Color Culture of Japanese Modern Age -Focussed on Edo Period-

A Study of Loan Color Terms Collocation in Modern Japanese

The Japanese lexicon consists of Japanese-origin words (WAGO), Chinese-origin words (KANGO) and words borrowed from English and other European languages (GAIRAIGO). The acquisition of words from three sources results in the abundance of near synonyms without any clear rules when a particular synonym should be used. Loveday has hypothesized that WAGO/KANGO and GAIRAIGO concrete nouns are used to...

Japanese Garden as a Physical Symbol of Japanese Culture

A’ view of nature within the framework of garden and in relation with human needs and drives that satisfy theneed to be rooted has caused the representation of nature in garden to be regarded as cultural heritage. Garden and garden designing are suitable cases for us to study cultural characteristics and traits. Thus, human beings have searched their eternal interest in an ideal and unattainabl...

Middle Age and Family-Focussed Women

Dr. Gillie has just retired from general practice. She was Chairman of a working party on the future of general practice. A PHASE of transition in life usually tests qualities of personality fairly severely. When the transition coincides with the decade loosely called middle age the stresses are correspondingly severe, for the body is undergoing changes as well as the pattern of life. This can ...

توسعه یافتگی ژاپن؛ زمینه‌های تاریخی-اجتماعی تکوین مفهوم «وظیفه» در دوره اِدو

Comprehending the reasons of Japanese success in rapid proceeding the modernization process entails an attempt to trace its historical background. Before the formation of Meiji modern state, Edo era as a mature traditional society at the threshold of transition to the modern age, from various aspects specifically the social one paved the way for the success of Japan`s modernization. Therefor...

Japanese Kosode Fragments of the Edo Period (1615-1868):A Recent Acquisition by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York