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Tea ceremony, Zen buddhism, Geisha, Samurai, ... from emulating Western programs? Have you read about Japanese culture before commenting?
by nopinsight 9y ago
Tea ceremony, Zen buddhism, Geisha, Samurai, ... from emulating Western programs?
Have you read about Japanese culture before commenting?
- boomboomsubban 9y agoTea ceremony and Zen Buddhism are Chinese traditions. Zen's influence today is largely related to the turn away from militarized Shinto and western interest during the period. The tea ceremony has changed in Japan and it is one of their longest traditions. Geisha were sex workers with a bit of mystique attached. Similarly, samurai were knights or dukes, and any influence they currently have comes from a romanticised version much like knights received. Yes, and I understand the difference between history and the cultural perception of it. The ideas these things represent often come from the Meiji period propaganda.
- krapp 9y ago>and any influence they currently have comes from a romanticised version much like knights received. Much of it fabricated by the samurai themselves long after they had to put down their swords and were relegated to bureaucrats. Even the concept of "bushido[0]" has been argued to be a modern anarchronism, and an intentionally Westernized 20th century fiction based on the Romantic ideals of knights and chivalry. [0]https://www.tofugu.com/japan/bushido/ https://www.tofugu.com/japan/bushido/