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Tanabata: The Japanese Star Festival
... the 7th day of July, which is the seventh month of the year. Today, Tanabata festivals are celebrated at numerous places around Japan . Some of the best-known celebrations take place at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto, the Konpira Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture, and in the cities of Hiratsuka ...
Maltrato(General)
... el hogar entre miembros de una familia. En la década de 1970 las feministas analizaron el alcance de la violencia intrafamiliar (considerada como un fenómeno exclusivamente masculino) y se crearon centros de acogida y de ayuda para las mujeres maltratadas y para sus hijos. El ...
Comparing and Contrasting Tang and Song Women
... the Buddhist belief in boddhistavas, it was a very flexible religion that many people could use to get to power, even women. A perfect would be Wu Zhao, who married into the imperial family in 690 and soon seized control of the government and declared herself the emperor; basing her legitimacy of ...
Youth In Asia
... Japanese fashion magazines are also exported to Asia, since Tokyo is recognized as the region's fashion capital. While brands like "Ebisu" (jeans) and "Bathing Ape" have put Japan at the top of the ...
Web Summary, Internationl Business
... Japan . The first half of the article is devoted solely to correct business etiquette. The article analyses effectively by identifying the difference of what is considered 'right' in Japan compared to that of Western culture. The second half of the ...
To what Extent did the changes Brought in by the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912) Constitute a Revolution
... of the male population, and the Upper house was to serve as a check on the Lower House The decision-making in the government was restricted to a closed oligarchy of around 20 individuals from Satsuma, Chōshū, Tosa, Hizen clans and from the Imperial Court ...
Korean traditional house
... Buddhist temples. Larger yangban homes were divided into three parts: the sarangbang, the men's sitting room; the anbang, inner quarters where women lived and worked; and the family shrine, home to the spirits of the family ancestors. Servants usually lived in rooms outside the main gate. The ...
Japan And Manchuria Before World War II
... the Japanese were consequently forced to do something to maintain their relative position in East Asia. This goes to support his assertions about the importance of Western involvement in Japan's increasing isolation. Another aspect that the author elaborates on is the Soviet Union's use of the ...
Fukuzawa
... of Keio-gijuku ( the first school with modern organization) 1868 (the first year of the Meiji) there was a very, in our terms, conservative Japan. People were in an upheaval upon the oncoming changes of government being implicated. There was constant struggle between the Shogunal and imperial court ...
The Meiji Restoration
... the early 19th century, Japan had existed in a state of isolation for over 200 years. This isolation generated a rigid society accessorised with traditions and values that governed the Japanese way of life. 1868 saw the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the rise to power of the Emperor Meiji. Japan ...