The origin of Japanese culture and, the world view as its logical conclusion. |
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It revised the former edition. Hiromasa Noguti. December 19, 2011.
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2. The fundamental understanding to Japanese culture. 2-1. The formation of Japanese peoples. |
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We often hear the words Japan is the country composed of the mono-peoples. Of course, in this case, it means the Japanese peoples. However, if the actual circumstances are seen, it seems that it only means that the people living in Japan almost is the Japanese people. As it stated before, it is because the characteristic of actual peoples can't but change because of the mixing of blood, and the change of culture or other. The changeless peoples would only exist into the Idea World. Thereupon, it first has to think from the viewpoint like that about the conception of Japanese peoples. So, in this knot, it states the outline of when so-called Japanese peoples were born how why though the detailed explanation is stated in each knot. It thinks the conception of Japanese peoples becomes clear at that process, soon. In the history of the people living in the Japanese Islands, the period from B.C. about 8000 to B.C. 300 is called Jomon period. And, at that time, the Jomon people, while evolving the Jomon culture, were living in Japanese Islands. Then, in the recent study, it is said that Jomon people are the old type Mongoloid. Since the old type Mongoloid didn't change their characteristic form and quality in spite of the very cold climate of glacial epoch, it is said that it was named like that. So, they are classed as the race different from the new type Mongoloid who was evolved slightly, adjusting to the cold climate in the glacial epoch. In passing, the new type Mongoloid is the Mongoloid everyone knows. However, the Jomon culture became weak rapidly in the last part of the Jomon period. And, it almost disappeared at least from the western Japanese Islands at B.C. about 300. Then, at that time, Yayoi people with the physical feature of the new Mongoloid had kept moving to the northeast from the southwest of the Japanese Islands, and had started to expand their territory in rapid step. And, Yayoi culture rather had the rational and objective characteristic, compared with the emotional and subjective characteristic Jomon culture has. The thing can be understood with comparing the shape of earthen vessels. And, it seems that the many of us are interpreting Yayoi people as our ancestor. But, behind the recognition like that, it seems there is the simple conjecture the Yayoi people drove out the Jomon people into the ruin. However, would it be so really ? When the Jomon people were living in the various area of the Japanese Islands, the Altaic people (the new Mongoloid), that is, the ancestor of Korean people or other kept migrating to the south from the north at the Asian Continent ceaselessly. And, a part of them also came to Japanese Islands, crossing the Sea of Japan, soon. However, since they originally were the inland people, it seems their art of navigation was inferior to the Jomon people at least at that beginning. Since it is supposed that their ships also weren't so good, it probably was difficult to come to the Japanese Islands in large members. Therefore, many of them concentrated to the struggle for the survival in the Asian Continent and the Korean peninsula probably. In spite of that, the new Mongoloid tried to come to the Japanese Islands, crossing the sea at the risk of shipwreck in the very small members. However, the people narrowly having arrived at the Japanese Island couldn't survive there if it doesn't depend on Jomon society. In other words, they couldn't but use the language in Japanese Islands, that is, the Jomon language, accepting the custom of Jomon society. But, in spite of the difficulty like that, they, coming to Japanese Islands one after another, kept on mixing one's blood to the Jomon people. Probably, it is because the fierce wars often occurred in the Asian Continent. Especially, in the latter term of Jomon period, certain rules for each tribe in Japanese Islands were established because of the frequent trade or other probably. So, it seems that Jomon society at the Japanese Islands relatively was in the politically stable condition. Therefore, it seems that the new Mongoloid wanted to come to the earthly paradise, that is, Japanese Island, escaping from the confusion of Asian continent. If not, the current of people may have been converse. If it doesn't consider the climate and other conditions for the direction of emigration, it is because the culture born in the continent in those days already was about to be superior to Jomon culture. By the way, Yin dynasty(about B.C. 15000) appears in China soon. And, it was the obvious evidence showing that the culture of the new Mongoloid gave the civilization the birth. In fact, the old type Mongoloid was absorbed or driven out by the new Mongoloid, one after another in the Asian Continent. It seems such condition in Asian continent started from nearly the middle term of the Jomon period if it explains it in the historical division of Japan. On the other hand, at Japanese Islands, the Jomon people as the old type Mongoloid kept cultivating one's culture while keeping one's blood narrowly. However, it can't assert Japanese Islands were peace completely. It is because the fierce social changes at the continent started to give Jomon society the strong influence as well. Then, it is said that the climate colder than before covered the Japanese Islands when the time was drawn to the latter term of Jomon period. In spite of that, since at the Japanese Islands, the population still kept on increasing, it sunk into the condition apt to lack the foods, in spite of the evolution of the farming technology. When the food shortage like that comes to be more serious, it seems that a part of habitants in the Japanese Islands was obliged to roam from place to place or to migrate to other area, looking for the foods. Furthermore, at that time, the new Mongoloid in the Continent make develop their civilization rapidly. It seems that the Jomon people were exposed to the vague uneasiness in that it may be invaded from the people living in the