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Flashcards in Chinese Influences on Japan Deck (6)
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influences

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  • the written language
  • religious practices
  • architecture and art forms
  • government style
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written language

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  • characters called “kanji”
  • Han characters
  • imports from China
  • Japan = spoken language = not written
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religious practices

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  • Buddhism and Confucian (important belief systems in China)
  • adopted by the Japanese but reshaped to fit Japanese ways of life
  • Japan created different forms of the same beliefs
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architecture and art forms

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  • Japanese admired Chinese art
  • added own distinct style
  • use of wood
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government style

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  • own imperial court
  • its bureaucracy
  • city-planning
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divergences

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  • use of characters created in Japan
  • characters given different meanings in Japanese
  • post-World War II simplifications

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