AIM: What foreign ideas did Japan adopt & adapt? Do Now: Define & create a sentence for both adapt & adopt. HW: Create your own haiku.

Japanese Culture I.Influence of China 1.Belief Systems A.Buddhism  spread throughout Asia. B.Confucianism  strong values. C.Taoism  nature 2.The Arts  painting, architecture & sculpture. 3.Writing  adapted Chinese writing system. 4.Government  civil service exams. II.Japanese Tradition 1.Shintoism – “the way of the gods.” A.Early Japanese religion. B.Kami  spirits/gods found throughout nature. 2.The Arts A.Kabuki theatre – drama performed through singing & dancing. B.Haiku – three-line Japanese poem (syllables  5, 7, 5).

Poverty's child - he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon