Essays on Japanese Culture

Tracing back to the origin of sushi, it is surprising that its history is not far away. During the Yanbao period of the Edo period (1673 to 1680). Kyoto’s doctor Matsumoto Shinji put a variety of seafood vinegar together. Then, eat it with rice. It...

This paper is going to examine the connections between national cuisine and identity. Some foods are so identified with a country that it is difficult to imagine that country without talking about that particular food. Sometimes a cuisine can even be used to soften international...

Globalisation as defined by G. Ritzer, “Is the worldwide diffusion of practices, expansion of relations across continents, the organizations of social life on a global scale, and the growth of a shared global consciousness”. Today guided by the instantaneous nature of media, which allows media...

The world is transforming at a very high rate, connecting people from different walks of life and thus diversifying culture. The interaction of people has not only improved tourism across the globe but has also improved trade as people have gone international. It is this...

Because of its delicious taste, full nutritional value, and the pleasure brought by vision, Japanese cuisine enjoys international reputation. Most people who like Japanese cuisine don’t know. In fact, the Japanese cuisine we are familiar with, such as sushi, tempura or Shouxi Shao, is not...

The area of ritual and state in modern Japanese religious history is a very rich one. Research on the symbolism of state rites has been a topic of enduring interest, as have functionalist studies of the significance of state rites, especially Shinto ritual, in the...

Prior to the 17th century, Japan had to go through a battle that decided the fate of its country for the next two centuries. And that was a major event in the history of Japan. This battle named the Battle of Sekigahara took place due...

In the late eighteenth century, Japan was encountering numerous new works of art and scholarly advancements. Japan was continuously modernizing from their isolated primitive society into its contemporary structure now. Starting from Tokyo, numerous new intellectual advances originated from learning the western sciences and technologies....

In the decades since women’s history became an acknowledged field on a global scale, scholars and authors have produced essays, biographies, and translations that consider the subject of women in early modern Japan. Japanese culture has historically emphasized gender roles, and the position of women...

Japanese art is very rich and includes many styles of art and media such as pottery, ink painting and calligraphy on scrolls and silk, sculpture, ceramics, woodblock prints, and ukiyo-e, which means “pictures of the floating world”, modern manga comics and anime cartoons, and many...