61. OSAKA CYBER MUSEUM Takeji Iwamiya's photos of the artifacts of traditional japanese culture. http://www.kpn.nishi.osaka.jp/iwamiya/2.html

This book is an attempt to fix in photographs the forms of some of the objects that the Japanese people of the past devised from natural materials and passed on to us. Although the basic ideas for many of these objects came from China or elsewhere, Japanese hands re-worked and altered them to suit the geographic setting, the climate, the customs, and the ways of living our islands. Many of the things of the thing shown the book originated in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when the increasing wealth of the urban merchant class was undermining the ancient social structure. They therefore reflect the tastes and talents of a vigorously active level of urban society. Obviously a finished craft product or art object differs from the natural materials of which it is made. But the craftsman's attitude toward his material exerts a great influence on the result of his work. The Japanese craftsman traditionally believes that he and his materials work in cooperation. Unlike the Western craftsman, who works on his materials, the Japanese craftsman prefers to work with his materials. He loves to take advantage of the natural qualities and to reveal them. Sensing no duality between man and nature, he allows the colors and textures of his materials to find frank expression the completed work. The outcome of this attitude has been a multitude of ordinary objects of extraordinary beauty. In earlier books of mine I have presented photographs of some these things, but looking back on those books, I am not entirely satisfied with the selections I made for them. Still, in my preface to one of them I found a statement that it in complete harmony with the opinions I hold today: "In the rapidly developing modern society of Japan, demands for rationalism and functionalism together with advances in scientific technology, are steadily altering the forms of the things we use. Some of the things our forefathers made and used in time gone by are no longer popular, and some of the have already vanished. Perhaps their loss is an inevitable consequences of the changing times, but I do not want to standby idly by while much that is valuable is being lost."

62. Culture Of Japan - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (Redirected from japanese culture). japanese culture and language. It reflects the harmony that is desired and respected within japanese culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_culture

Culture of Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Japanese culture Table of contents 1 Japanese culture and language 2 Japanese popular culture 3 The culture of Japanese management 4 To be covered ... edit Japanese culture and language Japan's isolation until the arrival of the "Black Ships" and the Meiji era produced a culture distintively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. For example, as Ruth Benedict pointed out in her classic study "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", Japan has a shame culture (external reference standard) rather than the guilt culture (internal reference standard) that is more familiar in the West. Again in Japan, inter-relationships between people are heavily influenced by "obligation" and "duty" in a way that is no longer true in the more individualistic and free-wheeling West. Finally, generalised conceptions of morality and desirable behaviour are relatively under-developed in Japan, where particular obligations to family, school, friends tend to guide behaviour. (See Japanese customs Because of strong correlation between Japanese culture and language, the

63. Culture Of Japan - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia japanese culture and language. It reflects the harmony that is desired and respected within japanese culture. Japanese popular culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Japan

Culture of Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Table of contents 1 Japanese culture and language 2 Japanese popular culture 3 The culture of Japanese management 4 To be covered ... edit Japanese culture and language Japan's isolation until the arrival of the "Black Ships" and the Meiji era produced a culture distintively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. For example, as Ruth Benedict pointed out in her classic study "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", Japan has a shame culture (external reference standard) rather than the guilt culture (internal reference standard) that is more familiar in the West. Again in Japan, inter-relationships between people are heavily influenced by "obligation" and "duty" in a way that is no longer true in the more individualistic and free-wheeling West. Finally, generalised conceptions of morality and desirable behaviour are relatively under-developed in Japan, where particular obligations to family, school, friends tend to guide behaviour. (See Japanese customs Because of strong correlation between Japanese culture and language, the

64. Welcome To The Japanese Culture Club Website! Welcome to the japanese culture Club s Homepage!!! University of California Davis. JCC Logo. Click above to Enter Last updated April 4, 2001. http://asucd.ucdavis.edu/organizations/cultural/jcc/

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65. Japanese Culture & Traditions - Page 1 You are here japanese culture Traditions, Life in Japan made easy Click to see how! Quick Browse Back Home Next. japanese culture Traditions - Page 1. http://www.japan-101.com/index_culture.htm

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66. Maples And Japanese Culture 14. Maples and japanese culture .. Japanese. What has already http://www.inh.co.jp/~hayasida/E-repo14.html

14. Maples and Japanese culture Japanese What has already been mentioned is related to, what we call culture and Japanese culture, and here I would like to make a few references to Japanese old literature on maples. ...... By "Kohjien", "Nihongo-daijiten" that are famous dictionaries in Japan, we can find the following words on "momiji". to turn red, to turn yellow, maple, meat of deer, bran of barley (or wheat) Momiji Buna: reddish crucian carp (a seasonal word showing autumn) Momijigasane: a kind of color pairs name for Japanese clothes of old days. Momijioroshi: radish grated with red toh-mustard Momijigasa: an umbrella of blue paper center and white paper around Momijiyama-Bunko: The library of the Tokugawa Shohgun Momijigari: excursion for admiring autumn color, ....................... name of Japanese Noh Play, ....................... one of Kabuki favorite subjects, ....................... name of nagauta, jiuta which are Japanese old songs Consequently, I chronologically arranged as follows.

