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Show and Tell – 5
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Week 14 Blog
By: Katsushika Hokusai This week on Wednesday we started talking about the middle and late Tokugawa or Edo period and the culture that appears during this era. Some of the art that is prominent during the Edo period are woodblock printing and painting as well as Haikus. The first text we looked at was from the…
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Week 13 Blog
By: jpellgen This week on Wednesday we started talking about the early Tokugawa or Edo period as well as traditions and arts that appeared at this time such as the tea ceremonies and a form of theater known as Kabuki on Friday. The early Tokugawa/Edo period lasted from about 1600-1868. The Tokugawa was the family…
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Show and Tell – 4 (4/24/23)
How the Warring States Affected the Lives of The People and What the People Thought of Christianity Prezi link: https://prezi.com/view/9Gec31hd7HzkfSm0uSEt/
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Week 12 Blog
By: Unknown This week on Wednesday we started talking about how Europeans viewed the Japanese people. The second primary source shows that Christian missionaries saw the Japanese people as very respectful people. One of the missionaries stated that “Their conversation is so polite that they all seem to have been brought up in the palaces…
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Week 11 Blog
By: Be Zen This week on Wednesday we started talking about Zen Buddhism and how it differentiates from other forms of Buddhism. Zen Buddhism has its origins in the Sanskrit word “dhyana,” which means meditation. It has its origins here due to the fact that Zen Buddhism specifies that to attain enlightenment unlike pure land…
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Week 10 Blog
By: Unknown Artist This week on Wednesday we started by talking about the time period after the Mongols’ invasions in Japan. During this time of roughly 1318-1333, Emperor Go-Daigo attempts to restore power to the monarchy. This period would be later called the “Kenmu restoration” (1333-1336), though it ultimately would fail. Go-Daigo was given the…
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Week 9 blog
This week we started off on Wednesday discussing our new unit on the Mongols. The Mongols were an interesting people that left a lasting impression on history. They were unlike many of the invaders of their time. The Mongols were known for their use of stirrups, excellent ranged attacks, lighting-fast attacks and retreats, and most…
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Week 8 blog
This week we started off on Wednesday by going to the library and learning on how to improve our formatting for the Show and Tell. We were shown how we could add image maps, infographics, and gifs, as well as highlight specific important sections as a way to garner a reader’s attention and make them…
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Week 7 Blog
This week we continued our conversation about the emperor and the ever expanding court life. Court life got so big, in fact, that clans that were once clans of the imperial family of the emperor but lost their standing were usurped by another family. These families that were interrelated were cut off from the court…
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