the golden-age-of-japanese-culture
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BY: BUGARIN, AARON JAMES M.CASTILLO, MARIA SARAH D.
DY, GEROME NARCISO F.PARCON, JOHN FREDERICK
THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAPANESE CULTURE
JAPANESE CULTURE – OCCUPATION
Geisha are famous female traditional entertainers
Samurai were a traditional warrior class in pre-industrial Japan
Geisha
Picture above of Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. Photograph by Felice Beato.
JAPANESE CULTURE - FASHION
Kimono is the most famous form of traditional Japanese clothing for women.
JAPANESE CULTURE - CEREMONIES
Japanese Tea Ceremony is a highly developed art form, with several different schools or styles of Japanese Tea Ceremony in existence.
Traditional Japanese weddings ceremonies are normally based on the Japanese Shinto religion ceremony.
JAPANESE CULTURE - MUSIC
Koto is one of the most refined and sophisticated of the traditional Japanese musical instruments.
JAPANESE CULTURE - FESTIVALS
Bon-Odori Festival is a traditional Japanese summer festival featuring Japanese drum music, dancing and special summer food.
Shichi-Go-San Festival is a traditional Japanese festival where parents celebrate on the fifteenth of November their children growing up as they turn three, five and seven years of age.
Japanese New Year is celebrated at same time of the year as western countries, but is celebrated in a distinctive style.
JAPANESE CULTURE - ARCHITECTURE
Japanese Castles were the key to structure and life of many Japanese cities.
Japanese Temples are Buddhist temples found throughout Japan, which date back over one thousand years.
Chogakuji Temple hondo.
Osaka Castle
THE MAN'YOSHU
Manyoshu (Man'yōshū, "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves") is the earliest existing anthology of Tanka poems, regarded as the starting point of Japanese culture and literature.
THE KOKINSHU
The Kokin Wakashū ("Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times"), commonly abbreviated as Kokinshū, is an early anthology of the waka form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period.
The first anthology of Japanese poetry compiled upon Imperial order, by poet Ki Tsurayuki and others in 905.
Section of the earliest extant complete manuscript of the Kokinshū (Gen'ei edition, National Treasure
THE TALE OF THE BAMBOO CUTTER
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monogatari ), also known as Princess Kaguya (Kaguya Hime), is a 10th-century Japanese folktale.
THE TALE OF GENJI
The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century, around the peak of the Heian period. Written text from the
earliest illustrated handscroll (12th century)
THE TALE OF THE HEIKE
The Tale of the Heike is an epic account of the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the twelfth century in the Gempei War (1180-1185). Heike ( 平家 ) refers to the Taira ( 平 ) clan; hei is an alternate reading of the kanji (character) for Taira.
ESSAYS IN IDLENESS
Essays in Idleness, also known as The Harvest of Leisure) is a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Yoshida Kenkō between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu , genre
Yoshida Kenkō
NOH
“Noh” its name derived from nō, meaning “talent” or “skill” a traditional Japanese theatrical form and one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world.
The protagonist performs with a Noh Mask
NOH
5 types of Noh Plays Kami – God Play Shura Mono – Fighting PlayKatsura Mono – Wig PlayGendai Mono( Pesent – Day Play) and
Kyojo Mono (Mad Woman Play) Kiri or Kichiku ( Demon Play)
NOH
Major Noh roles Shite – The principal
actorWaki – The
subordinate actorKyogen – Narrator of
the storyKokata – a boy in the
playTomo – nonspeaking
“walk on”
Types of dialogue and songs
Sashi – recitive Uta – song properRongi – debate Shite & Kiri – the chorus with which play ends
NOH
Musicians in NohTheatre
Jiutai – by chorus consisting of 8-10 singers
Utai – the recitation , the most important elements in the performance