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    The Story of The Aged Mother Japanese Values/Traditions Supporting detail/s in the story Widowed parents living with the child They lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and his aged‚ widowed mother Put to death all aged people. The entire province was given strict orders to immediately put to death all aged people. Unwhitened rice which is principal food for poor Just at sundown‚ when his day’s work was ended‚ he took a quantity of unwhitened rice which is principal

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    The Traditional Clothing in Korea and Japan Every country in this world has its own traditional cultures and clothes. Have you ever heard of the two treasures in Asia‚ which are very valuable and beautiful? They are the traditional clothing in Korea and Japan. The traditional clothing in Korea is called the ‘hanbok’; where else the traditional clothing in Japan is the ‘kimono’. Both of them are very delicate and have their own long histories. As Japan and Korea are closely located in Asia

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    others of what the other man has. These temptations then have detrimental effects on the rest of the nation because it will affect their education and other priorities. A prime example of this instance occurring during Fukuzawa’s time is the use of Geisha by the peasants‚ which incited jealousy from the samurai. The samurai then broke their rules of their clan‚ joined in the waste of money and added to the degeneration of the nation. The lack of freedom will restrict the people and too much freedom

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    Hunter Hageman Pd. 3 Don Ed Hardy: A Modern Artist History Don Ed Hardy is one of the most influential and successful artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century because he has created some of the most unique pieces of art and created his own style that is portrayed best in his painting “Love Kills Slowly”. Most of his art can be used as tattoos since he is also a famous tattoo artist. His entire life has been dedicated to changing the way art is portrayed. Ever since he started

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    [pic] Japan Geography Japan is about the same size as California. Japan is made up of many islands. The four largest islands in Japan are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku. Japan forms an arc in the Pacific Ocean. Japans total area is about 378‚000 square kilometers. About 75% of Japans land is mountains. Japans highest mountain is Mount Fuji at 3776 meters. Japan has several volcanic regions and 80 volcanoes are considered active. Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707 and is considered capable

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    the future. His uncle‚ Lord Shigeru‚ sees the coming bloodshed and massacre in Japan’s future and slaughters his wife and children to prevent them from suffering through it. Heiko‚ another character‚ is a ninja who masquerades as a geisha. She falls in love with Genji‚ and later confesses to him. He explains that he already knew of her dubious nature and returns her love. Though later‚ after learning of her irredeemable origins‚ Genji can no longer feel the same toward her

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    American and woman‚ they are often told to pick a side when advocating. Much like the identity of a woman‚ this identity is also sexualized‚ but at a heightened level because of their Asian American identity. The two main stereotypes are the China Doll/Geisha‚ submissive and passive‚ and Dragon Lady‚ predatory devious. They are seen as exotic and therefore fetishized. Additionally‚ they are impacted by traditional views that consider men as superior‚ pressure women to marry‚ and have high beauty

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    butterfly may have more feelings for him than he does for her and‚ to be careful with her feelings Pinkerton ignores this advice. Butterfly informs Pinkerton that her family use to be wealthy‚ however now they have fell on hard times. She became a geisha so that she could help provide for her family. She has renounced her faith‚ and now she is a Christian‚ this enrages her family and they dis own her for life. Pinkerton consoles her while she is in tears‚ and she finds comfort in his loving arms.

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    The Artisans: Although artisans produced many beautiful and necessary goods‚ such as clothes‚ cooking utensils‚ and woodblock prints‚ they were considered less important than the farmers. Even skilled samurai sword makers and boatwrights belonged to this third tier of society in feudal Japan. The artisan class lived in its own section of the major cities‚ segregated from the samurai (who usually lived in the daimyos’ castles)‚ and from the lower merchant class. The Merchants: The bottom rung of feudal

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    27 October 2011 Chapter 19 1. "Briefly describe the origins of modern poetry." The origins of poetry are very much like those of literature in general. It began as oral communication handed down through generations to tell a story or entertain. Most was in a simple verse or rhyming format seemingly to be remembered better. It then developed into the epic poem. Finally‚ it transformed into free verse along with a set pattern of poetry. Romanticism led to modernism‚ which led to imagism. The

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