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Japan & Japanese Culture Posters, Prints, Maps & Charts
for social studies classrooms, home schoolers, and theme decor for office and home.
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geography > Asia > JAPAN & JAPANESE CULTURE < Japan Cities < social studies
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Japan Map, North-East Asia
(35º41'0"N 139º46'0"E)
Japan is an island nation located east of China and Korea in the western Pacific Ocean above the juncture of three tectonic plates. The 3,000 mountaineous islands that compose the Japan archipelago are primarily the result of volcanic activity. Steep terrain, climate and volcanic activity make most of Japan unsuitable for residental, agriculture or industrial use, forcing high population density in habital areas.
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Tokyo, the capital of Japan and located on Honshu Island, is an alpha+ world city, part of the world's most populous metropolitan area, the world's largest metropolitan economy, and the world's most expensive city for expartriate employees.
Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo. its name was changed in 1868 to Tokyo to reflect the East Asian tradition of including the word “capital” in the name of the capital city (also Beijing and Seoul).
Tokyo sits in the shadow of Mount Fuji, the highest point in Japan and a national symbol. The last major earthquake was in 1923 with the loss of over 140,000 lives.
• more Japan city posters
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Mount Fuji, an active stratovolcano last erupted in 1707–08. The high altitude cloud in this image is called lenticular.
Japan's Unzen volcano erupted in 1991 claiming the lives of 43 scientists and journalists. Unzen is designated as one of the 16 Decade Volcanoes. |
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The monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura is one of the most famous icons of Japan.
• more Buddhism posters |
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Katsushika Hokusai
b. Oct/Nov, 1760; Edo
d. 5-10-1849; Tokyo
Katsushika Hokusai ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, is best-known for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
• history of posters
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly
-Kaoru Yachigusa
-Michiko Tanaka
-Nicola Filacuridi
-Ferdinando Lidonni
-Kiyoshi Takagi
-Satoshi Nakamura
-Yoshio Kosugi
The love story of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini juxtaposes a cultural collision between East and West. Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly), an ex-Geisha, abandons her ancient traditions and marries an American Naval officer, Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton. When Pinkerton abandons Madame Butterfly, and then returns with his American wife to take their child from her, Butterfly's only recourse is hara kiri, ritual suicide.
• Madama Butterfly posters
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Chrysanthemums, Hokusai Katsushika
Chrysanthemums, first cultivated in ancient China, were adopted by the Japanese Emperor as his emblem - today the Japanese Chrysanthemum Throne is the oldest continuing monarchy in the world.
• Chrysanthemums are also the November flower.
More November Teachable Moments
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