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		Ancient Japan ^Votes:0 Jomon Period About 30,000 years ago Japanese lived in an island named Japan. These people were different than the ones today. Hi, my name is Goro, and I will tell you about the Jomon period. The Jomon period was the first period of Ancient Japan. My family and many others live in small villages. My dad and other people are mostly hunters or gatherers. They hunt animals like boars, deer, or fish. The Jomon period was divided into 6 eras. The eras included the incipient era, the Initial era, the early era, the middle era, the last Jomon era, and the final Jomon era. The wise people in our village say that Jomon means cord-marked. I think that it makes sense because our pottery is filled with drawings. We had markings on cords and ropes. Ok let?s talk about the 6 eras, like I said before the Read More Go to Site


		Ancient Japan ^Votes:0 appear in history until 57 AD when it is first mentioned in Chinese histories, where it is referred to as "Wa." The Chinese historians tell us of a land divided into a hundred or so separate tribal communities without writing or political cohesion. The Japanese do not start writing their histories until around 600 AD; this historical writing culminates in 700 AD in the massive chronicles, The Record of Ancient Matters and the Chronicles of Japan. These chronicles tell a much different and much more legendary history of Japan, deriving the people of Japan from the gods themselves. The Japanese are late-comers in Asian history. Preceding their unification and their concern with their own history in the latter half of the first millenium AD is a long period of migration and settlement. Where Read More Go to Site

		Ancient Japan ^Votes:0 HANDBOOK FOR THE STUDY OF EASTERN LITERATURES ANCIENT JAPAN by Dr. Robert Churchill Creighton University Prehistory * Archaeologists long believed that Japan had no prehistoric culture; however, excavations conducted since end of WWII have unearthed Paleolithic chipped-stone tools (but no human remains). People who used these tools probably moved from Asia to Japan over several land bridges that joined Japanese islands with the mainland (near Korea and SE coastline of Siberia). Paleolithic Age in Japan dated from 30,000 to 10,000 years ago. Little known about the islands' inhabitants during this time--artifacts indicate they probably lived in pits or caves, used fire, and subsisted by hunting/gathering. No bone or horn tools or pottery recovered from these sites (indicates a Pre-Pottery cu Read More Go to Site

		Ancient Japan Contents ^Votes:0 Ancient Japan Ancient Japan Yayoi and Jomon The Yamato State Shinto Nara Japan The Heian Period Early Japanese Buddhism Nara Buddhism Mount Hiei and the Tendai School Kukai and Shingon Early Japanese Culture Japanese Language Japanese Writing Japanese Women and Women's Communities The Flowering of Early Japanese Literature The Earliest Japanese Music Early Japanese Visual Culture Resources Gallery of Ancient Japan Ancient Japan Timeline Readings in Japanese Culture Japan Atlas A Glossary of Japanese Terms and Concepts Internet Resources on Japan Administration About "Ancient Japan" Bibliography of Sources Copyright Notices ?1996, Richard Hooker For information contact: Richard Hines Updated 6-6-1999 Read More Go to Site

		Ancient Japan Gallery ^Votes:0 Gonzo, Teacher of Kukai (color on silk; 12th century) Kukai, along with Saicho, was instrumental in introducing esoteric Buddhism into Japan around 800 AD. While his first teacher was Gonzo, shown here, an exponent of Nara Buddhism, Kukai learned esoteric Buddhism primarily from Hui-kuo, the eighth patriarch of Shingon Buddhism. Kukai was his most illustrious pupil and returned to Japan from China in 806 to found Shingon practices at Mt. Hiei. Both he and Saicho, who had also studied esoteric Buddhism in China, helped to shift practices at Hiei to esoteric practices. However, Kukai insisted on Shingon as the only "True Words" of the Buddha and left to found his own monastery, Kongobuji (Diamond Tranquility) on Mount Koya south of Osaka. He would later become the favorite of the Emperor Toj Read More Go to Site

		Bushido Home Page ^Votes:0 I NTRODUCTION Bushido, literally translated "Way of the Warrior," developed in Japan between the Heian and Tokugawa Ages (9th-12th century). It was a code and way of life for Samurai, a class of warriors similar to the medieval knights of Europe. It was influenced by Zen and Confucianism, two different schools of thought of those periods. Bushido is not unlike the chivalry and codes of the European knights. "It puts emphasis on loyalty, self sacrifice, justice, sense of shame, refined manners, purity, modesty, frugality, martial spirit, honor and affection" (Nippon Steel Human Resources Development Co., Ltd. 329). O RIGINS AND INFLUENCES Bushido comes out of Buddhism, Zen, Confucianism, and Shintoism. The combination of these schools of thought and religions has formed the code of warrior Read More Go to Site

		Castles of Japan ^Votes:0 Castles of Japan Castles of Japan has moved to http://pages.ca.inter.net/~ttoyooka/oshiro/ Please update your links accordingly. Thank you. © 1996-2004 by Takashi Toyooka Read More Go to Site

		CHIKATSU ASUKA Autumn 1996 Special Exhibition ^Votes:0 Japanese version is Here Autumn 1996 Special Exhibition GOLD and SILVER SWORDS Approach to 'the Official and Social Status of Asuka' in Ancient Japan from the 6th to 7th centuries A.D. October 8 to November 24, 1996 Welcome to the Autumn 1996 special exhibition ---"Gold and Silver Swords." When the code of lows in the ancient state was formed, it was decided that the rank of officials would be designated by the cap or articles of clothing they wore. But before that, during the Kofun period, how could one tell the status of a person of rank? Various swords that were decorated with either gold or silver, that were quite different from regular swords, were excavated from various tumuli around Japan. These swords were not only weapons,they were also ceremonial, and had belonged to people of Read More Go to Site

