Japanese tea ceremony

to accomplish enlightenment. Many Zen schools taught that meditation is a long-term practice that led to enlightenment. Few Japanese artists traveled to China to study their art or architecture. Sesshu Toyo was one who studied on the mainland. His work included that Splash-Ink style, a technique in touch with Chinese roots. The Japanese also carried the traditional tea ceremony all the way from China. The practice spread to other social groups. During the Edo period, woodblock prints became a trend

prototypes. Japanese ceramics are mostly made for their tea ceremonies. Furthermore, Japan is not the only country that love tea, in European countries like France, they also enjoy tea as much as the Japanese do. As early as 1600s, French had already became a tea drinker, even before than the British. Tea had quickly adopted to the middle and upper classes, who consumed tea regularly - about 12 cups per day. Because of the French hobbies, many ceramist used this chance to make ceramics as tea sets to

at the beginning of the 20th century. In the year 1904, Japan and Russia had been fighting over Manchuria, the area around Korea, for quite some time. Japan had declared war on Russia, but before the declaration had been received in Moscow, the Japanese attacked Russian troops that were stationed at Port Arthur. During the next year, there were many battles in Korea and the Sea of Japan, and, although both sides experienced high casualties, Japan was able to remain victorious. In 1905, representatives

their child and has the ultimate authority in their education and attends to all their academic needs. (Japanese Family) Japan has many traditions that are deep rooted in their religions such as, Japanese Tea Ceremony, Noh drama, Kabuki Drama, as well as holidays like Japanese New Year celebration, Coming of Age Day, Shunbun no hi/Higan no Chu-Nichi as well as Christmas. Japanese Tea Ceremony where they bring tranquility to the people involved in it. Noh drama and Kabuki dramas are dramas combing

the eye of the beholder.” In Japanese culture this is called Wabi-Sabi. Wabi-Sabi is an aesthetic. A world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. (“wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi”) This notion came from the three marks of existence in Buddhism (impermanence, suffering, and emptiness or absence of self nature.) Wabi translates to simple, humble or natural. Sabi translates to tarnished, or

verismo style paint a picture of everyday people that were mainly from the middle class, doing extraordinary things. An example of this is Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which is set in the contemporary world, and deals with an American sailor and his Japanese bride. The opera challenges the superficially "exotic" world of Japan that it inhabits, and ends with a geisha girl committing suicide on stage. In Madama Butterfly, Puccini blends the musical styles from Italy, Japan, and America to create an opera

Munich: Historical and Cosmopolitan Beauty in Bavaria When you hear people mention the city of Munich, they often mention one of the most famous festivals in the world, Oktoberfest. While it's a great festival, there is much more to Munich than just beer and sausages. A plethora of gilded palaces, stunning parks, and a bustling city center provide great opportunities to enjoy this well preserved, modern German city set amidst the backdrop of the spectacular Bavarian Alps. Marienplatz Viktualienmarkt

All of a sudden, Norval swooped the air cab down like an eagle. He almost skidded along a warm crater lake where the groundwater and magma mixed to produce a psychedelic array of vivid yellows, neon greens, and fluorescent pinks. Occasionally, sulfuric gas belched up from the bubbles that ruptured on the crater’s surface. Steam hissed through the fissures and clefts along the edge of the crater, which had red tinges from the iron deposits. “Those colors are from sulfur and iron oxide mainly

and similarities in Japanese and American cultures. In this essay I will speak on religion, health and food just to compare and contrast between the two cultures. Japan has a fascinating and multifaceted culture; on the one hand it is steeped in the deepest of traditions dating back thousands of years; on the other it is a society in a continual state of rapid flux, with

Chinese series where the images depicted a certain time of day or time of year in the work. In Harunobu’s version, the subjects were beautiful young women and their activities in their daily lives. The two women in the pint are seen from a regular Japanese elevated point of view, with one drying herself and the other looking away at a clock. Private scenes like this were very common in ukiyo-e. Before Harunobu’s Evening Bell at the Clock, this theme was not a regular subject seen in ukiyo-e, but soon