Describe the ways in which the Japanese reacted to the arrival of Occidentals (merchants, missionaries and military people) in the Far East..
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Requirement: your essay should be clearly written and structured, and it should be lean (economic in the use of words). Most of all, it should reflect critical thinking (logic, insights, creative reasoning, etc., — all those things that show you’re using facts rather than just citing them) on your part. Content Option:
1: Describe the ways in which the Japanese reacted to the arrival of Occidentals (merchants, missionaries and military people) in the Far East. What – if any – impact did Western culture have on Japanese beliefs, social conventions, educational conventions, economic activities, etc.? 2: The aesthetics of Japanese art (pictorial, plastic, literary, horticultural, etc.) are represented by a fairly wide range of works, from the elaborate to the simple, from the representational/figurative to the less representational, from the austere to the ornate, from merely suggestive to clear in intent, etc. Compare and contrast some of these works in terms of how they were crafted and composed, how they might have reflected the spirit of the times when they were produced, and, if possible, how they may have influenced later artistic endeavors.