Three writing systems well, four

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• Three writing systems (well, four)
• Kanji ??
• ??
• Hiragana ????
• ????
• Katakana ????
• ????
• Romanization Shizunai
• http//www.people.fas.harvard.edu/bestor/easy_pro
  nunciation.htm

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Japanese Sounds

• Regular vowels
• ? ? ? ? ?
• Aoi, Edo, arigatoo
• Long and short vowels
• Tokyo ????????
• Kyoto ???????

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Physical aspects of japan

• Island nation over 3,000 islands and four main
  ones (98 of land mass)
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Shikoku
• Kyushu
• Map of Japan http//cooler.irk.ru/lt/map_japan.j
  pg
• Map of Asia http//www.map-of-asia.us/images/map
  -asia.gif

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Other aspects of Japan

• Second largest economy in the world
• One of worlds leading industrialized economies
• Unitary constitutional monarchy emperor and
  elected parliament
• Rugged terrain yet one of most populous nations
  in Asia--densely populated

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Japans culture in history

• The story
• Struggle with being taken seriously
• For most of the last half century (i.e. since
  WWII) Japan the only Asian (I.e. non-Western)
  nation to be among the most advanced of nations
• Domestic tensions
• Move forward? Preserve traditional values?

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EDO to MEIJI Periods

• Edo/Tokugawa period (1603-1868)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu victorious at Sekigahara in 1600
• Four classes in Edo Society
• Warrior (samurai)
• Farmers and fishermen
• Craftsmen
• Merchants and shopkeepers
• 1853 Commodore Perry and the Blackships

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Commodore Perry 1853
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Meiji Period 1868-1912
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Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895
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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
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Taisho Period 1912-1926
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Showa Emperor 1926-1989
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Showa Period (pre-war)
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Showa Period (post-war)
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Heisei Period 1989-
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Van Gogh
Gogh, Vincent van, Portrait of Pere Tanguy
Date1887
Gogh, Vincent van, Cherry Blossoms, after
Hiroshige Date1887
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Hiroshige
Japanese Print Owned by Van Gogh
Ando, Hiroshige, Tonase with Daughter Konami
Date1840
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Hiroshige

• BOTH Ando Hiroshige One Hundred Celebrated
  Places of Edo

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Tokugawa/Edo Period 1603-1868

• Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes Daimyo at battle of
  Sekigahara (1600)
• Initiates era of Great Peace

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Tokugawa/Edo Period Classes

• 1) Warrior class (Shogun, Daimyo, samurai)
• 2) Peasants (farmers and fishermen)
• 3) Craftspersons
• 4) Merchants (chonin)