Essays on Japanese

Grave of the Fireflies Grave of the Fireflies is a Japanese animated film set in Kobe. The plot revolves around the aftermath of a bombing, which is thought to be a metaphor for what occurred in Japan during World War I. The first scene in this film is of Seita dead...

Japanese Cuisine Ethnography Japanese cuisine ethnography is one of the world's few excellent cultures today. Their kind of feeds has received a lot of attention. Some of their distinguishing characteristics have been their feeding habits. This has shaped the most significant part of their legacy and is thought to be unique....

a state of mind The main sects of the Japanese people are Buddhism and Shintoism. Both sects have an important place in Japanese society. As a result, this paper will discuss how Shintoism has affected Japanese society. Many people will believe that Shinto is a Japanese faith because it has...

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, is a woodblock art item printed between 1829 and 1833 by the Japanese artist Hokusai. The Great Wave is one of the most well-known works of Japanese sculpture in the world. The item represents the Great Wave, which was...

The Records of Japanese Ceramics The records of the Japanese ceramics started with the Jomon earthenware, which was later observed by the Yayoi that integrated most of the thoughts that began in the first period. The third length that followed was the Kofun, which existed round third and seventh centuries, and...

The Tattooer The book The Tattooer reveals a lot about the position of art in the Japanese culture. The tattooer likes the way he creates tattoos due to the fact every drawing or tattoo is intended to communicate sure information inside the Japanese society. The book brings a photograph of...

Ukiyo-e: A Floating World Picture Ukiyo-e is a Japanese style of literature which translates to a floating world picture. The types of art had been produced between the 17th -20th century and made from woodblock prints. The initial pictures were made in black and white. Demand for greater shades and improvements...

The Diary of a Madman The diary of a madman and bewitched are carefully related literary work that are used in depicting the culture, economy, and social norms in the Japanese and China societies. The roles of man in the society clearly come out in both stories. The diary of a...

Americans and Japanese in World War II Americans used a number of strategies in World War II. Now the Americans and the Japanese people are close allies despite being great enemies several decades prior. They fought a hard battle from 1941 to 1945, which the world still remembers today. The Attack on...

Tadao Ando is a well-known Japanese architect born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan. He had a twin brother, and at the age of two, their parents decided to separate them making Tadao to dwell at his grandmother’s place (Tadao Ando, 2016). He labored as a boxer and a truck driver...

Shinto referrers to the indigenous Japanese faith and was at one time the national faith. It includes worshiping spirits or kami some of which are found inside the community while others act for the principal natural occurrences such as Mount Fuji or Amaterasu which is the Sun goddess. The term...

In the wake of the Japanese Imperial Naval and Air Powers' attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, there was considerable fear in America that the Japanese would not stop at Hawaii and that their eventual strategy was an invasion of the United States' West Coast. As a result of...