Meredith`s Japan Photo Album
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By: Meredith McCollum
Worships deities called Kami
Focuses on the importance of nature, purity, and
tranquility
Includes four Affirmations
• Legend say that he was named after a barn door after
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being born in front of one.
He wrote the Seventeen-Article.
He admired China.
He brought Buddhism and Confucianism to Japan.
He built temples across Japan in order to spread
Buddhism.
Called “dwellers among clouds”
Rarely left the city and hardly associated with the poor
Great supporters of the arts
They influenced the arts by writing novels, and loved
painting and calligraphy.
Silk Robes and gold jewelry
Women wore long gowns of twelve layers of colored
silk
Had fans that were painted with flowers, trees, or
birds.
Was the first actual Japanese novel
Written for people of aristocracy
Contains similar elements of today’s books
They used wood because there was hardly any stone
Shinto shrines were destroyed every 20 years and built
as exact replicas as the one before it.
Thatched roofs and simplicity were elements of
architecture
A Buddhist term referring to the mental bond between
the performer and the audience
Once a performer did a play called Lady Aoi after The
Tale of Genji.
The main character is created by an elaborate mask
and costumes.
Believes control over nature by man if a futile effort.
Self-knowledge comes by meditation.
Meditation serves to sharpen the mind.
Popular among the samurai for teaching self-discipline
Popular among the common people (peasants)
because it did not require money
Did not require any require any rituals
Thought that chanting the name of Buddha
repetitively was the pathway to enlightenment.