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Japanese Culture: Traditional Meets Modern Class 1 Jennifer Yoo and Samantha Yoo MIT HSSP 2011

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Japanese Culture: Traditional Meets Modern Class 1

Jennifer Yoo and Samantha Yoo

MIT HSSP 2011

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Introduction

About this Class

The Japanese:

Can we define them?

Name some aspects of Japanese Culture.

Understanding the Japanese:

Cannot be pigeon-holed.

Very complex people.

Must be sensitive to this fact and have an open mind.

May have some distinctive characteristics, and that’s what we’re going to learn about.

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The Land: Some Facts to Consider

Despite its small size (smaller than California):

10th in population – 127 million+

3rd in GNP/GDP (Gross National Product/Gross Domestic Product)

Indicators of size of economy and country’s standard of living

United States and China are 1st and 2nd

Smaller than you think – Geographical Size vs. Usable Land/Habitable Land

Less than 1/5 is level enough to permit agriculture or other economic exploitation other than forestry, mining, or hydroelectric power.

Highest density of both population and production per square mile of habitable land of any country in the world

Exception being city-stats like Hong Kong and Singapore

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The L

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Japanese Alps

Kanto Plain

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The Land: Nature Awareness

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Japan Isolated

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Appearance of Homogeneity

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5 MINUTE BREAK

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Fashion: Traditional

Furisode Uchikake Men’s Kimono, Hakama and Haori

Formal: Young & Unmarried For Weddings

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Fashion: Traditional

Tomesode

Formal: Adult and Married

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DEMONSTRATION: Putting on a Furisode

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Kimono in Japan Today

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TRY IT! Wearing a Yukata

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Fashion: Modern

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Fashion: Modern

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Fashion: Modern


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