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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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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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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Why Did U.S. Adopt Non-Intervening Policy in the Anti-Japanese War Initially？ On 7th June 1937‚ the Japanese militarism made an incident to start the war to invade the whole China. At that moment‚caught in such a dilemma‚ China asked America for help positively‚ which hoped that the U.S. could appear personally to mediate the war as soon as possible. However‚ U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that the U.S. kept a just and friendly attitude towards China-Japan‚ meanwhile persuaded both sides
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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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and Contrast Japanese and Western European Feudal Systems Both Western Europe and Japan used the feudal system from the 800s to the 1700s. The two regions show economic similarities‚ but differ greatly with respect to politics and society. Economically‚ Western Europe and Japan were similar. Both economies had systems which regulated trade. The Guild Regulations for Sharers of Arras details the rules and regulations of the shearing trade in the Holy Roman Empire in 1236. Japanese governments also
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Extended Essay: Did Japanese Atrocities in the Philippines have an impact on the uprising of the Philippine Guerrillas Movement after the American/Filipino defeat in 1942? Subject: History Candidate Number: 004812-013 Candidate Name: Armand Mendoza Word Count: 3‚971 Abstract This essay focuses on attrocities commited by the Imperial Japanese Army during their occupation of the Philippines and the ramifications of these actions on the Guerilla movement. The Japanese occupied the Philippines
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