...Marisa Maen April 16, 2013 Since the beginning of Japanese history, many cultures such as Korea, India, the United States and the most prominent, China, have consistently influenced the people and culture of Japan. Although the Japanese aesthetics may have begun as something borrowed from its neighboring cultures, the Japanese have truly evolved their aesthetics into unique and authentic. In modern times, their aesthetics continue to greatly influence world art and fashion. Ranging from their poetry, to the tea ceremony, to architecture, the Japanese aesthetics began as something mimicking that of China and other cultures, and over time, have developed into something purely and truly Japanese. Because of its close proximity to China and Korea, Japan, in the pre-modern times, was greatly influenced by the cultures surrounding it. Early knowledge of the Japanese people can be found in the dynastic histories of China. “The Chinese called Japan the land of Wa…described as consisting of ‘one-hundred’ ---probably meaning a great many ---countries or tribes” (Varley, Japanese Culture, p. 7.) Since this time, the Japanese sent missions to China and slowly adopted many of their cultural aesthetics. Even though there was a very strong Chinese influence, the Japanese eventually assumed their unique aesthetic sense. This aesthetic sense is collectively known as miyabi, or refined sensibility, mono no aware, or the capacity to be moved by things, wabi and suki, or imperfect, irregular...
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...Japanese Tea Ceremony. Significance of Research • Identify the perception of young Japanese towards Japanese Tea Ceremony. • Related parties will be able to take initiatives to ensure the continuing of Japanese Tea Ceremony. Research Question 1. What is the history of Japanese Tea Ceremony? 2. What is the perception of young Japanese towards Japanese Tea Ceremony? Research Method 1. Literature Review • The tea ceremony is deeply connected with the character of the Japanese people and their culture. – (j-tradition.com, 2016) • Today the ceremonial tea is still actively studied by students of all ages. – (learn-about-tea.com, 2016) • With time, Japanese Tea Ceremony is said to be an outdated tradition. Modern city life makes it difficult to find time and place for tea ceremony. – (japacolle.com, 2015) • A full-length formal tea ceremony is not something that Japanese do at home regularly for relaxation. (web-japan.org, 2016) 2. Articles Japanese Tea Ceremony is: • Known as Chanoyu, the Way of Tea • Ritualized preparation of powdered green tea (Matcha) • Served together with traditional Japanese sweets (Wagashi) to balance with the bitter taste of the tea • Designed to bring aesthetic, intellectual, physical enjoyment and peace of mind to the guests Japanese Tea Ceremony JTC Room (Chashitsu) The floor is covered with Tatami mats JTC Utensils (Dōgu) History of Japanese Tea Ceremony: Century 9th The History • Green...
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...2245678 | Introduction China has a history of tea culture for thousands of years, it could be called the hometown of tea. Now after a long history, tea has been prevalent in more than 50 countries around the world, tea has been become one of the three major non-alcoholic drinks. As a worldwide beverage, tea is becoming more and more get the welcome and attention of people. In recent years, people's preference to tea, resulting in tea consumption is constantly growing around the world. Many rumors said that tea was first discovered by the Chinese, it has been confirmed by banker. When viewing Chinese splendid tea culture, and can see the different historical period about tea art. Chinese drinking tea has a history of several thousand years, there are many kinds of tea, for example, green tea, black tea, oolong tea and scented tea, etc. Original Chinese tea is popular in Sichuan, then it spread to the east and south, the throughout the country. In emperor Shennong period, is the earliest discovered tea, but tea mainly flourished in the Tang dynasty. The formation of the Chinese tea culture, it is from the Tang dynasty. China’s contribution to the human in tea industry that is mainly depends on the first discovered and used tea this plant to develop into a unique tea art of the world. The origin and development of tea Tea was first discovered later, it’s just the custom form detoxification, then gradually developed to drink. Today, tea is not just a thirst quenching, wake up...
