1. By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan

2.  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.

3.  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)

4.  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.

5.  Nara (710-794) AD  Ruled by Emperor  Capital was moved several time throughout the time period.  Yamato (About 250-538)  Ruled by Emperor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4rWWtSWf_k&feat ure=player_embedded

6.  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

7.  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

9.  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)

10.  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

11.  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.

12.  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. 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

14.  http://www.echigonagaoka.com/turbot/isl/map_of_japan.GIF http://www.echigonagaoka.com/turbot/isl/map_of_japan.GIF  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1975.268.425 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1975.268.425  http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/japan/GEOGRAPHY.html http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/japan/GEOGRAPHY.html  http://isobe.typepad.com/sketchpad/images/rice_paddy.jpg http://isobe.typepad.com/sketchpad/images/rice_paddy.jpg  http://www.herdaily.com/blogimg/recipes/japanese%20rice.jpg http://www.herdaily.com/blogimg/recipes/japanese%20rice.jpg  http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6036012.jpg http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6036012.jpg  http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/early-japanese-buddhism.html http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/early-japanese-buddhism.html  http://www.religioustolerance.org/shinto.htm http://www.religioustolerance.org/shinto.htm  http://tiger3.net/periods/Kofun.html http://tiger3.net/periods/Kofun.html  http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-kofun-period.cfm http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-kofun-period.cfm  http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-nara-period.cfm http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-nara-period.cfm  http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/750c9/ed6ce/ http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/750c9/ed6ce/  http://m.wikitravel.org/en/Japan http://m.wikitravel.org/en/Japan  http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread630706/pg2 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread630706/pg2  http://epistemic-forms.com/Online-course/Course%20Files/What-social-forces-operate-among-Asian- Englishes.htmlhttp://epistemic-forms.com/Online-course/Course%20Files/What-social-forces-operate-among-Asian- Englishes.html  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asna/hd_asna.htm http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asna/hd_asna.htm  http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html#part2 http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html#part2  http://www.123rf.com/photo_534332_japanese-letter-ai-meaning-love.html http://www.123rf.com/photo_534332_japanese-letter-ai-meaning-love.html

15. 15 Work Cited (cont.)  http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_history/jushichijokenpo.shtml http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_history/jushichijokenpo.shtml 15