Welcome to A Window into Japanese Culture!
あけましておめでとうございます！
Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!
Happy New Year!
January 3, 2007
January 4, 2007
Reading Assignment
Read Popular Culture and Everyday Life by Yoshio Sugimoto and post your comment by 11am Monday 1/8/07.
January 8, 2007
Table Manner Assignment
Please research and post at least two Japanese table manners that others have not posted before you. Due is 11am tomorrow.
January 9, 2007
Striking Facts (Culture Shock Information)
Post three striking facts about Japan. Surprise me and everyone in our class!
Please make sure to cite the source. Due is 11am tomorrow.
January 10, 2007
Hiroshige Art
Research and post 2 things you learned about Ando Hiroshige by 11am tomorrow.
Vocabulary List from Ms. Christina Fearon, Curator of Education and Public Programs, Robert Hull Fleming Museum
Ando Hiroshige b. 1797
Edo Period (1600-1868)
Tokugawa Shogunate
Daimyo - feudal lord
Oban - most common print size 15" x 10"
Ukiyo-e - "pictures of the floating world" originally used to descrive actor and courtesan prints depicting the Edo middle-class, now used to describe woodblock prints in general
Nishiki-e - "brocade picture" woodblock prints printed in multiple colors