Japan and Confucianism in Art and Society
(6th-7th century) made the 17 Article Constitution for Japan. It was built on principles from both Confucianism and Buddhism. The Confucianism provided the ideals that Japanese should work to achieve -- such as the gentleman ideal -- and the Buddhism provided the ethical structure for the society. In this way, the Japanese set up their culture as a composite of two philosophical frameworks that governed that behaviors and social mores of the people for hundreds of years. Around one thousand years later, during the Tokugawa period in Japan, the ethical systems that had been promoted by Taishi needed revitalizing. This is when Neo-Confucianism came into being… Continue Reading...