67. DISCOVER JAPAN / DECOUVREZ LE JAPON Site includes a photo gallery, various essays regarding japanese culture and closeup looks at Tokyo, Kyoto and Mt. Fuji. Site is bilingual in French and English. http://japan.chez.tiscali.fr/

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68. Simon Fraser Univeristy (SFU): Japanese Culture And Communication Us japanese culture Communication Program. David Welcome to the japanese culture and Communication Program website. The Japanese http://www.cic.sfu.ca/Japanese/

Courses Events Jetro Test Publications ... Contact Us Communication Program David Lam Centre, Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre Welcome to the Japanese Culture and Communication Program website. The Japanese Program forms part of the David Lam Centre for International Communication at Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre in Vancouver. With over 15 years experience in cross-cultural communication, our program offers a wide variety of courses, programs and customized workshops and seminars to fit the cross-cultural needs of any Japanese or North American organization or company. The program also organizes special events and conferences and administers the JETRO Business Japanese Proficiency Test From January to July 2004: Interactive Japanese - Elementary I Interactive Japanese - Elementary II Basic Immersion Japanese and Cross Cultural Communication Business Japanese for English Language Professionals ... JET Career Development Program Workshops and custom programs available. All our programs are guided by the principles of "Awareness, Knowledge, Sensitivity, Competence, and Empowerment

69. Japanese Art, Artists And Culture Japanese Art, Japanese Artists, japanese culture. AC-D-E-G-H-J-K-L-M-N-P-S-T-V-W-Z. See also . Guide to japanese culture from The Asia Society. . Gyotaku. http://www.zeroland.co.nz/japan.html

Film Music Literature Philosophy ... Art Posters Japanese Art, Japanese Artists, Japanese Culture A C D E ... Z See also: Art Periods, Art Movements Architecture Art History Artists Index ... The world's largest online art auctions price catalogue JAPANESE ART AND CULTURE WEBPAGES A About Japan. Animated films, archaeology, Buddhism, chronology, tea ceremony, crafts, film, flower arranging, food, garden design , godzilla films,chronology, historical sites, Kabuki drama, kimono robes, Kyogen comic drama, Kyoto, Kyudo archery, mingei folk art,museums, noh drama, origami paper folding, photos of Old Japan, puppets, pottery, Shinto, shodo calligraphy, sumo, sushi, ukiyo-e woodblock prints,wooden dolls, Zen meditation. Art history. Japanese art history resources. WWW Virtual library. The Art of Japan. The Art of Japan (California, U.S.) specializes in fine Japanese prints and paintings of the18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Art of Japan. Art History. Collection of Japanese art. The Kibo Foundation ... Art Japan Network. Artists. Japanese artists Artists, Critics and Art Curators, Japan.

70. Japan Travel Books Free electronic and PDF editions of four japanese culture books by Boye Lafayette De Mente. http://www.japantravelbooks.com/

Go to Amazon.Com, select Books and type in "Japan Travel Books" To see over 600 titles. J apan travel books published in PDF (Portable Document Format) for reading on screen, copying to your hard drive, or downloading to your Book Reader. Adobe's Acrobat Reader required. Exotic Japan How to meet and greet people, how to avoid being an "ugly foreigner," how to use and not use chopsticks, how to flag down a cruising taxi, etc. Japanese Secrets of Graceful Living A provocative explanation of the elements in Japan's traditional lifestyle that were based on the epitome of beauty and gracefulness. Japan Unmasked! Understanding the Japanese Mind-Set Why Japanese businessmen and politicians think and behave the way they do, and how to cope and cooperate with them.

71. Hemp & Japanese Culture Rense.com Hemp japanese culture. from Brett Paulhus 314-4 HEMP CULTURE IN JAPAN Japan, has long been a land of mystery to outsiders. http://www.rense.com/general50/hemp4.htm

Rense.com from Brett Paulhus I thought that I would provide you with some historical information which involves the US occupation of Japan and the Post WW2 abolition of Industrial Hemp. Circa Post WW2: The Dupont's and the Cotton Cartels of the time wanted Hemp off the map, it was a matter of strategic economic importance. "Industrial hemp is just way too much of a ubiquitous product to be grown by the common man". "It just makes too much $cents$ for the average farmer" " It would displace pulp towns and the Cotton clowns" " It would create a paradigm shift" I know Jeff hates that term, but the big boys don't like change if it doesn't fall into their pockets!!!!!!!!!!1st Just to give your readers an idea on how well regarded Hemp was in the Japanese culture: I'll provide you with the following: Hemp was traditionally used by Shinto priests, including the Japanese emperor himself who acts as a kind of chief priest of Shintoism. Several hemp fields are cultivated on Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan, to make ceremonial linen clothes for the Imperial family and for Shinto priests. Hemp is also grown in some parts of Nagano prefecture by farmers with a hemp license and the fibre is used for bell ropes and noren (ritual curtains) for Shinto shrines as well as in sumo rituals.

