What role has “cultural borrowing” played in Japanese history? Describe the proc
What role has “cultural borrowing” played in Japanese history? Describe the process whereby Japan adopts and
adapts foreign institutions and cultures to fit its own historical experience.
Below are the following texts that should help you cite evidence. Not all of these need to be used obviously so pick whatever ones would be easiest for you.
Richard Bowring, trans. The Diary of Lady Murasaki. Penguin Classics, 1999.
Donald Keene, trans. Essays in Idleness. Columbia University Press, 1998.
Kayano Shigeru. Our Land Was a Forest. Westview, 1994.
Eiichi Kiyooka, trans. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa. Columbia University
Press, 1980.
Yoshida Mitsuru, Requiem for Battleship Yamato, trans. Richard H. Minear. Naval
Institute Press, 1999.