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...Boston Tea Party: Destruction of Private Property or Justified Act of Defiance Francine Miller HIUS 221 - C03 - 202420 March 25, 2024 1 In the archives of American History, The Boston Tea Party illuminates the act of defiance and resilience, creating the path toward the nation’s identity. This event stands on its own as a crucial moment in history, standing in courage, rebellion, and freedom toward a life of independence. The frustration and infuriation of citizens, fueled by British taxes and demands, culminated in the decisive act that ignited a movement. This pivotal moment created a ripple effect shaping the course of a revolution. The enduring significance of the Boston Tea Party is evident by the justified defiance expressed through the...
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...according to a nineteenth-century history of tea, tea was such a fundamental part of everyday life that English tea drinkers often failed to notice its significance within their daily lives. G. G. Sigmond, in the opening pages of Tea: Its Effects, Medicinal and Moral, declares, “Man is so surrounded by objects calculated to arrest his attention, and to excite either his admi- ration or his curiosity, that he often overlooks the humble friend that ministers to his habitual comfort; and the familiarity he holds with it almost renders him incapable of appreciating its value.”1 By the early nineteenth century, tea had become a com- modity of necessity, forming a crucial part of daily patterns of consumption and domesticity. The habitual comfort of tea, ac- cording to Sigmond’s tea treatise, does not draw attention; it is quiet and familiar and thus goes unnoticed. Tea is represented as dependable, a frequent part of everyday life that forms a com- fortable, secure basis for the rest of life’s responses, decisions, and actions. As Sigmond declares, the English tea drinker is “in- capable of appreciating [tea’s] value” (1). What the typical tea drinker fails to recognize, Sigmond suggests, is the crucial role that tea plays in forming the foundation of everyday life. Despite Sigmond’s attempts to rectify the humble status of tea in nineteenth-century English culture, tea has remained a 1 2 introduction relatively unrecognized aspect of Victorian life. Just as Sigmond implies that...
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...Ink Made from Tea Bags By: John Emman A. (Title Page not in format.. Pakiformat nalang po since I’m not aware kung anong design gusto mo po.. Thank you.. You may also include acknowledgement to be followed po ang final prod. You can also add table of contents) Introduction “The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice” Ink is such a tiny word, three letters, but it has played such a huge part on the stage of world history. The original use for ink was to draw and paint on the walls of caves a lasting legacy of prehistoric man. However, its greatest impact was to spread knowledge, in the form of the printed word, long before Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in Germany in the mid fifteenth Century. Ink has been a dye since the dawn of man; early examples were a mixture of soot from wood smoke and oil, thickened with gelatin from animal skins and musk. There is no definitive history of ink, ironic really, when it ink was the medium used to preserve the archives, and historic records that tell us much of our past. Ink is everywhere, though we often do not notice it, it has been used to print the labels of the food in the supermarket; it drips, leaks, splodges, and spurts from the faulty ballpoint pen in your pocket. Yet it has a direct impact on our everyday life, it is not possible to function without touching ink at least a couple of hundred times a day. Fraudulent acts have been come to light because of ink analysis. Ink is a medium that...
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...World History Themes One significant environmental factor that has contributed to the development of Egypt’s civilization is the bond between the Nile River and the Egyptian people. The Nile River provides a large amount of water. Soil is a great productivity caused by the Nile. The water levels began to rise each July and the floods reached their full height by the end of August. The flood began to recede, at the end of October, leaving deposits of silt behind (Metz, 1990). This helped flourish the land to produce an abundance of crops for food and trade. This also attracted settlers. With the cultivating success, the Egyptian society evolved rapidly. The Nile River was also the main way to transport goods, trade with outlying communities and to communicate (Hoyt, 2013). It has shaped the life of the Egyptian society. Dr. Robert Whiting describes the geographical process as a way things spread from one place to another (Whiting, PHD, 2013). Among the early human societies, tea is an important part of diffusion. Tea was discovered in China. The ideal climate in the country was perfect for harvesting the tea leaves. Tea can be traced back to 600 BC. It is believed that tea was used for herbal medicinal qualities. Tea became a popular drink during the Tang Dynasty of China (618AD) Tea then spread to Japan in the 6th century, by a priest studying in China. The tea was used for rituals for medicinal use, it is very popular beverage in today Japanese culture. Tea finally...