72. SF Japanese Sword Society Group for Japanese sword enthusiasts and collectors who appreciate japanese culture, history, language, philosophy, and customs. http://members.aol.com/Sfkatana/

Main htmlAdWH('7002588', '234', '60'); San Francisco Japanese Sword Society SF Nipponto Society S F N S SF Japanese Sword Education Center SF Japanese Sword Restoration Center P.O. Box 12235, San Francisco, California 94112 E-mail: Sfkatana@aol.com. SFShinken@aol.com Our Sensei’s recent Japanese sword-related article has been released to the general public in the October issue of Blackbelt magazine, the oldest and biggest martial art magazine in the US since 1961. About the SF Japanese Sword Society Brief history about the SF Japanese Sword Society Who best comprehend the Japanese sword ? The 3 qualifications to be the authentic Japanese swordsmith ! There are 2 kinds of Japanese swords in the US ! Consumer guide to the Japanese sword buyers ! What is the Oshigata-Kantei ? The basic appraisal points ( Over 30 points ) ! What is the Kanteisho ( Sword certificate ) ? The contents of an invalid certificate The altered version of an invalid certificate The Kokuritsu Token Hakubutsukan ( National Sword Museum ) in Ueno Preliminary examination prior to submitting sword for Dr. Toukuno’s Kanteisho

73. MYNIPPON Japanese Culture Nihongo MYNIPPON. japanese culture. Japanese fashion. Popular dance music, Enjokosai. Save japanese culture , Why do I love anime? Discrimination in Japan. http://www.mynippon.com/culture/culturehome.htm

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74. EDUCAUSE Publications: Educom Review May/June, 1999 copyright information. An, EDUCAUSE, publication, japanese culture Meets Online Education by Steve McCarty. Japanese educators considering http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/erm993a.html

May/June 1999 This article was published in Educom Review An EDUCAUSE publication Japanese Culture Meets Online Education by Steve McCarty J apanese educators considering distance education as an alternative learning medium face many obstacles in what is traditionally a face-to-face social system. Periods of foreign borrowing have alternated with long periods of Japanese national isolationism, reflecting an ambivalence toward Western ways that still remains. Some Western culture had been adapted from the U.S. following its generous treatment of Japan after World War II, yet during the 1970s and '80s, Japan's remarkable economic success revived old notions of Western technology with an exclusively Japanese spirit. But the children for whom the post-War generation worked so hard now have grown too complacent to rebuild the economy from the unexpected recession of the 1990s. Enter the Internet, and Western assumptions will continue to be confounded as new media are adapted in terms of Japanese culture. Japan currently ranks second only to the U.S. in the number of Internet users, but very few of those more than 8 million people are communicating with the outside world. The Japanese-language Net is huge and has its own Web search engines for those who can read Chinese characters and have the appropriate software. Although writing English is not as difficult for the general public as speaking it, the language barrier will continue to be the most intransigent obstacle to using the Internet for outside communications.

75. Language As A Window Into Japanese Culture Language as a Window into japanese culture. by Steve McCarty. Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan. Originally published by Bismarck http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/Jpse_lang-cult.html

Language as a Window into Japanese Culture by Steve McCarty Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan Originally published by Bismarck State College, North Dakota, in an electronic literary magazine: Webgeist, (1), 12 January 1997. "Notes from the Pacific Rim" column, second installment. Language is much more than the semantic meanings of a lexicon. This becomes clear when studying a foreign language and culture quite contrasting to one's own. Looking at the Japanese language from the vantage point of an English-speaking Western culture, many aspects of language are set in vivid relief, which helps us better understand language itself as well as our own culture. This essay will therefore outline some basic aspects of any language, with sometimes amusing examples where Japanese differs strikingly from English. Everyday Japanese words that have no equivalent in English will be featured for what they disclose about Japanese culture. Then cross-cultural communication problems will be touched upon, with the addition of biculturalism to bilingualism suggested as a challenging solution.

