Chinese Influences on Japan

Question 1

influences

Answer 1

• the written language
• religious practices
• architecture and art forms
• government style

Question 2

written language

Answer 2

• characters called “kanji”
• Han characters
• imports from China
• Japan = spoken language = not written

Question 3

religious practices

Answer 3

• Buddhism and Confucian (important belief systems in China)
• adopted by the Japanese but reshaped to fit Japanese ways of life
• Japan created different forms of the same beliefs

Question 4

architecture and art forms

Answer 4

• Japanese admired Chinese art
• added own distinct style
• use of wood

Question 5

government style

Answer 5

• own imperial court
• its bureaucracy
• city-planning

Question 6

divergences

Answer 6

• use of characters created in Japan
• characters given different meanings in Japanese
• post-World War II simplifications