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...Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea party may just be one of the most controversial things in the 1700’s. First off all, the raided an entire ship just to dump tea. The idea was to get the point across that the colonists didn't want to be messed with when it came to trading goods. In this time, taxation was a huge thing. The amount of money being spent on trading goods with foreign countries was ridiculous and that led to the Boston Tea Party and eventually the Revolutionary War. Therefore, the Boston Tea Party is considered to be one of the major events leading up the War. The Tea Act of 1773 was a bill created to save the corrupted ‘nEast India Company from bankruptcy. First Parliament passed the the Tea Act on April 27, 1773 Secondly, the...
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...ready for harvest from February. There were three seasons; the time of which the floods occurred , the receding of the water and the preparation for harvesting by preparing the soil and planting the seeds. There was also transportation of goods along the Nile River. This enabled the Egyptian civilization to attain economic growth. Therefore, it is clear what a significant factor the Nile River played and contributed to the development of Egypt. It's contribution was unprecedented. (Orlin, 2010) Part B The process of diffusion regarding Tea is a story that is truly amazing. The story of how Tea originated in China and spread geographically to the Western world is remarkable. Tea (dried leaves of the evergreen shrub camellia sinensis and soaked in boiling water) drinking originated in China, but there is uncertainty of the year it actually began. There is, however, evidence that it was first recognized about AD 350 by Kuo Po. Tea was being exported and traded during the Tang (618-907) Dynasty....
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...comes down the rivers from the mountains and would collect when the rivers flood, creating the most fertile farmland in the world. This fertile land near the rivers created the rise of the earliest civilization in history. With the land irrigated by the rivers farming became extremely productive, large farming populations grew along the rivers with the increase in food productions societies formed and created the first civilization in world history. ("Ancient," n.d.) B. Tea A significant example of diffusion between early human societies can be seen in the popularity of tea around the world. As per Chinese legend tea was first discovered in 2737 B.C.. Sometime around the 9th century tea was first used in Japan. Japanese monks studying in China brought it back with them when they returned to Japan. Tea drinking and ceremonies have become an important part of the Japanese culture. The Dutch were the first to import tea back to Europe. In the 16th century tea was shipped from China to Holland it was expensive and seen as a drink for the wealthy. Tea was fashionable in Holland and started to spread to other countries in Europe. In the 19th century the tea trade was dominated by the British and Dutch when they introduced tea to India and North America. (“Tea,”n.d.) C.1. The Louisiana Purchase Thomas Jefferson believed that westward expansion was vital to the nation’s growth and strength. This was not possible without access to the Mississippi River through New...
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...crisis. Growing up as a strong willed boy in a broken home, he seemed to have a lot of pent up anger that was released after witnessing the five deaths in 1770. After the Boston Massacre, he continued to get into altercations with Loyalists and British soldiers. However, he was all but forgotten by history until over half a century later when he described his experiences to Benjamin Bussey Thatcher and James Hawkes, who wrote detailed biographies on him. Hewes' life was no more extraordinary than anyone else’s at that time in history. His story is a common one of many lower class citizens at the time. Not until the writing of the biography “A Retrospect of the Boston Tea Party”, was there any spark in Hewes' popularity. Even then as he toured Boston like a celebrity, it was short lived. Hewes’ popularity wasn’t due to the fact that he had been involved in such a historic event, as much as it was due to the exclusiveness of him being one of the last known accomplices of the Tea Party. According to historian Alfred Young, the term "Boston Tea Party" did not officially appear in any sort of print until 1834. Up until 1834 the event was usually referred to as the ‘Destruction of the Tea in Boston’, which it was originally called by John Adams. Most American writers were scared to write in celebration about the destruction of property. This began to...
