Art and the Ordered Cosmos:
Asian Views of Nature
Review Class Slides and Commentary: Japan
Chinese Views of Nature: Taoism in Poetry and Art
Links to explore: Japan
Shinto
- Shinto from Relgious Tolerance
- Shinto a very nice site with pictures and information; be sure to click on the "next" option to get all the information.
- Shinto & Buddhism: Wellsprings of Japanese Spirituality
- Shinto:The Way of the Gods
- Shinto
- World Religion - Shinto
- Shinto - The Japanese Heart
- Shinto Divinity Hikogami, Japan
- Shinto Creation Stories: Contents
- Multimedia Dictionary of Shinto & Japanese Life
- Early Shinto
- Shinto Creation Stories: Sosa no wo in Izumo
- Religious Studies - Shinto and Japanese New Religions
- Religious Studies - Shinto and Japanese New Religions
Shinto Shrines:
- Kyoto ( Japan )
- General Information on Kyoto
- Kyoto
- Tour some of Kyoto's famous Shrines
- Visiting a Shinto shrine
- Shinto Tour
A Shinto shrine and other historic construction
Shinto, the Arts, and Society:
Zen Buddhism
Zen Gardens
- The Morikami Museum & Japanese Garden
- The Japanese Garden: Avoiding Cultural Preconceptions
- The Shiga Project
Architectour Japan - Landscape and Gardens
Origami
Calligraphy and Language
- Japanese Calligraphy
- Jeffrey's Japanese/English Dictionary
- The Japanese Language
- Understanding Written Japanese
- Japanese names
Haiku
The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon
The Tea Ceremony
Encyclopedia of Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Japanese Culture/The Way/Tea ceremony
Ukiyo-e Woodcuts
Literature
History
Art, Music, and Drama
- The Tokugawa Art Museum
- Japanese music
- No Drama
- Noh Masks
- Noh, Kyogen
- Making of Noh Masks
- Japanese Folk Art
- Bunraku
- The Puppetry Home Page
- World Art Treasures
- Kansai Digital Archives Project & Rekishi Kaido Home Page
- Japan, my Japan!
- Kabuki for Everyone
- a wonderful resource for information on Kabuki.
- ummaries of plays. Good resource.
- The National Theater
- Paintings of Kabuki Actors and Theater
- Paper Scissors Stone
- Japan
- A teacher's account of her stay in Japan, with pictures and general information on Japanese Culture.
- Japanese Art: Some slides
China
WWW Asian Studies Virtual Library
Resources on Calligraphy and other art forms.
The Tao te Ching
Confucianism and Taoism Textual Resources
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