TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARTS Ceramics One of the country’s oldest art forms. In the Neolithic period‚ the earliest soft earthenware was made. Famous artist-potters Honami Koetsu‚ Ogata Kenzan‚ and Aoki Mokubei. Lacquer Ware is a broad category of fine and decorative arts. lacquer has been used in paintings‚ prints‚ and on a wide variety of objects from Buddha statues to bento boxes for food. Doll are known by the name ningyō (人形?) in Japan‚ which literally means human shape. Hinamatsuri
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Japanese Communication In the Japanese culture‚ most every kind of communication and action depends on hierarchy. Hierarchy and seniority are extremely important in Japan. When bowing to each other‚ the person of lower status bows more deeply. When in negotiations‚ the Japanese expect each side to send people of the same age and position‚ and they literally sit directly across the table from each other during discussions. In the order of speaking‚ the person with the highest status speaks
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Japanese Occupation Filipino war veterans would describe it life under the Japanese was anything but peaceful. Thousands of them stood witness to oppression and suffering through the years of colonial occupation under Japan. All their stories were spoken against a backdrop of violent subjugations‚ each one bringing back old wounds and reliving some of their worst nightmares. For most Filipinos‚ it was a harsh and fearsome reality filled with terror and abuse. Never in the history of the Philippines
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industries which attracted traders from the western hemisphere such as Portugal and helped with the expansion of both economies (568). The Japanese would eventually ban all missionaries due to their success in converting the people. Missions in China were popular because they honored the Confusionist practice of ancestry worship. The Manchu dynasty of China and the Japanese both had powerful states grounded in the use of military and cultural advancement (572). Being that I am female neither of these areas
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Abstract It is important to understand that an individual ’s perspective of death and dying is greatly impacted by their culture. In this paper I will discuss how the Japanese culture approaches death and dying. I will also discuss the unique concept of organ transplantation that surrounds that Japanese culture. This paper presents the law of organ transplantation in Japan‚ which allows people to decide whether brain death can be used to determine their death in agreement with their family. Japan
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con Cánada y Estados Unidos Julia M. Essay: The California Gold Rush Until 1849‚ California always used to be a sleepy‚ little-known backwater. However‚ with the California Gold Rush suddenly everything changed. The city‚ people‚ culture‚ infrastructure as well as the economy. In no time the California Gold Rush transformed the isolated island of tranquility to an unruly emporium of business and bedlam. When we think about the California Gold Rush today‚ many of us only know about the good
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gestures and customs. Some may resemble more to the other and certain may be unique as the Japanese culture. As Team C we have decided to study the Japanese culture as we find it exciting and the most unknown from our personal experience. Ishin-Denshin stands for “what the mind thinks‚ the heart transmits” which is proving on how non-verbal communication is essential in Japanese everyday communication. Japanese are believed to use words only as part of message; they consider silence‚ mood‚ pauses in-between
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to its innovations. The lifestyle of the Japanese is deeply affected by its modernization. But even though the Japanese has greatly adapted to these kind of life‚ they still have in their systems a trace of their own culture and tradition. The Japanese practice these customs and display their culture and tradition in several ways. They hold festivals‚ perform tea ceremonies and protective rites at temples‚ wear kimonos‚ prepares refined traditional Japanese cuisines such as sushi and sashimi‚ and
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Japanese Surrender The Japanese surrender marks the end of World War II. Though the Japanese believed there is more honor in death than surrendering‚ the Allies (Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union and the United States) gave them no choice. “By the end of World War Two‚ Japan had endured 14 years of war‚ and lay in ruins - with over three million dead (David Powers‚ 2011). The major defining factor in the Japanese defeat was the United States’ use of the atomic bomb. The United
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At the age of 13‚ I migrated to California from the Philippines. In the same year‚ I went to Alameda High school as a first year high school student. At first‚ it was difficult to adjust since I came from a different country with different culture and language. I was not confident with my English communication skills. I was placed in English Language Department class‚ which is a class for English learners. During my classes‚ I did not have the confidence to communicate with the other people‚ nor
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