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Japanese Culture and Institutions
The Tokugawa: Videos and DVD's

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Videos

Videos are a marvelous source for the study of Japanese history and culture. A few of the videos listed below will assist in your study of Japanese civilization

"The Japanese Tea Ceremony"
The tea ceremony originated in China but was transformed to Japan into an art of infinite resonance. This video is devoted to the Omote Sen-ke school. It shows the way in which its traditions are handed down from generation to generation, and demonstrates that suspension of time by which Japanese paying obeisance to age-old tradition lives in the past and the present simultaneously. (NVCC, Alexandria Campus Library, Closed Reserve)

An excerpt from a Screen showing a Village Scene with a Farmer and his Horse; Screen painting 17th century

Screen Painting were popular with the rich merchant class during the Tukugawa Period.

"The Daimyo"

The video Daimyo explores and illustrates the paradoxical ideal known as "bunbu-ryodo--"the dual way of the pen and the sword"--the unique interaction of martial tradition and civilian arts that was central to shaping of Daimyo culture. The film provides a sensory experience of Daimyo life in medieval Japan focusing on cultural activities such as the tea ceremony, Noh Theater, Calligraphy, swordsmanship, and archery from horseback--all filmed on location in Japan. The film underscores the fact that Daimyo contribution to Japanese culture has continued to evolve over the centuries and is both far-reaching and lasting. (NVCC, Alexandria Campus Library, Closed Reserve)

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