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In actuality, the people who crossed the sea were the people of the Korea Peninsula and their culture was the Korean culture." [145] As scholarship on pre-modern Korean contributions to Japanese culture has advanced, some academics have also begun studying reverse cultural flows from Japan to Korea during the same period of history.
Chinese dragon mythology is the source of Japanese dragon mythology. Japanese words for "dragon" are written with kanji ("Chinese characters"), either simplified shinjitai 竜 or traditional kyūjitai 龍 from Chinese long 龍. These kanji can be read tatsu in native Japanese kun'yomi, [b] and ryū or ryō in Sino-Japanese on'yomi. [c] Many ...
Whereas most dragons in European mythology are linked to the elements of fire and destruction, dragons in Korean mythology are primarily benevolent beings related to water and agriculture, often considered bringers of rain and clouds. Hence, many Korean dragons are said to have resided in rivers, lakes, oceans, or even deep mountain ponds.
Date Masamune (伊達 政宗, DAH-tay; September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a Japanese daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period.Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai.
Kunio Yanagita (Japanese: 柳田 國男, Hepburn: Yanagita Kunio, July 31, 1875 – August 8, 1962) was a Japanese author, scholar, and folklorist.He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions.
Some Korean martial art organizations claim that the ssaurabi were warriors of Baekje [citation needed], a kingdom in southwestern Korea, and that the Japanese samurai originated from the ssaurabi. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 2002 South Korean film Saulabi (variant romanization of ssaurabi ), directed by Moon Jong-geum, dealt with this theory.
Hwa Rang Do is a modern Korean martial art that is inspired by the ancient Hwarang warriors and their legacy. In the fighting game series Tekken , a playable character named Hwoarang is present in the game, and fights with the Tae Kwon Do fighting style.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経, c. 1159 – June 15, 1189) was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles that toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan, helping his half-brother Yoritomo consolidate power.