16th Century Japan

Art:

Pottery fragments were discovered in Yamamoto between 15 and 16 thousand years ago. These are the oldest pieces of pottery found so far. During the early development of Japanese art, chinese styles greatly influenced painters and styles. But by the 14th century japan as a country had started to develop its own style, and by the 16th century japan had completely developed its own style due to the fact6 japan as the country had shut itself to the world. One of the main differences in style between Chinese and Japanese art styles in that Japanese painters uses more abstract and naturalistic styles. With the focus more on capturing the basic form and characteristics of specific subjects. They worked on paring down to the essentials unlike

By the 9th century there were five institutions of higher learning within the imperial capital. Zen Buddhist monasteries were ahn important aspect of the education system. Many of which greatly succeeded as centuries of higher learning from the 9th century to the 15th century. At the start of the 16th century european and western influence began to creep into japan. Missionaries opened religious schools within japan and began to teach latin and classical western music along with the classical japanese subjects and christianity. At the start of the Edo Period few common people in Japan could read or write. By the period's end, learning had become widespread. An emphasis on discipline and competent performance was set. Many changes took place to the education system during this time but most schools provided providing basic training in reading, writing, and arithmetic, emphasizing calligraphy and use of the abacus. Those who were unable to send their children to schools taught the rudiments to their own children or joined together to hire a young teacher. By the 1860s, 40-50% of Japanese boys, and 15% of the girls, had some schooling outside the