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Ghist 101 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture II. Song Cities a. Kaifengb. Hangzhou III. Industry a. Iron b. PorcelainIV. Confucianism a. Lib. QiV. Tangum Outline of Current Lecture - Japanese Shinto Myths- Prehistoric Japano Yayoi periodo Yamato Period o Nara period o Heian Period- Decline of Chinese influence in Japan- Tale of Genji- Kyoto-Current LectureThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Japanese Shinto Mythso Takamagahara (The plain of high heaven)o Izanagi (He who invites him)o Izanami (she who invtes) Amaterasu (sun goddess) Susano-o (sea god)  Emperor Jimmu (660) - Prehistoric Japan o Yayoi Period (400 BC – AD 250)  New immigrants arrived at Japan  Expansion of rice cultivationo First accounts of Japan, AD 57 First account of Japan showed up in China Chinese sources  Kingdom of Yamatai- Queen Himiko - Yamato Period o Prince Shotoku (574-622) Promoting Buddhism and Chinese ideaso Taiki Reforms, 645 Chinese political and economic institutions.  Culture- Calendar - Dressing code for rituals o Nara Period  Capital: Nara Named after cattle of China Age of learning from the Chinese – within limits - Writing system- Political system o Received power from father but not own merits o “meritocracy -> hereditary system - Mandate of heaven  Sino- Japanese relations- Imperial Japanese embassies, 630-894o Importing Chinese learning and goods o Heian Period  Establishment of a basic political framework  Three stages - Strong emperors - Fujiwayra family and puppet emperors- Retired emperorso He could choose the next emperor o The court was controlled by the emperors father and controlled by monks o Rule from monasteries - Socio-economic changeso Increasing private land ownership  Rely on farmers to cultivate land  Japan became a very different society in the Heian period o Collapse of the Taika order  Decline of Chinese influences in Japan  Tale of Genji- Written by Murasaki Shikibu - World’s first novel - Discussed the life between a young man and many women - The emperor had a son from a lower level concubine and he was hated by all the women – the son had no title but had enough money to stay away from politics and eventually encountered so many women in his life - Main theme : the intimate relationships of a nobleman - Authors displays mastery skills in describing the elite lifestyle of Japan  Capital : Kyoto - Modeled after Chang’an - Kyoto remained at Japans capital for 1,000 years - Kyoto means capital - Kyoto Is still very authentic – artworks and artifacts are still there  Feudal Japan - Military houses displacing the civil aristocracy - Personal loyalty to a vassal, not to the court o Creation of the title shogun o Bakufu, shogunate  Tent headquarters; the central governmento The Mongol invasions, 1274 and 1281 Kamikazi  Mobilized about 1 million troops  Kamikazi – devine win  Japanese Samurai - Origin- Unique social classo Privelegeso They define their lives in the teaching of Bushido  Bushido- teaching of warriors  Moral values, self discipline, honor, courage  They combine Buddhism, shintuism, and Confucianism - Shakura cherry blossom o Represents teaching of bushido because of the extreme beauty and death - Rite of honorable deatho Seppuku  Japanese


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