Shintoism

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• Aim Was early Japan a carbon copy of China?
  (400ce 1000ce)
• Chinese Culture spreads to Japan
• Government
• Language
• Religion
• Other aspects of Chinese Culture

PQ Over the last 50 100 years how has Japan
copied the West (more specifically the US)?
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• Aim Was early Japan a carbon copy of China?
  (400ce 1000ce)
• Chinese Culture spreads to Japan

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Aim Was early Japan a carbon copy of China?
(400ce 1000ce) II. Government
CHINA
JAPAN
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Aim Was early Japan a carbon copy of China?
(400ce 1000ce) III. Language
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Aim Was early Japan a carbon copy of China?
(400ce 1000ce) IV. Religion V. Other aspects of
Chinese Culture
Shintoism
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AncestorWorship
Polytheism
Hyper-Nationalism
Shinto
GreatCreator
The Worldof the kami
Minimizesin guilt
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Amaterasu Sun Goddess
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Union of Izanami Izanagi
Wedded Rocks at Futami no Ura
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Tree kami surrounded by sacred boundaries
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Torii Gate, Miyajima Island
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Torii Gate in Winter
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Torii Gate
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A Tunnel of Torii GatesInari Mt., Kyoto
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Torii Gong
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Shinto Temple worship hall
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Shinto Priest
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Traditional Shinto Wedding Today
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Prayers, Thoughts, Wishes at a Shinto Shrine
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Ojizo Memorials for the Unborn
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Shinto Subway Shrine
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Hot Sand Bath at Takegahara Onsen, Beppu
Origins in the Nara Period (710-794)
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Japanese BathsGrandma Grandson
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Shintoism in traditional japanese culture
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Noh Theater 8-man chorus
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Noh Theater
The PlayAoi no Ue
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Noh Theater

Woman Heavenly-being Demonness
TraditionalWeepingGesture
 Old Man Warrior Demon God
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Kabuki Theater
Morph to Kabuki Actor
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Bunraku Puppets
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Bunraku Puppets
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Chanoyu Tea Ceremony
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Tea Ceremony Equipment
Green Tea
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A Japanese Tea Master
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A Japanese Tea House
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Origami The Art of Japanese Paper Folding
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Origami The Art of Japanese Paper Folding
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Haiku 17-syllable poem
Spring departs.Birds cryFishes' eyes are filled
with tears.
Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku
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Calligraphy
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Ikebana The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging

• Tallest --gt Heaven
• Middle --gt Man
• Smallest --gt Earth

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Bonzai A Unique Method of Meditation
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Japanese Zen Rock Garden
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Japanese Zen Rock Garden
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Shinto in Modern Furniture
Simplicity!
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Japanese Sand Garden
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Japanese Sand Garden
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ARIGATO!