RELIGST 2TT3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kofun Period, Mount Hiei, Shinto
11 Feb 2014
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Bathing in japan by scott clark gives a new perspective about what bathing signifies and means in the japanese culture over generations and in different periods and areas of japan. Japanese people use bathing as a social event with workmates and friends or they could also be bathing alone (clark 4). Places such as public bathing, bathhouses and sento, were used due to having no bath or washing area in the homes of the citizens. When bathrooms were finally made into people homes"; the toilet, dressing room and bathing area were in separate rooms with the bathing area sometimes accompanied by a drain embedded on the floor by the bathtub (clark 1). The drain embedded on the floor outside the tub was due to the japanese way of washing lightly outside the tub before entering inside (1) so the water remains both clean and fresh (tullo 1).
