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Web Gallery of Art: Camille Monet in Japanese Costume (La Japonaise)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Camille Monet in Japanese Costume (La Japonaise)", created by Claude Monet in 1876 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Japanese Woman

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Japanese Woman", created by Bertalan Szekely in 1903 (Oil on canvas, 168 x 120 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Japanese Bridge

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Japanese Bridge", created by Claude Monet in 1922 (Oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm).
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Yale University

E.e. Cummings and Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, maintained by Yale's Rare Book and Manuscript Library, discusses the influence of Chinese and Japanese art on Cummings' poems and paintings. Offers one example of each along with brief commentary.
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Isshin Ryu World Karate Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is about the Isshin-Ryu World Karate Association, located in Japan. It contains videos, seminars, and tournament information.
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Sumo Faq: History

For Students 9th - 10th
The site gives an extensive lesson of how Sumo Wrestling came to Japan in the 8th century. It also contains links to further information.
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International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Federation

For Students 9th - 10th
This is one of the older karate organizations founded in Okinawa. Its goal is to teach the traditional style of its ancestors.
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United States Isshinryu Association

For Students 9th - 10th
The organization seeks to teach traditional Isshinryu karate to its students. The site contains the history and mission of the organization.
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Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Thousand Paper Cranes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This historical fiction lesson plan is for learners reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, in which they can discuss the tragedy of Hiroshima and its impact as well as other themes.
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Joseph Wu Origami: What Is Origami?

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the art of Origami by Joseph Wu. Basic techniques, types of paper, and terminology are discussed.
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Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Nipponia

For Students 9th - 10th
Nipponia is an online magazine, published quarterly, that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. Browse articles on life and culture, travel and history, science and technology, art and entertainment, nature and geography,...
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Artizon Museum, Tokyo, Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
The Artizon's online English-language home provides access to its collection, which is focussed primarily on the art of the impressionists, the post-impressionists, and twentieth-century Western masters. Most examples are accompanied by...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Admiral Heihachiro Togo

For Students 9th - 10th
(1847-1934) Japanese Admiral who served the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short essay on Japan's geography and how it affected the culture of Japan.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Heihachiro Togo

For Students 9th - 10th
(1847-1917) Admiral Togo was a Japanese naval commander.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ito Hirobumi

For Students 9th - 10th
A Japanese politician and the country's first Prime Minister.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marquis Ito

For Students 9th - 10th
(1841-1909) Japanese statesman who was a prominent figure in the modernization of Japan or the Meiji period
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Heilbrunn Zen Buddhism: Hanging Scroll of Orchids and Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Ink drawing of orchids and rocks, hanging scroll,
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Khan Academy: Female Shinto Spirit

For Students 9th - 10th
This figure represents a Shinto goddess; her name is not known. She is depicted as an aristocratic woman, dressed in a thick kimono-like garment. Shinto images like this one were not meant to be seen but were kept hidden in movable...
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Khan Academy: The Floating World of Edo Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
During Japan's Edo period (1615-1868) the phrase "the floating world" (ukiyo) evoked an imagined universe of wit, stylishness, and extravagance -- with overtones of naughtiness, hedonism, and transgression. Implicit was a contrast to the...
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Yamashita Aikido Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
The organization, whcih strives to teach the traditional philosophy of Aikido, has existed for over 40 years since the end of World War II.
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Cut Out From Image of Bird and Flower (Ukiyo E)

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.

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