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OCTOBER 28TH 2014
SHODEN-JI, KYOTO
JAPAN IS UNIQUE
JAPAN IS DIFFERENT
VERY DIFFERENT
MAP OF JAPAN
Nature in
Japan • 75% of the territory is
steep mountains densely
forested with abundant
water and unpopulated
• 118 active vulcanoes
• Frequent natural disasters:
typhoons, earthquakes,
tsunamis,extreme
temperatures and heavy
rains
The importance of
Nature
Ancestral cults of
iwa-kura (sacred
stones) and kami-ike
(sacred ponds)
Imparmanence: day,
night, seasons,
death
SHINTO: 80% OF THE POPULATION AND 100 000
SHRINES
MAP OF JAPAN
JAPANESE CULTURE
• VI th century: Buddhism & Chinese culture imported into Japan; Geomancy;
Confuncionism
• C. 1000 “Genji Monogatari” by Murasaki Shikibu
• XI th century: “Sakuteiki” – book of gardening
• XIII th century: Zen Buddhism
• XIV th century: Ink painting; shoin architecture; Noh (Zeami);
• XVI th century: Wabi tea ceremony; contact with portuguese traders;
• XVII th century: Kabuki ; woodblock print; isolation of Japan till XIX th century (1862)
XXTH CENTURY: WESTERNIZATION OF JAPAN
SOME KEY CONCEPTS TO UNDERSTAND
THE JAPANESE CULTURE
• Ma – space; gap; pause; interval
• Mu – nothingness
• Fuzei – emotional response to Nature
• Impermanence
• Assimetry
• Deep reserve
• Simplicity
• Naturalness
RYOAN-JI, KYOTO (1499)
Imperial palace, Kyoto (1855) Shigemori Mirei house (1970)
LEARNING HOW TO PREPARE MATCHA TEA
A NIGHT IN A RYOKAN
JAPAN: MODERNITY IS INSPIRED IN TRADITION
TOURISM IN JAPAN
2013 total: 10, 363, 904
• Asia (China, Korea Taiwan): 8,115,789
• North America (USA, Canada) : 981,981
• Europe (UK, France, Germany): 904,132
2014 from Jan to Aug: an increase of 25,8%
Source: Japan National Tourism Organization
JAPANESE CULTURAL EXPORTS: BEAUTY
PAINTING
Sesshu (1420-1506) Hokusai (1760-1849)
ARCHITECTURE
Nanzen-ji, Kyoto (1611) Tadao Ando’s Benesse House (1995)
GARDENS
Ginkaku-ji, (c. 1480) Private house, Kyoto, XX th century
GASTRONOMY
CALIGRAPHY: KANJI; HIRAGANA; KATAGANA
IKEBANA AND BONSAI
Honmura, Naoshima
ZEN MEDITATION
D. T. Suzuki Museum, Kanazawa Contemplative space
POETRY
Haiku (Basho):
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
or (according to L. Hearn),
old pond
frogs jumped in
sound of water
LITERATURE
MANGA AND ANIME
COMPUTER GAMES
AND TO END ON A LIGHT NOTE…
LEARNING HOW TO MAKE WASHI PAPER
THANK YOU