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...In Tom Standage’s A History of the World in 6 Glasses, he argues that it is possible to divide history into periods characterized by certain drinks: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola. He believes that these drinks represent different time periods, as the Bronze Age is represented by bronze, or the Iron Age by iron. Standage provides ample evidence to prove his argument that drinks can be used to split history into periods because they were vital in shaping world politics, economics, and society. These drinks had a large impact on social gatherings and interactions of the time period. In Mesopotamia, beer was a social drink that brought people together. Early depictions of beer in Sumerian culture show multiple people drinking...
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... | |Charters and legal reforms, circa 1773 | |An examination of the systems established by the Tea Act in America, Regulating Act in India and Maria | |Theresa’s policies in Austria. | | | FOREWORD: Lord Fredrick North, the second Earl of Guilford was the Prime Minister of England from 1770 to 1782. He was the Prime Minister during the passing of the Regulatory Act, 1773 in India and most of the American Revolution. During the 1745- 1780, Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina (Maria Thereresa) ruled the Austrian throne. In India, Lord North passed the Regulatory Act, 1773 which decreased the power of the East India Company, the Tea Act of 1773 in America to give the East India Company trade monopoly over tea trade while Maria Theresa made various reforms in the administrative and legal system. There were various legal and administration systems present in and around the year 1773 and some of these are examined here: namely the Tea Act, 1773 (America), the Regulating Act, 1773 (India) and Maria Theresa’s legal and administrative reforms (from 1745 to 1780). INDIA: THE REGULATING ACT, 1773 The officials...
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...World History I believe that a significant geographic factor that contributed to the development of Egypt was the Nile River. The Nile played an integral role in shaping the settlement, culture, geography, and prosperity of Egypt's people. The Nile River served many purposes for the Ancient Egyptians. They fished, washed and collected water for irrigation and drinking. “It has a length of about 4,132 miles and drains an area estimated at 1,293,000 square miles” (Magdi M. El-Kammash, 2013). It was the main highway Egyptians used for transportation and transport of goods for trade as well as linking cities together. The Nile begins to flood every June and recedes by late August leaving behind a soil rich in nutrients for cultivating crops and a precious supply of water. Due to the predictability of the Nile’s annual flood the people were able to use this natural resource to build permanent settlements in an area that was otherwise dry desert. The annual floods were also a forefront to new technologies such as the calendar. The agricultural advances, new technologies, as well as ease of access it provided, attracted immigrants and travelers who brought with them goods and ideas that would help shape Egypt’s culture. The process of diffusion in early human societies can simply be stated as the replication of an activity or belief from one geographic in a different region. An example of diffusion is present in a very popular beverage available worldwide, tea. The...
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...What Does The Victorian Tea Set Tell Us About Consumption In 19th Century Britain? A) Conspicuous Consumption and Social Emulation Consumption began to increase greatly as the industrial revolution kicked in, meaning that demand rose substantially for many goods not readily available to the masses beforehand, for example, tea. The Victorian tea set can tell us a great deal about consumption and conspicuous consumption in 19th century Britain. For instance, that appearance and the expensive belongings people had were important to one’s image and social stature, therefore, for families that were able to afford such things such as an expensive Wedgwood tea set were seen as important and wealthy people. The Victorian tea set also became a fashion accessory. Furthermore, luxury and consumption also began to grow more hand in hand. However, conspicuous consumption and social emulation affected the working classes greatly which will also be explored. Wedgwood, being a producer of high quality tea sets in the 19th century, began to aim its products at a much wider market by the 1840s by producing mid – range tea sets so that more British households could afford such luxuries.[1] This shows that demand and conspicuous consumption was on the rise as many more people began the need for this new fashion accessory, hence Wedgwood expanding into this mid – range market. The rise in demand of tea sets ultimately evolved from the fast growing popularity of tea, as it became a respectable...
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