Pre-Modern Japan: Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun, Shinto Religion and Early Japan - Prof. Larissa Ken, Study notes of Asian literature

Download Pre-Modern Japan: Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun, Shinto Religion and Early Japan - Prof. Larissa Ken and more Study notes Asian literature in PDF only on Docsity! Pre-Modern Japan Day 1 Friday, September 23, 2011 12:23 PM Jomon People  Peaceful  Hunter/Gatherers  Rope-Pottery  Social Status is Important Yayoi People  Immigrants  Brought Technology  More violent  Wet-Rice Agriculture  Metal Tools / Weapons  Stored food / surplus for elites  Developing Heirarchy Kofun  Keyhole Shape  Tombs  Made for one person Shinto Religion  Early Japanese religion  No written tradition  No texts  Given name to distinguish from Confucianism and Buddhism  Concepts of purity vs. impurity  Impurity can be ‘washed away’ via ritual  Early places of worship are simple, small groupings of rocks etc.  Later influenced by Confucianism and Buddhism, built more elaborate places  Localized, communities had their own ways of worship.  No “national religion”  People were surrounded by divinity.  Believed they descended from Deity, Kami.  Deity Uji  Communities had their own Uji