76. Ancient Japan Contents Nara Japan The Heian Period Early Japanese Buddhism Nara Buddhism Mount Hiei and the Tendai School Kukai and Shingon Early japanese culture Japanese Language http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/CONTENTS.HTM

Ancient Japan Ancient Japan Yayoi and Jomon The Yamato State Shinto ... The Heian Period Early Japanese Buddhism Nara Buddhism Mount Hiei and the Tendai School Kukai and Shingon Early Japanese Culture Japanese Language Japanese Writing Japanese Women and Women's Communities The Flowering of Early Japanese Literature ... Early Japanese Visual Culture Resources Gallery of Ancient Japan Ancient Japan Timeline Readings in Japanese Culture Japan Atlas ... Internet Resources on Japan Administration About "Ancient Japan" Bibliography of Sources ©1996, Richard Hooker For information contact: Richard Hines Updated 6-6-1999

77. Japan Whaling Assoc. Learn about the importance of whaling to the japanese culture, the history of whaling in Japan, facts about whales and whaling, and details about the organisation. http://www.whaling.jp/english/

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78. Japan Eating History And Customs With Culture Information, Food And Recipes From During this period of isolationism, Japan s culture became even more deeply rooted. It formed the phase of the japanese culture; the identity of Japan. http://asiarecipe.com/japeathistory.html

Japan Current time in Japan Japanese Dining History Traditional Dining Japanese Culture for Newbies Japanese/Western Dining Etiquette ... Japanese Wedding Ceremony and Customs Please Support our Sponsor History of Japanese Cuisine What makes Japanese Dishes Japanese? The Relationship with Rice The Sense of Season Even the color of the chopstick counts We think of Japan as a single island, but it actually is four large islands and thousands of smaller ones. The volcanic and mountainous terrain boasts lush forests and heavy rainfall, much of it from monsoons, and the scarce farm land is used predominantly for rice. As one would expect, fish plays a major dietary role, both fresh and preserved. In the third century BC, Korea's already developed rice growing techniques were passed to the Japanese by the Yayoi, a migrating tribe that settled in Japan. Rice came to be used for more than eating, including paper, fuel, wine, building materials and animal feed. During the development of Japan, the Chinese contributed soy sauce, tea, chopsticks and imperial rule. Other influences arrived in Japan via Korea, including Buddhism, which, despite the pre-existing Shinto and Confucian religions, became the official religion in the sixth century. For the next 1200 years, meat was officially forbidden to the Japanese people, Then in the sixteenth century the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch, came looking to corner the trade market with Japan. The westerners introduced fried foods, which is why the breaded, fried tempura seem so very un-Japanese; while the Japanese enjoyed this type of cooking, it was not something that evolved naturally. Tobacco, sugar and corn were also brought by the traders.

79. Japan Links japanese culture. Larry Stockton s Japan Links; Schauwecker s Guide to Japan; About.com japanese culture pages mostly links about arts and sports. http://www.culture-at-work.com/jpnlinks.html

Culture at Work Japanese Culture Our Services Culture at Work Japan Communication Home Japan pages on the Culture-at-Work website: Core Cultural Concepts Same or Different? Polite Fiction Kanji: Japanese Characters ... US Training Issues Sites about Japanese Culture Launch Points Education Food History ... Other Topics and Resources Most recent check of all links:May 28, 2004 This page lists English-language websites that provide substantive non-commercial information about specific aspects of Japanese culture and society. We try to sift through the huge volume of Japan-related sites to select pages that are particularly informed and engaging, with a few intriguing or unusual topics thrown in for seasoning. Can't find what you're looking for? The Launch Points section lists websites which provide extensive Japan linksenough to keep you surfing for a year and then some. Japan Information Network's Statistics about Japan . Many categories, frequent updates. Japan 101's geography information : statistics, photos, explanations from many sources. CIA fact sheet on Japan Japan Maps Japan Regional Maps Tokyo Subway and Rail Map ... 1994 U.S. Government Area Handbook Series / Japan

80. Japanese Culture - Entertainment - Musical Instruments An introduction to the traditional drums, stringed instruments, and flutes of Japan. http://www.japan-zone.com/culture/instrument.shtml

Home Culture Quiz Royalty The Imperial Family Entertainment Kabuki Noh Bunraku Instruments Arts Sado Ukiyo-e Ikebana Origami ... Modern Literature Calendar Festivals Annual Events Four Seasons Costume Kimono Footwear The Basics Popular Dishes ... Alcohol Search: Topsites Japan In traditional Japanese music, there are three general types of instruments - percussion instruments, stringed instruments and wind instruments, mostly flutes. There is a huge range of instruments beyond the scope of this page, ranging from bells used in Buddhist ceremonies to various kinds of drums used in gagaku (Imperial court music). Below are the more commonly heard instruments. Drums Stringed Instruments Flutes Kodo drummers at Earth Celebration 1996 Kotsuzumi Drums There are many large Japanese drums, or taiko . Most have two membranes which are nailed or laced and are struck with sticks. The most dramatic is the Odaiko (big drum). The physical energy and sheer excitement of an Odaiko performance is an integral part of many Japanese matsuri (festivals). Perhaps because they see this all the time, most Japanese people don't get particularly excited by taiko performance groups like

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