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Japan

Japan. The Geography of Japan. Japan and the United States. Islands. Hokkaido. Honshu. Shikuku. Kyushu. Okinawa. Cities. Sapporo. Kyoto. Tokyo. Kobe. Yokohama. Hiroshima. Nagoya. Osaka. Nagasaki. Mt. Fuji. Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”.

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Japan

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  1. Japan

  2. The Geography of Japan

  3. Japan and the United States

  4. Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa

  5. Cities Sapporo Kyoto Tokyo Kobe Yokohama Hiroshima Nagoya Osaka Nagasaki

  6. Mt. Fuji

  7. Global Tectonic PlatesJapan -- On the “Fire Rimof the Pacific”

  8. Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994

  9. Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

  10. Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse:Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture

  11. Terrace Farming of Rice

  12. Feudal Japan

  13. Yamato Period: 300-710 • Began promoting the adoption of Chinese culture: • Confucianism. • Language (kanji characters). • Buddhist sects. • Chinese art & architecture. • Government structure. “Great Kings” era

  14. Heian Period: 794-1156 Cultural Borrowing • Chinese writing. • Chinese artistic styles. • Buddhism [in the form of ZEN]. • BUT, not the Chinese civil service system!

  15. Feudal Society The emperor reigned, but did not always rule!

  16. Feudalism A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.Japan: Shogun Land - Shoen Loyalty Land - Shoen Daimyo Daimyo Loyalty Samurai Samurai Samurai Food Protection Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

  17. Code of Bushido • Fidelity • Politeness • Virility • Simplicity

  18. Seppuku: Ritual Suicide It is honorable to die in this way. Kaishaku – his “seconds”

  19. Full Samurai Attire

  20. Samurai Sword

  21. Medieval Warriors vs. European knight Samurai Warrior

  22. Medieval Warriors vs. Knight’s Armor Samurai Armor

  23. Zen Buddhism • A Japanese variation of theMahayana form of Buddhism, which came from India through China. • It reinforced the Bushido values of mental and self-discipline.

  24. Mongol“Invasions”of Japan 4,400 ships and 140,000 men, but kamikaze winds stopped them.

  25. Osaka Castle

  26. Caernorfon Castle, Wales

  27. Warwick Castle, England

  28. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) • Appointed shogun by the Emperor. • Marriage restricted to members of the same class! • Brought 300 years of peace and stability. • Centralized feudal gpovernment, with all power • Japanese Christians persecuted and Christianity is forbidden.

  29. Tokugawa Shogunate Economy • Japan closed off to all trade • Domestic trade flourishes. • Towns, esp. castle towns, increase. • Merchant class becomes rich! • New art forms  haiku poetry, kabuki theater.

  30. Shintoism

  31. AncestorWorship Polytheism Shinto GreatCreator The Worldof the kami Minimizesin &guilt Hyper-Nationalism

  32. Torii Gate, Miyajima Island

  33. Torii Gate in Winter

  34. A Tunnel of Torii GatesInari Mt., Kyoto

  35. Kabuki Theater An interior of a Kabuki theater.

  36. Chanoyu : Tea Ceremony

  37. Origami : The Art of Japanese Paper Folding

  38. Origami : Modern Adaptations

  39. Calligraphy

  40. Calligraphy

  41. Haiku : 17-syllable poem Spring departs.Birds cryFishes' eyes are filled with tears. Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku

  42. Japanese Garden for Meditation

  43. Japanese Zen Garden

  44. Japanese Sand Garden

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