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The were Japanese efforts to learn Chinese culture and civilization from
"Cultures Combined in the Mists of Time: Origins of the China-Japan relationship,"
''Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.'' February 3, 2006; reprinting article in ''Japan Times,'' January 29, 2006.
OCLC 32626862
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''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:
OCLC 58053128
* (1977). . Tokyo: Tōkai University Press. * Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''
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The were Japanese efforts to learn Chinese culture and civilization from Tang China
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
, in the 7th, 8th and 9th centuries. The nature of those contacts evolved gradually from political and ceremonial change into cultural exchanges, and the process accompanied growing commercial ties which developed over time.
From 607 to 839, Japan sent 19 missions to Sui and Tang Empires of China (a mission planned for 894 was cancelled). For each expedition, knowledge and learning were the principal objectives. Priests from Japan studied Chinese Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
, officials from Japan studied Chinese government, doctors from Japan studied Chinese medicine, and painters from Japan studied Chinese painting. Approximately one third of those who embarked from Japan did not survive to return home.Hoffman, Michael"Cultures Combined in the Mists of Time: Origins of the China-Japan relationship,"
''Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.'' February 3, 2006; reprinting article in ''Japan Times,'' January 29, 2006.
See also
*Tributary system of China
The tributary system of China (Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 中华朝贡体系, Traditional Chinese characters, traditional Chinese: 中華朝貢體系, pinyin: Zhōnghuá cháogòng tǐxì), or Cefeng system () at its heig ...
* Sinocentrism
Sinocentrism refers to a worldview that China is the cultural, political, or economic center of the world. Sinocentrism was a core concept in various Chinese dynasties. The Chinese considered themselves to be "all-under-Heaven", ruled by the ...
* Japanese missions to Sui China
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
* Japanese missions to Ming China
:
Japanese missions to Ming China represent a lens for examining and evaluating the relationships between China and Japan in the 15th through the 17th centuries.Mizuno, Norihito. (2003)''China in Tokugawa Foreign Relations: The Tokugawa Bakufu’s ...
* Japanese missions to Silla
* Japanese missions to Joseon
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* ______________. (1996). ''The Literature of Travel in the Japanese Rediscovery of China, 1862-1945.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press. OCLC 32626862
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''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:
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The pres ...
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* (1977). . Tokyo: Tōkai University Press. * Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
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Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...
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* . (2002). in . Tokyo: Nihon hyōronsha. * (2002). . Tokyo: Nōsan gyosen bunka kyōkai. {{DEFAULTSORT:Japanese missions to Tang China Ambassadors of Japan to China