Japan: -Cultural Diffusion- -Shintoism-

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Japan-Cultural Diffusion--Shintoism-

• EQs
• How did Japan experience cultural diffusion?
• What are some beliefs found in Shintoism?
• How did the Tokugawa Shogunate impact Japan?

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Map of Diffusion

• Japanese culture includes
• original traditions
• ideas borrowed from Korea and China

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Japan Korea

• These cultures meet due to warfare and trade
• Korea acts as a bridge between Japan and China
• Korea introduces
• Chinese writing system (c.500CE)
• Buddhism

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Japan China

• C. 600CE Japan sends nobles to study Chinese
  culture
• During Chinas Tang Dynasty, Japan imports ideas
  directly from China
• 700-1100CE Japan blends the best Chinese ideas
  with their own traditions
• This creates Japans specific culture

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Japanese Language

• C. 800CE Japan adapts Chinese writing
• Japan has their own language

Chinese symbol for life
Japanese symbol for life
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The Tokugawa Shogunate

• In 1603, the Tokugawa shogunate was founded
• This shogunate stabilized Japan by bringing the
  fighting daimyo under control
• The Tokugawa ran a centralized feudal government
• Japans economy prospered due to having a
  stabilized society

• New seeds farming techniques allow farmers to
  produce more food
• Population grows
• Trade increases
• By 1638, the Tokugawa only allowed internal trade
  (among the Japanese islands)
• Advances in culture
• Tea ceremony
• Landscape gardening
• Kabuki theater
• Haiku

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Customs Art Chinas Influence

• Tea drinking, tea ceremonies (Zen Buddhism)
• Music, dancing, Kabuki Theater
• Rock garden design landscaping
• Architecture
• Pagoda style
• Buddhist monasteries

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Belief Systems in Japan

• As Japanese civilization developed, various
  religions were practiced
• Shintoism
• Buddhism
• Zen Buddhism
• Confucianism

The Garan, the central temple complex in the town
of Koyasan
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Shintoism

• Japans traditional religion
• Shinto the way, or the way of the gods
• To practice Shinto, one must worship the kami
• Kami spirits found in all living and nonliving
  things
• Kami control the forces the nature
• Attempt to win the favor of the kami through
  praying, offerings, and visiting shrines

Tsumairi style shrine
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Effects of Shintoism

• Followers help unite all of Japan
• Strong respect for the natural world in Japan
• Shrines built in places of natural beauty they
  appear throughout Japan

Torii Gate The Torii gate, as seen above, is the
entrance to a Shinto shrine the gate may be on
land or water
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Beliefs from China to Japan

• Confucian ideals of proper behavior and social
  order are popular in Japan
• Japan likes the ideas of family loyalty, honoring
  parents, and the respect for education

• Zen Buddhism develops in China and spreads
  throughout Japan
• Zen Buddhists value peace, simple living, nature,
  and beauty

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Exit Ticket

• On 1/2 sheet of paper, answer the following
  questions in complete sentences.
• How did Japan experience cultural diffusion?
  Describe two examples.
• What is a major belief found in Shintoism?
• How did the Tokugawa shogunate influence Japan?