how or when the development of man began, his overwhelming urge to worship has formed and will continue to give rise to more kinds of religious behaviors.…

Through the use of Mishima’s traditionalistic views, he was able to connect nature into his novel and construct passages and quotes that vividly display his values. Kami is also prevalent in Shinto and in the novel, and it was important to bring that to the attention of the readers because it has such a large role in the story, even though Mishima never explicitly speaks about it. Mishima conveys his pre-modern Japanese values on almost every…

culture also affected the way these incidents were handled and how people affected were treated. Popular media was noticeably influenced by the events of WWII as seen in the 1954 film Gojira and the 1974 manga Barefoot Gen. Similarly, the primarily Shinto and Buddhist population dramatically affected the way the public tried to treat the sick after nuclear incidents. This paper is divided in to two parts, the nuclear events of WWII and critical nuclear issues of modern time. Part I: The…

Introduction What does Japan remind people of? Technology? Ninjas? Video games? For some of us, that maybe all we know about the Japanese besides the fact that they speak a different language, and have dark hair and slanted eyes. So when it comes to healthcare, how do we treat them? Although many people think it is hard to give medical care to a Japanese person, I believe it is easy as long as you know about the Japanese family structure and about Japanese religion. The Structure of Japanese…