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)

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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

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Musicians in NohTheatre

Jiutai – by chorus consisting of 8-10 singers

Utai – the recitation , the most important elements in the performance