Map of Japan      Go Top

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/japan_rel96.jpg      

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107666.html

http://www.mapquest.com/atlas/?region=japan

Flag & National Anthem   Go Top

Flag

National Anthem

Photo gallery   Go Top

Japan Photo Gallery

http://phototravels.net/japan/photo-gallery/

http://www.thejapanfaq.com/pics.html 

http://www.japan-photo.de/e-galler.htm

http://www.japan-zone.com/gallery/

http://www.pbase.com/markwp/japan_kinki

Prehistoric Era   Go Top

Pleistocene Map

http://www.kahaku.go.jp/special/past/japanese/ipix/3/3-12.html

Jomon lifestyle

http://www.tamagawa.ac.jp/SISETU/kyouken/jomon/

Jomon pottery

http://www.gem.hi-ho.ne.jp/hajinokai/syoukai/takara2.htmhttp://www.geocities.jp/ch1kv/Chicago/p3/joumon.htm

http://web.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/~shiryo/akegarasu8/711l.jpg

http://web.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/~shiryo/akegarasu8/722l.jpg

Dogu

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/asamasa/shako/dogu/dogu04.html 

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/asamasa/shako/dogu/dogu03.html

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/asamasa/shako/dogu/dogu05.html                            

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/asamasa/shako/dogu/dogu_ani.html

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/asamasa/shako/dogu/dogu_sha.html 

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/asamasa/shako/dogu/dogu_goo.html

Yayoi lifestyle - Yoshinogari ruins

http://fukuoka.cool.ne.jp/eguri/E02/

Yayoi pottery

http://web.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/~shiryo/akegarasu8/704l.jpg 

http://web.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/~shiryo/akegarasu8/706l.jpg

http://www.e-obs.com/rekisi/kodai/kokogaku/images/yayoi-1l.jpg 

http://kyoiku-gakka.u-sacred-heart.ac.jp/database/recipe/keyhtml/q-020.html

Tomb period - tombs

http://www.chibaken.jp/rekisi/

http://chikatsu.mediajoy.com/cs/cs10.html

Gold seal

http://www.fjct.fit.ac.jp/yama-lab/kin-in/main_E.htm

Shinto    Go Top

Facts

http://www.jinja.or.jp/english/

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/shrine-guide.shtml

torii ö bird perch

http://www.sushicam.com/Journal%20entries/021027/PA062497.jpg 

http://www.japan-photo.de/e-torii.htm

shrine - buildings

http://www.japan-photo.de/e-shrine.htm

meiji-jingu shrine

http://www.sushicam.com/Journal%20entries/021027/021027.htm 

Buddhism   Go Top

Holy text (sutra)

Sanskrit 

http://www.tctv.ne.jp/tobifudo/newmon/okyo/baiyo.html

http://www.yushodo.com/omairi/pdf/shingyou.pdf

http://moriao.com/shigu.htm

 temples

Asukadera Temple

http://www.kiis.or.jp/rekishi/asuka/img0111-e.html

Horyuji Temple

http://www.horyuji.or.jp/horyuji_e.htm

http://www.tabian.com/tiikibetu/kinki/nara/horyuji/

Todaiji Temple

http://yasui.anjiro.com/~anjiro/pictures/2003_japan/nara/tn/05240024.jpg.index.html

Buddhist image

http://www.evam.com/evam/faq/basic/icon/butuzo02.html

Standing Acalanatha

Standing Bodhisattva

Standing Manjusri Bodhisattva

Standing Amitabha

Standing Bodhisattva

http://www.tnm.jp/scripts/col/MOI1.idc?X=C21&Y=C0026547&Z=M

http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/monto/butudan/b01.html

http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/monto/butudan/b08.html

http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/monto/butudan/b09.html

Japanese Writing System   Go Top

http://www.kanji.org/kanji/japanese/writing/

http://www.kanji.org/kanji/japanese/writing/outline.htm

http://members.aol.com/writejapan/

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/japanese.htm

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writjap.htm

http://www.cjvlang.com/Writing/writsys/writjpn.html

Buddhism and the Court   Go Top

Saicho & Tendai sect

http://www.hieizan.or.jp/enryakuji/econt/index3.html

http://www.hieizan.or.jp/enryakuji/econt/access/mother/saicho.html

http://www.hieizan.or.jp/enryakuji/econt/access/livetalk/index.html

Kukai & Shingon sect

http://www.hieizan.or.jp/enryakuji/econt/access/mother/saicho.html

http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/teachers/Kukai.htm

http://www2.neweb.ne.jp/wd/minori/

Dainichi

http://www.butsuzou.com/jiten/dainiti1.html

Heian Aesthetics

Life style

http://www.iz2.or.jp/heian/menu.htm

Miyabi

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/GLOSSARY/MIYABI.HTM

Mono no aware

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/GLOSSARY/MONO.HTM

okashi

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM

The Pillow Book

http://www.genji54.com/cpoetry/makura_no_soshi.htm

The Tale of Genji

http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/inpaku/story/index_e.htm

Kokinshu

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/kokinshu/intro.html

Kamakura Period    Go Top

bakufu

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/FEUJAPAN/KAMAKURA.HTM

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2127.html

http://www.judoinfo.com/samurai.htm

kamakura

http://mr.uue.org/gallery/kamakura

http://ekamakura.cool.ne.jp/4seasons/index.html

Pure Land Buddhism

http://www.jodo.org/

Nichiren Buddhism

http://www.nichirenshu.org/

Zen

http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Zen.html

http://www.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/zenstory.html

koan

http://www.zenproject.faithweb.com/zen_teachings/koan_practice.html

Noh

http://www.iijnet.or.jp/NOH-KYOGEN/english/english.html

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/noh/

Miscellaneous   Go Top

Tokyo National Museum

http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=X00&processId=00

Kyoto National Museum

http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/

Nara National Museum

http://www.narahaku.go.jp/

Traditional music & dance

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/japan/Music/Japanese_Music_and_Dance.html

Mt.Fuji

http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/wall/2004.jpeg 

http://www.bornplaydie.com/japan/travel/yamanashi/fujisan.jpg

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