Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
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In which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving economy, or particularly interesting politics, the most important things to come out of the Heian period were largely cultural. There was a flourishing of art and literature in the period, and a lot of that culture was created by women. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu was the classic piece of literature of the day, and it gave a detailed look into the way the Aristocrats of the Heian period lived. While this doesn't give a lot of insight into the lives of daily people, it can be very valuable, and the idea of approaching history from a cultural perspective is a refreshing change from the usual military or political history that survives from so many eras. Citation 1: Morris, Ivan, The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan. Vintage Books. 2013. p. 5 Citation 2: Morris, p. 14 Citation 3: Morris, p. 67 Citation 4: Morris, p. 114 Citation 5: Morris, p. 147 Citation 6: Quoted in Morris, p. 112 Citation 7: Morris, p. 198
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this country should be infamous for the caste system , not india.
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so there's more art
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H I S T O R Y. O F. J A P A N. JOKES MY GOD
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Causing it with the Ralph n Lauren
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Fujiwara sai... From the Heian period... Towards the divine move!
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Japan actually took words and language from china
Heian actually means 黑暗which means darkness
Heian period ?黑暗时代 -
Like clocks, and guns, and JESUS
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RYUJIN NO KEN WO KURAE
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oh my god these people are at the absolute pinnacle of insufferable jackassery
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" -led to many cultural achievements!" um like what you can't just say that and expect me to go research i'm too lazy
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They kind act snobby like that for sure
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Seeing some of the celeste dragons from one piece
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Weebs
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FOUR ADDS 30 MINUTES EACH!! WTF YOUTUBE
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the elite always write history as they want
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this dude seriously hates Europe lol...every show he throws in a "which was better/more impressive/far better than what was happening in Europe" lol
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I am aware that women were usually the ones that were writing during this era but I also heard that when they did write, they were not allowed to use chinese characters when they wrote- which led to the use of the "less civilized" japanese syllabatory hiragana.
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This was very interesting and I loved it! I understand so much more now! However I'm in World History class and it doesn't talk about this stuff... It talks about the monarchy and coups. I have an assignment where I have to pretend I'm living in this time period and I have to write a letter to my family outside of Japan and tell them about what I see. Like Samurai and Buddhism. But I have to be careful about WHAT I write because Japan is an isolated country and I don't wanna write something bad about it and end up dead apparently.
(why can't I just do a regular assignment? Why do I have to pretend I'm living in Japan to write about it?)
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