HUM 001B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Susanoo-No-Mikoto, History Of Japan, Lisa Lopes
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Lecture 10: medieval japanese society and culture: emergence and transformation: describe the creation myths of japan and demonstrate how these myths reflect. Ancient japan social hierarchy: god izanagi and goddess izanami. Izanagi and goddess izanami: without any female assistance. The role of the sun goddess amaterasu (rules high plain + heaven) + Examples of kami: spirits (fertility), anthropomorphic spirits, ancestor veneration, anything extraordinary, explain the beginning society of japan and how the integration of several other culture created their own indigenous culture, origins. Jomon culture: pottery and agriculture (quite advance for stone age especially the rope pattern pottery) Yayoi culture: rice cultivation (rice fields), focused on sedentary life, and use of metal, fertility god gives shrine takes after rice storage structure. Kofun culture: burial mounds with haniwa figurines (for rulers, strong organization, comma jade jewels are created (taken from koreans, beginning of japan, chinese chronicles (3rd cen.
