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 OCCUPATION & the SECOND REPUBLIC JAPANESE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION 1. Japanese Military Administration established on Jan. 03‚ 1942 by the Japanese High Command. a. First Director-General – Maj. Gen Yoshihide Hayashi; succeeded by Maj. Gen. Takazi Wachi. 2. Military rule by the Japanese conquerors. a. All government officials and employees were ordered to returned to their post. b. Military proclamation declared that for one Japanese killed by the population ten prominent Filipino
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In the spring of 1942‚ we in the United States placed some 110‚000 persons of Japanese descent in protective custody. Two out of every three of these were American citizens by birth; one-third were aliens forbidden by law to be citizens. Included were three generations: Issei‚ or first-generation immigrants (aliens); Nisei‚ or second-generation (American-born citizens); and Sansei‚ or third-generation (American-born children of American-born parents). Within three months after removal from the
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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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Chapter 6 - The Japanese Period (1941-1945) Historical Background Between 1941-1945‚ Philippine Literature was interrupted in its development when the Philippines was again conquered by another foreign country‚ Japan. Philippine literature in English came to a halt. Except for the TRIBUNE and the PHILIPPINE REVIEW‚ almost all newspapers in English were stopped by the Japanese. This had an advantageous effect on Filipino Literature‚ which experienced renewed attention because writers in English
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Japanese Katakana Origin The katakana syllabary was derived from abbreviated Chinese characters used by Buddhist monks to indicate the correct pronunciations of Chinese texts in the 9th century. At first there were many different symbols to represent one syllable of spoken Japanese‚ but over the years the system was streamlined. By the 14th century‚ there was a more or less one-to-one correspondence between spoken and written syllables. The word katakana "part (of kanji) syllabic script". The
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With the advanced of technology in current Japan‚ the role of religion has change dramatically‚ it is not only a simply faith in Japanese heart but also a consuetude carry out in daily life. However‚ it is not easy for people to know all changes of religion from ancient time to nowadays. This paper endeavor to sort out the main changes of traditional religion to new religion and new new religion base on the convention‚ spirit‚ role of ancestor and the place of Japan. To do this‚ I will first briefly
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Artistic Themes from Ancient Cultures: Greece and Rome Trenise Evans Hum/100 11/13/2012 Carrie Mingo-Douglas This paper will give a brief explanation of the selected theme LOVE as it relates to the ancient cultures through early Greek and Roman times. Also this paper will describe the theme‚ determine how the theme is reflected in the cultural and world developments from the Ancient‚ Greek‚ and Roman time periods and last it will compare and contrast the development of the selected theme within
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