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Folklore and Urban Legends. Gender Roles of Women in Modern Japan. June 22, 2014. Working woman, Japan, c 1900. National Museum of Denmark. This article focuses on women’s gender roles in modern Japan; we cannot discuss these roles without touching on gender role history and the roles of men. Both male and female roles influence each other. The roles are also shaped by history. My previous article about gender expectations in Japan. Brief History of Female Gender Roles. Wash Day c. 1870. In 2007, Japanes...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Tag Archives: Wordpress.com. Andrew’s Guide to Blogging–How to Choose a Blogging Platform. August 2, 2015. In the first installment of my guide to blogging. I touched on how to choose a premise for your blog. Perhaps you already had some idea of what you wanted to do, or perhaps you wanted to blog but had no idea what to blog about. Either way, hopefully my post was a bit helpful. If, however, you want a more elaborate blog without the limitations of a free WordPress.com b...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. All posts by Chris Kincaid. Anime Undermines American Masculinity. August 21, 2016. Anime is a threat to American values. It injects foreign ideas into the veins of American culture, particularly American masculinity. But then, American masculinity needs the medicine. I]t is the semen when possessed of vitality which makes us to be men, hot well braced in limbs, hairy, well boiced, spirited, strong to think and act. It is thought semen could also distract a man.In. Anime roman...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Category Archives: Book Reviews. JP reviews books and other sources of interest to otaku and those interested in Japan. Dragon Ball–The Freeza Arc, Book 1. March 30, 2016. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Son Goku is recovering from the wounds he received fighting Vegeta. Many of his friends died in the battle with the Saiyans, and now the remaining Z Warriors want to gather the Dragon Balls from Namek to revive them. School Judgment Review-First Impressions (Volume 1). March 9, 2016.
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Category Archives: Folklore and Urban Legends. Japan has many interesting and sometimes disturbing urban legends and folklore. Discover harvest festivals, myths, and even bathroom ghosts! Folklore and Urban Legends. Under the Cherry Blossoms. April 2, 2017. The Tale of Genji. Each of Japan’s three classes of the time–samurai, urban, and farmer–had their own set of sakura stories. Each class reflected the concerns of the class. For example, the samurai...It wasn’t until t...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Ukiyo-e and the Importance of Eyebrows. August 7, 2016. Manga’s great-great-great-great-great grandmother, gives us a window on the Edo Period of Japan. Four-hundred years in the future, our descendants may look upon today’s manga as we do ukiyo-e. That’s something to think about! Ukiyo-e, Merchants, and the Red Light District. Early woodblock by Hishikawa Moronobu,. 8211;who shouldn’t be confused with prostitutes– provided a better chance. However, both geisha...Ukiyo-e artis...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Tag Archives: japanese culture. Folklore and Urban Legends. The Battle of the Ape and the Crab. June 12, 2016. If a man thinks only of his own profit, and tries to benefit himself at the expense of others, he will incur the hatred of Heaven. Men should lay up in their hearts the story of the Battle of the Ape and. Crab, and teach it, as a profitable lesson, to their children. What an unlucky beast I am! Freeman-Mitford, A.B.,. Tales of Old Japan,. Folklore and Urban Legends.
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Dragon Ball Z–The Father of Modern Shonen. June 2, 2015. Dragon Ball Z is a show that needs little introduction among anime fans. To say that Dragon Ball Z (DBZ) is influential is a gross understatement–had Dragon Ball Z never been published, modern anime–specifically Shonen–would look nothing like it does now. DBZ opens the floodgates. Anime fans began to make inroads into the popular culture when Cartoon Network began to place a show called “Toonami” in its 4-6pm...Magazine&...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Folklore and Urban Legends. Wanyûdô, The Wheel Monk. July 26, 2015. Jasmin Boehm writes about an encounter with one of Japan’s ancient haunters, the Wheel Monk. This story won our Japanese Fairy Tale Contest. She won the book. The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. It is a strange event that I will tell you of, a moments when I was brushed by the shadow of something. Have been anything Am I right? Were content to scare me away But that’s now how people are, right? I thought, but...
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Folklore and Urban Legends. Japan’s Warrior Women. August 9, 2015. Stewards that supervised land when their men were absent (Amdur, 1996). Like what you ask? What is worse then starving? Beheading your children and then slitting your own throat. And yes, this actually happened during the Meiji Restoration. Expectations of Samurai Women. The battle tales of Japan that chronicle the wars of the Heian, Kamakura, and Muromachi periods portrayed women in a few roles (Amdur, 1996):. Now, I am being a little mi...