MEDIEVAL JAPAN by Erin Starr

SUSHI

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Sushi is seasoned cooked rice with vinegar, salt and sugar. Professional sushi chefs take ten years to be fully qualified. Classic sushi is rice cut into ovals topped with raw fish, seafood and omelette style egg and a little bit of wasabi. As the journey along because they traveled by foot, they set up small sushi bars along the road for the Daimyo to stop and fill up their Bento box. (Source A) Sushi is still being served out to the public but now more countries around the world sell it instead of just japan.

sushi

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Sushi is usually served with soy sauce mixed with wasabi and pickled ginger with a small cup of green tea. (Source B) Bento is a small lunch box that the Daimyo created to hold their lunch on their journey to the shogun.

Wasabi & Ginger

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Sushi

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Origami

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Origami is an art of paper folding that holds an important role in traditional Japanese etiquette. Folding paper has history in ancient times like at ceremonies in court and in shrines. At the time Paper was very expensive and only nobility (eg. The shogun) would have the privilege in the ritual. (Source C) paper first arrived in japan around the eighth century. (Source A) origami is used as an offering at Buddhist temples (source A) origami is a worldwide hobby and is educational it is used to teach logical thinking (especially in maths) in japan (source C)

Origami Crane

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Complex Origami

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Origami paper

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TEA CEREMONY

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The tea ceremony is traditional Japanese tradition that was created in the thirteenth century by the Zen Buddhist monks. They had passed a cup amongst each other to remain alert of their religious duties. The ceremony may only last around twenty minutes. (Source c) the tea ceremony is considered a Zed Buddhism practice. (Source a) the guest and the host sit kneeling on tatami mats facing the Kama (tea kettle) and the Furo (brazier), the room is decorated with flowers and scrolls to give the feel of simplicity of taste.(source C)

Seating of Tea Ceremony

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Kama (tea kettle)

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Kama & Furo (Brazier)

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Bonsai

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Bonsai is an aspect of Japanese gardening that involves trimming a special type of tree that is housed in a pot. Bonsai trees remain small because they are trimmed at the roots. Some bonsai trees grow to be very old (Source A). Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. Ikebana originates from the custom of offering flowers to the Buddha. Ikebana and bonsai are examples of the strong influence of Buddhism, a religion that stresses the important of peace and beauty (Source C). Today there are many formal schools that train people in the art of ikebana (Source C). Japanese people take up the art of bonsai to create a mini garden because they have limited space (Source A). Bonsai is an apart of the Buddhism faith because it teaches your patience, mediation and appreciation to nature and all other living things.

Bonsai

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Bonsai Making

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LIFE IN SHOGUNATE JAPAN

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Life in Shogunate Japan was all about loyalty and respect. The higher you were in the hierarchy the more useful you were to society. The social hierarchy was a government system which organised everyone’s status and place in society. The shogun was a strict military general that liked everything his own way (Source A). The life style of the people in medieval Japan was hard on everyone in society, even the people who worked close to the shogun. The peasant farmers had to pay the samurai in rice while the samurai had to work until death for the daimyo and then went back home to their families to farm and look after their children (Source A).

Shogunate Japan

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Social Heirarchy

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Bibliography

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Clyne, J. Searby, R., Leeds, M., Frappell, S., Cummins, N., Cashman, L. & Meehan, M. (2002). History 8: The ancient and modern world. South Yarra, Victoria: Macmillan. (Source A)

Gihooly, H. (2002). World cultures: Japan. Chicago: Contemporary books. (Source B)

Sosnoski, D. (1996). Introduction to Japanese culture. Tokyo: Tuttle publishing. (Source C)