The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times. The Jōmon period, named after its "cord-marked" pottery, was followed by the Yayoi in the first millennium BC, when new technologies were introduced from continental Asia. Between the fourth century and the ninth century, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor. This imperial dynasty continues to reign over Japan. In 794, a new imperial capital was established at Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto), marking the beginning of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185. The Heian period is considered a golden age of classical Japanese culture. Over the following centuries the power of the Emperor and the imperial court gradually declined and passed to the military clans and their armies of samurai warriors. The Tokugawa shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868 ). The Tokugawa shogunate imposed a strict class system on Japanese society and cut off almost all contact with the outside world. The American Perry Expedition in 1853–54 ended Japan's seclusion; this contributed to the fall of the shogunate and the return of power to the Emperor in 1868. Although democracy developed and modern civilian culture prospered during the Taishō period (1912–26), Japan's powerful military had great autonomy and overruled Japan's civilian leaders in the 1920s and 1930s. Jōmon period pottery A Yayoi period bronze bell, third century AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Japan http://sf.co.ua/id173958
The best archeology of Japan is underwater. Similar to the potential archeology of the Black Sea and the Persian Gulf Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars - Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyperborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west.
ご挨拶 Go aisatsu Greetings Japanese 101 もしもし Moshimoshi Hey! or Hello Can be a greeting and an attention grabber. 日本語 Nihongo Japanese (language) 英語 Eigo English (language) はい、お願いします Hai, Onegaushimasu "Hai, Onegaushimas." Yes, please. いいえ I-e "E-yeah..." No. (The thing about いいえ is, it sounds like the English for yes/yeah, but it means the exact opposite). 私はロバートです Watashi wa robātodesu "Watashi wa loba-to des." My name is Robert. The U is silent for a lot of words ending with Su in Japanese phonetically, but not for Tsu. Ro is pronounced "Lo", like Ra Ri Ru Re Ro are all "La Li Lu Le Lo"... This is no Tu from Ta Chi Tsu Te To, you get Chi & Tsu instead of there being Ti or Tu. Same with the Si, there is Si, but you get Shi which with the right A I U E O can be Ja or Ji or Ju or Jo, don't know it there's a Je. When you see an - extension of the vowel like 'Loba-to' or 'Gita-' It just means you extend the sound. You have 3 Japanese Alphabets and a 4th one for the occident/West/Romanised. They are; Kanji The Chinese looking alaphabet Japanese evolved from, words like mother, sun, mountain and gold and water and tree etc and Japan. Hiragana This is an alphabet for all things Japanese. Katakana This is an alphabet for all tings not Japanese. A sentence or written dialogue or phrase can contain all 3 alphabets depending what it's saying. Romanji... Basically, All other alphabets can be put into this alphabet so those who use the Roman alphabet can read it/say it but remember, the Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro are all pronounced "La, Li, Lu, Le, Lo".
In learning Japanese... There is one thing I found fantastic about Japanese culture, aside from all the beer and Sushi (haven't tried any sake yet); is this tea that I love, my favourite tea in the world, and you can buy it here in London, is Matcha tea. Let's not dance around the bush... Japan and matcha tea is infused. From the traditional tea ceremony (enthesis on the word ceremony there) to the nation's/Japanese market's favourite flavour, is Matcha tea. Matcha tea, like all green tea, is without milk/cream... Matcha tea, however, is a super food, like celery. It's also an antioxidant. Matcha tea helps you think because it does contain caffeine, so no drinking 6 hours before you want to go to sleep, it calms you and eases you, mellows you out, like a Japaese person calm and collect and ready; This tea is good.
Guess the word time? Can you name and translate this popular Japanese dish? す し When writing horizontally, you write/read from left to right, like in the West. When writing vertically, you write/read top to bottom, and right to left, going down the fist line found on the right hand side of the text, and move 'in', reading the line of text left of line of text you've just read.
I saw this on NHK when they had these for their bumpers (This Japanese News for English speaking audiences).
Aquilonia is a fictional country created by Robert E. Howard for the fictional character Conan the Barbarian, who eventually becomes its king. The mythical country existed during the Hyborian Age. Howard was precise concerning the geographic relationships between his fictional world and the real world, placing it in modern France and southern Britain, but left the origins of Aquilonia vague. The eastern borders of Aquilonia were with Nemedia. To the south, the province of Poitain had borders with Zingara. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilonia_(Conan) Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Robert E. Howard Howard in 1934 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard
No argument here. Just to say the best part of Japanese archeology is under water. In the hard records of peoplekind is the "sinking" of Alexandria and Port Royal. And the myths or legends of a civilized area of land being submerged is wide spread as flood stories. Si?
Lady, it seems you are interested Japan history. Could you explain one thing for me? How originated the Japan nation? I heard an version that many samurai races has as ancestors Ainu. Is there any basis for this or it is a legend only?
Japanese emperors had illegitimate offspring, who were bestowed the surnames Minamoto (Genji), Taira (Heike), which became two major branches of samurai clans. Genetic studies found that Japanese emperors belonged to haplogroup D1b1a2, which is a genetic marker of Jomon ancestry in Japan. Emperor Higashiyama belonged to Y-DNA haplogroup D1b1a2(D-IMS-JST055457/CTS107), which was confirmed by the oral mucosa sample taken from his direct descendant. The Minamoto and Taira became the ancestors of dozens of samurai clans in the medieval era, thus spreading D1b1a2 or Jomon ancestry to many samurai families, including the Tokugawa Dynasty which presided over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan.
I have watched Shogun with Richard Chamberlain The Yakuza with Robert Mitchum and Black Rain that borrows little bits from it, also the Japanese lead, Ken Takakura who was renown for playing the lone wolf, brooding character. And the Last Samurai. What else is there to know about, Japan?
Japan, like other East Asian cultures regard the number 4 as bad luck. There's also a western influence such as 666 for the sign of the beast. Some Japanese Satanist'd appreciate 666 and 44 because Japan is a modern country. 44 is double bad luck.
