By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan

 Japan contains 3000 islands.  The largest islands in Japan include Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, Honshu.  Japan is separated from Russia by a mere 186 miles. Korea is 124 miles, and China is not too far from there.  Japan is about the size of California.

 Japan was quite isolated.  Because of such a wide separation from other countries.  Japan was able to develop it’s own culture unlike many others.  Arts were about to develop on their own. ( such as this pottery masterpiece)

 While Japan was isolated, it did gain many influences from China and Korea.  This influence allowed for Chinese cultures that were out of practice to be remembered.  Coins, Chinese language principles, taking notes on history, and a centralized government were borrowed from the Chinese.  Korea gave Buddhism to Japan.

 Nara ( ) AD  Ruled by Emperor  Capital was moved several time throughout the time period.  Yamato (About )  Ruled by Emperor ure=player_embedded

 The capital was moved to Nara in 710  They copied many different Chinese cultural aspects  Buddhism  History started to be recorded during the Nara period  The Manyoshu  Collection of poetry  759

 Buddhism  Embraced and developed within Japan.  Arrived from Korea and soon from China.  Was the last country to adopt Buddhist practices.  There was some resistance to the ideas of Buddhism, but was soon adopted during the Nara period.  Prince Shotoku was one of the first people to adopt Buddhism in Japan.  Also worshiped during the Yamato(Kofun) period

 Shintoism  Created around 500 B.C  Beliefs  Tells the story of the divine Japanese deities “Kami”  Sacred places  Mountains, springs, and any other peaceful places in nature  (In background is Shinto Torri Gate)

 Shintoism  Four affirmations  Family: traditions the form of celebration in the family  Adoration of nature: sacred; they believed that if you are in nature than you are close to God  Physical cleanliness: they valued being clean  “Matsuri”: worship of the deities and spirits  Similarities to Buddhism  They both expressed the value of human nature

 The Yamato Period valued decorating and honoring the deceased's’ burial mounds  Clay sculptures (haniwa)  Figures of nature  Furnished the graves with jewelry, stones, and metal  Temples formed to worship Buddhism.  Buddhist statues made of bronze. This Colossal Buddha is an example of this as Japan experienced a sense of prosperity.  Political unity allowed for the arts to prosper.

 Brought together Japan in 300 A.D  Occupied present-day Osaka  Many new ideas come from their region  Osaka rested on the southwestern peninsula on Honshu  Located on the Yamato Plain.

13 Review  Who was one of the first people to embrace Buddhism in Japan?  Prince Shotoku  What was the significance of the Torii Gates?  To signify the entrance into a more holy place.  From where did the Japanese receive the ideas of Buddhism?  From Korea. 13

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