Growth of Japanese Culture
A Golden Age of Literature by Cameron Meek
Japanese Writing System
China Influenced a lot of Japan's writing system. In fact, Japan changed most of their ways of writing to characters like China.
Japanese Calligraphy Tutorials- Writing Kanji #01 永 Eternity
Japanese Drama
Japan had 2 main ways of drama that they still use today; Noh and Kabuki. Noh was preformed by people wearing painted wooden masks and Kabuki was preformed only by men with a large amount of makeup
Grumpy Noh Mask
For when your in a bad mood and do not feel like having emotions today.
Squidward-like Mask
ever wanted to look like Squidward? yeah I didn't think so.
Kabuki woman... or man
The only place where you can dress up like a woman and people wont judge you
The Tales of Genji
In the early 800s, lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tales of Genji. this was thought to be the first important novel.
Japanese Poetry
Japan had many ways of poetry. The most famous type is haiku and is still used today.