Shintoism is the native faith of the Japanese people. It does not have a founder nor does it have sacred scriptures like the sutras or the bible. Since Shintoism is so deeply rooted within the Japanese people and traditions propaganda and preaching are not common. The objects of worship are called the kami‚ they are scared spirits and can take various forms such as natural
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The Martial Arts of Japan The martial arts have influenced Japan in many ways. Many of these arts have been passed down from ancient times and are still even practiced today. In my report‚ I will examine the major Japanese arts and tell how they have influenced Japan. First‚ however‚ I will give a little background for these arts. The original word for Japanese martial arts was bujutsu‚ or art of the military. This had more to do with physical techniques than philosophical and mental. The physical
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The Art Piece of Chinese Literature Pa Jin‚ formerly known as Fu‚ Li Gan‚ was from the first generation of Chinese writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Chengdu‚ a large city in the province of Sichuan. As a youth that was born at a landlord family‚ he has witnessed the pain that people suffered under the feudalism society. Youths that had passion and dreams were being forced to follow the paths that their parents chose for them; servants that lived as the lower class of the society
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Traditionally Chinese distinguished themselves from other cultures by saying they had mastered fire‚ and thus had quite a taboo on raw food for most of Chinese history. Japanese clearly like raw foods. - Role of visual aesthetic – While both cultures care about color and appearance‚ Japanese will consider a dish good sometimes almost solely based on how visually pleasing it is. - Rice – Japanese rice is shorter grain and stickier. Northern Chinese rice is also short grain‚ but in general Chinese use longer
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country itself‚ the cherry blossoms have been a cultural event for over a thousand years. The annual hanami‚ cherry blossom viewing parties‚ the many cultural symbolic interpretations of the cherry blossoms‚ and the extensive use of the blossoms in art‚ for both their innate beauty and the symbolism they carry‚ have ensured the blossoming trees’ position in the cultural identity of Japan. The cherry blossom holds much symbolism within Japan. According to the Buddhist tradition‚ the
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The Japanese Shinto attitudes towards art is that the elements of nature are the pure and beautiful children of the kami‚ and the humans are to cooperate with the kami to promote this goodness and beauty in nature. They use art to express the way in the land itself being pure‚ sacred and beautiful as created by the kami so therefore the presence of the kami is revealed not only by words but through the aesthetic awareness of the beauty of nature. The arts are also used as entertainment for the kami
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Three Pieces of Japanese Art University of Utah Throughout time many great pieces of art have been made from all kinds of materials available to people. Some works are made to last throughout time‚ while others are doomed to fall‚ and yet some are rebuilt from their remains. Some are meant to be functional to us in daily life‚ and some are meant to be functional to open our minds when we see them. The three pieces that I have chosen to discuss all have the same protagonist: Japanese life. While these
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Chinese Contemporary Art and Social Change 中国当代艺术与社会变革 The Chinese contemporary art history is only 30 years‚ but it has gone through almost all the genres of western art history.Like the Chinese economy‚ it changes and grows so fast‚ especially during 2003 to 2008‚ that it attracted the global attention.The latest 5 years‚ the whole environment of Chinese contemporary art has been changing‚ the new trend has emerged.This article will explain the change of Chinese contemporary art in the
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9-23-13 Japanese Art of the 1990s Morimura Recreated Rembrandt‚ The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp‚ 1632 Morimura‚ Portrait (9 Faces) Peter Gertner‚ Crucificion Yen Mountain‚ 1991‚ assemblage Stacks money with his face on them Moneki Neko cat on top Poses as many different famous film actresses Marilyn Monroe Audrey Hepburn Black Marilyn To My Little Sister/For Cindy Sherman Mona Lisa in Its Origins He procreates his work to be like others Photoshop The prep work he does for the
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Japanese (日本語 Nihongo?‚ [nihõŋgo]‚ [nihõŋŋo] ( listen)) is an East Asian language spoken by about 125 million speakers‚ primarily in Japan‚ where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family‚ whose relation to other language groups is debated‚ particularly to Korean and the suggested Altaic language family. Little is known of the language’s prehistory‚ or when it first appeared in Japan. 3rd century Chinese documents recorded a few Japanese words
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