		Japanese Roots ^Votes:0 Bottom of Page Japanese Roots Just who are the Japanese? Where did they come from, and when? by Jared Diamond Just who are the Japanese? Where did they come from and when? The answers are difficult to come by, though not impossible ?\ the real problem is that the Japanese themselves may not want to know. Unearthing the origins of the Japanese is a much harder task than you might guess. Among world powers today, the Japanese are the most distinctive in their culture and environment. The origins of their language are one of the most disputed questions of linguistics. These questions are central to the self-image of the Japanese and to how they are viewed by other peoples. Japan's rising dominance and touchy relations with its neighbors make it more important than ever to strip away myths and Read More Go to Site

		Memory of Jomon Period ^Votes:0 Memory of Jomon Period ?\| Ken Sakamura ?\| There is no question that academic materials are important to museums. Digitalization is by no means a technology that renders actual items unnecessary, and it does not confront exhibits of actual items as an alternative. Rather, the digital museum concept espouses the concept that the fusion of virtual museums comprising information with real museums comprising actual items is important to 21st century museums. For example, if a copy with more complete information about an exhibit is stored in a digital archive, this acts as a plus in terms of long-term storage of the original materials, by reducing the necessity of the original materials. In addition, by using computers to search via networks the abundant information in digital archives, it is po Read More Go to Site

		Samurai Archives Japanese History Page ^Votes:0 Please Note - The Samurai Archives Has Moved to http://www.samurai-archives.com Please Update Your Bookmarks Please Note - The Samurai Archives Has Moved to http://www.samurai-archives.com Please Update Your Bookmarks Read More Go to Site

		Tale of Genji Home Page ^Votes:0 The Tale of Genji By Murasaki Shikibu Welcome to our pages on the classic Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji . We have included pages on the culture during Heian Japan and the culture of Japan now, the main characters, a book review of Genji The Shining Prince , a short biography on Lady Murasaki Shikibu, and a summary. We hope that you find this a benefical and informative web site. Summary Culture Lady Murasaki Characters Book Review Page Authors May 1, 1998 @ Asian Studies Home Page @ Read More Go to Site

		TEMPLE & SHRINE in KYOTO : SPECIAL EXHIBITION NOW ^Votes:0 TEMPLE & SHRINE in KYOTO : SPECIAL EXHIBITION NOW Last Update : 2002,1,28 Information of Nara Prefecture January KODAI-JI TEMPLE The special exhibition of [ Decoration of new year in a temple and a town house ] at Kita-Shoin Open: 1/8-2/11 : 9:00-17:00 Fee: 600yen The special exhibition of [ Picture of Big Nirvana ] at Hojo (a residence of the prime monk of the temple) Open: 1/20-2/17 : 9:00-17:00 Fee: 600yen Address: Simogawara-cho, Higasiyama-ku, Kyoto City Phone 075-561-9966 Access: 5-min. walk from Higashiyama-Yasui busstop of city bus #206,207,Toku207. Ordinary open: 9:00-16:30 (from December to March, 9:00-16:00) Ordinary fee: 500yen There are famous tea houses named KASA-TEI (means umbrella bower), SHIGURE-TEI (means drizzling rain house). Kaizan-do(Inportant Cultural Properties), R Read More Go to Site

		wajin.html ^Votes:0 WAJIN-DEN Outline; This WAJIN-DEN isthe Chinese official history book about Japan, written in the third century. ( WAJIN meansJapanese people. DEN means a history book. ) The author is CHINJYU,who was the bureaucrat of history in the JIN dynasty of China. The Japanese capitaland things were actually verified in the third century. At that time, Japanwas called the WI country. ( It changed to the WA country later.) And the territoryand the capital of Japan were quite different from that of the 21st century. A queen governed theWI country. ( Queen country is the representative country of combined nations in Japan. ) The body of WAJIN-DEN; The WI people, Japanesepeople, live on islands surrounded by a big sea. These islands liein the southeast direction from TAIHOU prefecture. ( TAIHO Read More Go to Site

		WebMuseum: Heian Art ^Votes:0 Heian Art In 794 the capital of Japan was officially transferred to Heiankyo (present-day Kyoto), where it remained until 1868. The term Heian period refers to the years between 794 and 1185, the end of the Gempei civil war. The period is further divided into the early Heian and the late Heian, or Fujiwara, eras, the pivotal date being 894, the year imperial embassies to China were officially discontinued. The next period is named after the Fujiwara family, then the most powerful in the country, who ruled as regents for the emperor, becoming, in fact, civil dictators. Early Heian Art In reaction to the growing wealth and power of organized Buddhism in Nara, the priest Kukai (posthumous name Kobo Daishi, 774-835) journeyed to China to study Shingon, a more rigorous form of Buddhism, which h Read More Go to Site

		Women and Women's Communities in Ancient Japan ^Votes:0 women in ancient Japan is, like so much else in early Japanese history, filled with missing parts. We know very little about Japan before the advent of writing, so piecing together women's lives and contributions to early Japanese history is as difficult as piecing together the lives and histories of the early Japanese. In the Nara and Heian periods, we are fortunate to have a well-developed, thriving, literate community of women both surrounding the court of the emperor as well as in the lesser courts of regional governors. This picture, however, is as distorted as our picture of Japanese society during the Heian period: we are limited entirely to the upper classes, their lives, and their values. The experience and values of women and women's communities for the vast majority of ancient J Read More Go to Site

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