1450-1750+East+Asia+Theme+2

Development and Interaction of Cultures


 * Religion and other religious stuff
 * Christianity came
 * Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit, came to Ming court
 * Jseuits adopted Chinese traditions
 * Later banned in Japanese islands
 * Buddhism in China and Japan


 * Belief Systems, Philosophies
 * Confucianism
 * Neo-Confucianism (loyalty and submission)
 * Confucian education
 * Encyclopedias and libraries
 * "Dutch learning"
 * "Native learning"
 * Pulp fiction
 * Pop culture - novels (fiction, romances, travel adventures)
 * Peasants esteemed by Confucius for honest labor.


 * Science and Technology
 * In China, engineers produced a veritable flood of innovations
 * Adopted European cannons
 * Advanced firearms
 * gun powder
 * Glass prisms
 * Harpsichords
 * Clocks


 * Arts and Architecture
 * Floating worlds in Japan
 * Teahouses
 * Theaters
 * Public Bafens
 * European art began to influence Japanese scholars
 * Silk
 * Porcelain
 * Laquerware