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| During the Asuka Period, Japanese architecture were primarily influenced by the Paekche Kingdom. Japanese nobility, wishing to take advantage of the culture across the sea, imported Korean artists and artisans to build and decorate their first palaces and temples. Korean architects, sculptors, painters and textile workers were highly respected and rewarded. | |||
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The theory favored by many Western archeologists is that Japanese are descendants of immigrants from Korea who arrived with agriculture around 400 B.C. Since then many things of Japanese culture today have originated from Korea including Buddhism and the Yakuza arrived in Japan in the 6th century. Influence from Korean artists can also be seen ranging from the architecture of Buddhist temples to statues, pottery and even Japanese folk music.
Japanese Language
Architecture
During the Asuka Period, Japanese architecture were primarily influenced by the Paekche Kingdom. Japanese nobility, wishing to take advantage of the culture across the sea, imported Korean artists and artisans to build and decorate their first palaces and temples. Korean architects, sculptors, painters and textile workers were highly respected and rewarded.
Pottery
Sculptures
Folk Music
Religion
References
Notes
- Diamond, Jared (June 1998). "Japanese Roots". Discover Magazine 19 (6).
- Robert E. Buswell Jr., ed. Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Influences on the Buddhist Traditions of East Asia. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
- Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 15, East Asian Musics (1983), pp. 31-37