Essays about: "Edo period"

Found 3 essays containing the words Edo period.

  1. 1. Relevant Dutch Lexical Influence in Contemporary Modern Japanese

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för japanska och kinesiska; Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Willem Koen; [2024]
    Keywords : Japanese Language; Dutch-Japanese; Dutch Lexical influence; Loanwords; Lexical exchange; Lexical influence; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : During the Edo Period of Japanese history, many loanwords entered the Japanese language through communication with the Dutch. Now, 164 years after the last significant linguistic exchange took place between the Dutch and the Japanese, it is interesting to see what lexical influence still exists in contemporary modern Japanese and which loanwords have fallen out of use. READ MORE

  3. 2. Foreign character language : A case study on Kagura from Gin Tama

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

    Author : Nillen Kanon; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Role language in Japanese is a term defined in 2000 by Satoshi Kinsui. Role language usesdifferent pronouns, copula and sentence-ending particles to depict a certain type of characterusing language. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Dameisho to Meisho

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Lukas Petko; [2015]
    Keywords : Tokyo; meisho; urban planning; intervention; public space; linear development; waterways; elevated highways; Edo period; Kanto earthquake; Japan; japanese architecture; Bow-wow studio; Hiroshige Ando; urban development; graphics; illustration; axonometric drawing;

    Abstract : Seen from abroad, Tokyo appears as a huge, vibrant metropolis where 21st-century Japan meets the traditional side of the country. Tokyo´s skyline is a diverse jumble of traditional houses and shrines, and modern architecture from skyscrapers of glass to 1970´s living capsules. READ MORE