The study of Japanese literature is usually divided into classical Japanese literature and modern Japanese literature. Line of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political
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Level I - 01 | | | 〜さん | -san | Mr‚ Mrs‚ Ms‚ Miss | こちら | kochira | this way‚ this person (hon.) | です | desu | am‚ is‚ are (s.th.) | はじめまして | hajimemashite | Pleased to meet you. | わたし | watashi | I‚ me | どうぞよろしく | doozo yoroshiku | Please favour me. | でんき | denki | electricity‚ light | べんごし | bengoshi | lawyer | だれ | dare | who? | アメリカ | amerika |
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Introduction: Japan and History The impact Japan has had on the modern world is enormous. It occupies less than one three hundredth of the planet’s land area‚ yet wields one sixth of the planet’s economic might. There would be few homes and offices that do not rely on at least some Japanese technology. Japanese cars rule the roads. Despite recent problems with so called ‘Japanese style management’‚ many western and Asian managers still try to do things ‘the Japanese way’. Japanese foreign aid
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