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1. www.insidekyoto.com › sword-dancing-kyoto-samuraiSword Dancing in Kyoto at Samurai Kembu Theater

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   4 days ago · Kembu is a Japanese martial art that combines sword play with dance. At the Samurai Kembu Theater in Kyoto you can watch a performance of this traditional dance and enter the world of the samurai warrior. Our flashing blade, Michael Lambe, reports. Get into step with the samurai spirit at Samurai Kembu Theater – image © Michael Lambe.

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2. www.insidekyoto.com › minamiza-kabuki-theatreMinamiza Kabuki Theatre - Inside Kyoto

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   2 days ago · Few theatrical spectacles are as visually stimulating as kabuki, and Kyoto’s Minamiza Kabuki Theatre is the best place in Japan to see kabuki.

3. www.insidekyoto.com › nijo-jo-castleNijo-jo Castle - Inside Kyoto

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   1 day ago · Nijo-jo Castle is one of Kyoto’s most popular and impressive sights. It shows the power the Shoguns wielded over the emperors throughout the Edo Period.

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   5 days ago · I think the power from the dances of King Louis XIV's court is more competitive while the Asantehene court is more commutative and relaxed but both still strong and powerful. Explain the ways in which the royal courts of the Javanese used dance as an expression of power.

5. earlymusicmuse.com › mirie-it-iMirie it is while sumer ilast: decoding ... - Early Music Muse

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   4 days ago · Mirie it is while sumer ilast, dated to the first half of the 13th century, is the earliest surviving secular song that is both English and in the English language, preserved only by the good luck of being written on a piece of paper kept with an unrelated book. We have the music and a single verse.

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6. www.britannica.com › place › JapanJapan - Nara, Buddhism, Shinto | Britannica

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   4 days ago · The consecration ceremony of the Great Buddha of Tōdai Temple, for example, was conducted by a Brahman high priest born in India, while the music was played by musicians from throughout East Asia. But despite this internationalism, respect was also shown for traditional Japanese cultural forms.

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   Why do Samurai dance before a battle?

   • This was called kembu (剣舞) which literally means “sword dance”. It is said that samurai would perform dances like this before a battle in order to raise their spirits and improve their concentration. A mounted samurai attack in Kyoto!

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   Where to learn Japanese swords in Kyoto?

   • Our flashing blade, Michael Lambe, reports. There is a small theater in the heart of Kyoto’s city center, where you can experience first-hand the Japanese way of the sword. The place is called Samurai Kembu Theater and they put on shows and give lessons daily. When I was asked to visit them on behalf of Inside Kyoto, I jumped at the chance.

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   How did the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki influence Japanese culture?

   • The anthology had immense influence on all subsequent Japanese culture. The compilation of Japan’s two most ancient histories, the Kojiki and Nihon shoki, also took place at the beginning of the 8th century. Both works are extremely important, for they draw on oral or written traditions handed down from much earlier times.

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   Where is the best kabuki theatre in Kyoto?

   • Kabuki theatre Minamiza: TK Kurikawa / Shutterstock.com Located in a grand building on the corner of Shijo-dori and Kawabata-dori in Gion, Minamiza is Kyoto’s premier kabuki theatre. If there’s a show on while you’re in town, we highly recommend that you see at least a few acts (performances usually go on for hours, with plentiful intermissions).

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   What influenced Japanese culture?

   • The poems deal directly and powerfully with basic human themes, such as love between men and women or between parents and children, and are deeply imbued with the traditional spirit of Japan, scarcely influenced at all by Buddhist or Confucian ideas. The anthology had immense influence on all subsequent Japanese culture.

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   Why did Yamato kings worship Mount Miwa?

   • The Yamato kings (called kimi and written with the appropriated Chinese characters for “great ruler”) were centered around Mount Miwa, the object of worship. Although the kimi exercised both secular and sacred functions, it seems that their primary focus was a priestly one, based on a sacred connection with Mount Miwa.

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8. www.britannica.com › place › JapanJapan - Yamato, Expansion, Shintoism | Britannica

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   3 days ago · By the 5th century, the Yamato ruler was designating the heads of the most powerful uji, who developed close ties with the ruler over time. The Yamato court was thus headed by a hereditary ruler, while its members were drawn from the group of powerful clan leaders awarded kabane (titles).