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Japan
Mind map: Japan
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Japan
Government
- Yamato Clans
- First and only dynasty
- Claimed descent from the sun goddess
- Beauracracy
- "Heavenly Emperor"
- Feudalism
- Samurai
- Bushido
- Samurai
- Centralized Feudalism
- Maintained outward forms of feudal socitely
- Imposed central government control on all of Japan
- Yamato Clans
Art and Literature
- Heian Period
- Women were important to the development of literature
- World's first full-length novel
- Culture blending
- Women were important to the development of literature
- Chinese dance and music
- Noh plays
- Zen Buddhist themes
- Slow action
- Elegant masks
- Chorus chanted lines
- Each movement has special meaning
- Kabuki plays
- Less refined Noh plays
- Included comedy or melodrama
- Women banned from Kabuki roles
- Onnagata played women
- Aragoto acting style
- Painting
- Influenced by Chinese landscapes
- Historical events
- Printmaking
- Urban culture
- Fresh colors
- Simple lines
- Satisfy middle class tastes
- Heian Period
Cultural Influences
- China
- Title "Heavenly Ruler", absolute power
- Chinese language
- Chinese dress
- Beauracracy
- Similar law code
- Tea and tea ceremony
- Chinese food and dishes
- Tang music and dance
- Similar gardens
- Pagoda architechture
- Confucianism
- Korea
- Artisans and metalworkers brought sophisticated skills and technology
- Attack each other
- Buddhism
- Knowledge of Chinese writing and culture
- Sparked Japanese interest in China
- Knowledge of Chinese writing and culture
- China
Women
- Murasaki Shikibu
- The Tale of Genji
- World's first full-length novel
- Tells of the adventures of Prince Genji
- The Tale of Genji
- Sei Shonagon
- The Pillow Book
- Provides details about court manners, dress, etc.
- Forbidden to study Chinese
- Some Yamato clan leaders were women
- Suggested respect for women
- Lose influence with rise of samurai
- Inheritance limited to sons
- Wives accept same hardships as men
- Okuni
- Accredited with creating Kabuki plays
- Banned from playing Kabuki roles
- Murasaki Shikibu
Religion
- Shinto
- "The way of kami"
- Worship of the d=forces of nature
- Buddhism
- MIssionaries from Korea brought it
- Zen
- Sect from China
- Emphasized self-reliance, meditation, and devotion to duty
- Contradictory
- Sought freedom yet had rigid rules
- Scholars yet valued uncluttered mind
- Compassionate yet samurai sought to kill
- Valued peace, simplicity, and loved beauty
- Reverance for nature
- Fine landscaping
- Shinto
Geography
- Archipelago
- 4/5 Mountains
- Not good farmland
- Mild climate
- Good rainfall
- Helped make the most of the little farming land
- Surrounded by sea
- Isolated
- Freer to accept or reject influences
- Protect
- Trade routes
- Fish industry
- Isolated
- Ring of Fire
- Volcanos
- Earthquakes
- Tsunamis
- Kamikaze
- Saved Japan from the Mongols
War
- Korea
- Mongol invasions
- Kamikaze prevented the Mongols from invading Japan
- Clan wars
- Contributed to rise of feudalism