Transcript Leslie`s Japan Photo Album

Shinto means way of gods
 The main feature of Shinto
is the belief of kami
 Shinto had know concern
about life after death
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Prince shotoku admired Chinese
culture in other ways he admired
china
 He helped rule Japan by the age
of 20,his love for his country
influenced Japan by he adopted
ideas form china to use in Japan
 He built a Buddhist temple that is
still there today
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Court nobles loved beauty like fashion
they began with there own appearances
they liked silk robes and gold jewelry, like
elaborate outfits
 They took great care with how they spoke
and wrote many women wrote diary's
they carefully chose there words they
wrote in Japanese mostly greatest works
were by women
 The most popular visual arts were they
loved bold colors so many arts are bold
they loved nature
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Japanese women loved bold colors
different stuff
 There wedding gowns were way more
different then ours
 They had short wedding gowns red
purple and sometimes white
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Shikibu was born into the Fujiwara family,
daughter of the governor of a province,
who also was a well known scholar
 At court, Lady Murasaki began a diary
she kept up for two years
 Little is know about Lady Murasaki's later
life
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Japanese agriculture the nobles of heian
work to make there beautiful city
 They admired Chinas agriculture and
they modeled Heian after the Chinese
capital
 For some buildings they liked simple airy
designs
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Noh was a drama created in the 1300s
 They play combined music
 They dance they tell heroes from the
past or figures
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Zen is Japanese for meditation
 Zen can be a very rewarding,
and
difficult
 Zen Buddhism is a very difficult
,it was originally devolved by
China but it stressed to Japan
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This religion was popular because it
didn’t require any special rituals
 They chanted Buddha's name over and
over again
 They chanted it for a enlighten state
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