Category: HST267

Over the course of the semester I have learned a lot about Japan. From the geographical explanation and how that affected the country, to the myths of Shinto, to the influence of China and Buddhism, and the goal that every identity aims to be: to be their own individual. My favorite part of this course…

This was an interesting time for Japan, as after the Christians came with firearms it revolutionized Japanese warfare from the melee fighting of the past to the more distant fighting of the future. However, eventually, the Christians became too problematic for Japan so they started to persecute them (a reverse of the Spanish Inquisition?). This…

The Edo period (or Tokugawa period) of Japan spanned from 1603 to 1867. This period is special especially to this course because this is considered the last period of traditional Japan before Japan became modernized (though the idea of “modernization” is an interesting fascination of mine because something that is modern today in 2023, will…

This week we learned about the Edo period in Japan, or the early signs of the period occurring while on the other hand delving deeper into the arts and expanding preconceived ideas. This is best seen when it comes Sen Rikyu’s innovations to the tea ceremony. Before Sen Rikyu came along, the Tea Ceremony was…

Photo Citation: Jref. “Muromachi Period.” Japan Reference, 9 Mar. 2016, jref.com/articles/muromachi-period.281/.

Photo Citation: “Azuchi, Shiga.” Wikipedia, 27 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azuchi.

This week we learned about how the subsection of Buddhism, called Zen Buddhism, became more popular overtime in Japan along with the new art styles that were emerging in Japan. We saw an exhibition in class of Ryoanji’s Dry temple along with other pictures relating to the time with texts (if I am correct, I…

Photo Citation: https://www.worldhistory.org/Muromachi_Period/

Photo Citation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Japan

Photo Citation= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan