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Unesco: Japan: Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu Ji Area
There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. These masterpieces of wooden...
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Chicken and Slices of Leek Being Threaded Onto Bamboo Skewers
A comprehensive report on the food of Japan. This site contains a detailed description of food history, food for religious and holiday celebrations, mealtime customs as well as many recipes!
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Malaya Under Attack
Good overview of Japan's invasion of Malaya focusing on the medical difficulties that occurred.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War Ii for Kids: After Wwii Post War
Kids learn about the history of what happened after World War II. How Europe and Japan recovered. Post war, plus the start of the Cold War.
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Mount Fuji, Looking Over Yokohama Bay, South of Tokyo
The BBC provides a general overview of the country of Japan. Content includes a focus on Japan's recent history, leaders and media. There is also a timeline of key events in Japanese history.
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Japan
A comprehensive report on the food of Japan. This site contains a detailed description of food history, food for religious and holiday celebrations, mealtime customs as well as many recipes!
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Road to Pearl Harbor
A brief overview of the decade prior to the American entrance into World War II. Read about the rise in militarism in both Europe and Japan.
Other
Mandala: The Symphony of Friendship
This site illustrates the history behind the tradition of playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Christmastime in Japan. This story is written and illustrated for children. Includes a sound file of a portion of the ninth symphony.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Japanese Buddhism
A history of Buddhism in Japan. Briefly describes other schools of Buddhism but is primarily concerned with Zen.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: The Samurai: Japanese Warriors
Discover the history of the famed Samurai of Japan. What made them unique? A free registration is required to download material.
PBS
Pbs: Asia Rising
Much of the study of history involves facts and dates. This site brings more to the mix. Read and listen to two accounts from people who were actually involved in the everyday making of history, a Nagasaki shipbuilder and a Korean...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Atomic Bomb
Provides interesting information, history, and facts on the Atomic Bomb and its use during WWII.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb
Discusses the Manhattan Project of the United States which worked on developing nuclear weapons during World War II. It led to the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan in August 1945, ending the war with Japan.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ogata Korin, Red and White Plum Blossoms
Read and view pictures of "Red and White Plum Blossoms" by Ogata Korin. Ogata transforms a very simple landscape theme-two flowering trees on either side of a brook-into a dream vision.
Other
Heike Monogatari
A summary of The Tale of the Heike and important characters and themes in this epic which related to the miltary culture of the fourth century in Japan.
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Cut Out From Image of Bird and Flower (Ukiyo E)
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.
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Cut Out From an Ukiyo E Image Depicting Row of Houses With People
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.
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Portion of a Modern Wood Block in the Ukiyo E Style
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hokusai, Under the Wave Off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
Katsushika Hokusai's "Under the Wave off Kanagawa", also called "The Great Wave" has become one of the most famous works of art in the world-and debatably the most iconic work of Japanese art. View the picture and read the history behind...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: East Asia in the World
Drawing attention to relationships between East Asian countries and the rest of the world enhance lessons by introducing some of the resources mentioned.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: East Asia in the World
Drawing attention to relationships between East Asian countries and the rest of the world enhance lessons by introducing some of the resources mentioned.
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Unesco: Japan: Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Northern Fur Seal
Northern fur seals breed on islands near Russia, Alaska, and California, but not necessarily on the island where they were born females tagged as pups have been found breeding on other islands. The seals range widely in the North...
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Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Japan
Learn about religion in Japan, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
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