Continent. And, on the other hand, Jomon people were troubled about the various problems, that is, the lack of foods and the frequent-moving, the wars and the collapse of the rule of trade, and so on. It seems that those problems and anxiousness cornered them mentally and realistically. By any chance, the things they feel anxious may already have been becoming reality. So, it seems that Jomon people wished the stronger powers able to construct new political order. They were obliged to battle with each community, wanting the supremacy at the Japanese Islands whether it likes it or not. So, the excellent technology or goods, imported from the continent haven't been permitted to lack for them anymore at their surviving the battle and various troubles. It was natural that the leaders of Jomon people wished to connect to the people living in the continent, and expected the visitors and immigrants from the continent. The leaders of Jomon people must have given the emigrants like that the high status and honor, the wealth and their daughter, and so on, trying to make the emigrants, and so on work in the comfortable condition if it judges that emigrant excellent. "Welcome! All comers". In those days, it seems that the Jomon society at the Japanese Islands was in the social condition like that more than the present United States of America. When Jomon people were importing the culture of the new Mongoloid for one's community, it seems that the upper classes were having the characteristic form and quality in Yayoi people more than the lower classes for the certain period. If you know the history of world, recall the social structure with the double layer like this is seen as a time. And, the Jomon people like that living in the Japanese Islands were battling to get the supremacy with using the excellent immigrants. Therefore, the people of old type not accepting the technology of and blood of the new Mongoloid were driven to the disadvantageous circumstances gradually. And, they were forced to decide whether it should obey the new type of Jomon people, or should escape toward the north. If not, they were obliged to fall into the ruin. In other words, the Jomon people had been forced to become the Yayoi people. So, their characteristic form and quality became like the new Mongoloid increasingly. Then, it thinks that the strong among Yayoi people born in the process like that were named the Wha from Chinese people, soon. The Jomon people having more the Yayoi people's blood conquer or ruin, the Jomon people having the old type Mongoloid's blood more than them. Furthermore, the winners in the fights like that are conquered or ruined by the people having more the Yayoi people's blood than them. The Jomon people rapidly changed to the Yayoi people in the process like that probably. As it stated before, it is related to also the fact that the emigrants from the continent were given the high status. It is because their children were in the very favorable condition for survival than the people of the lower classes. It can imagine the thing also from the myth that Oo-kuni-nusi as the god of Izumo had sexual relations in many princesses. In other words, it is guessed that he had many descendants. Then, according to Kojiki, he got the high status considerably, conquering various difficulties. *In passing, Kojiki is the book having been edited in the beginning of 8th Century with gathering the ancient Japanese myth, and with adding the ancient Japanese history. Needless to say, it can't think that the myth is describing the fact whole. But, the myth is the important material to examine the history. It is because any myth seems to be expressing symbolically the old memory of the said community in certain extent. But, there is strong possibility the contents of myth were changed by the powers mechanism in the certain times. Therefore, it has to examine carefully the consistency of the myth and history if it tries to find out the old memory from the myth. By the way, it seems to be the mistake it asserts that the Jomon people were conquered by the invaders who came from the continent if above conjecture is proper. It thinks that the brain characteristic in the Japanese people is the evidence for such a mistake. However, the detailed explanation about our brain is stated later. Anyhow, it can say Japanese peoples are the crystal of the formed blood and culture in the above mentioned process. And, it seems that the forming of Japanese peoples was continued until A.D. 300 in perspective and until the more latter period partially. Or, it may be better to understand the history about forming of Japanese peoples like that to be the process having continued in the ancient Korean peninsula and Japanese Islands or other, not only in Japanese Islands. Anyhow, about the forming of Japanese peoples and its process, it seems that it was stated nearly properly. If so, in spite of the ceaseless mix of blood like that, why would the Wha have continued to be the Wha ? Needless to say, it would be related to the Japanese habitants' and other people's consciousness that the habitants of Japanese Island roughly are the people having the same characteristic form and quality. However, leaving foreign people's consciousness, would what be the footing we have about our being Japanese people? It thinks to examine the Japanese language to find out that answer next. | |||||
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Introduction. The mental problems of Japan. # 1. Culture and civilization. Ecosystem and the diverse human world. # 2. The fundamental understanding to Japanese culture. # 2-1. The formation of Japanese peoples. # 2-2. About Japanese language. # 2-3. Japanese culture and the Japanese people's brain. # 3. The soul of Jomon lurking to Japanese gods and goddesses. # 3-1. The origin of Japanese double standard. # 3-2. The divine nature of the gods of the Koto-ama-tu-kami. # 3-3. The change in the divine nature at the gods and goddesses. # 3-4. The country of the gods and goddesses. | ||||
# 3-5. The birth of Ebisu.
# 4. The world view Jomon people think. # 4-1. The Jomon world : The profit and the barter economy. # 4-2. The religion for Jomon people. # 4-3. "The myth of birth of Japanese countries" and "the thought of Itak". # 4-4. The world view lurking to us. # 5. The subject and object to realize into "Kan-musubi" and "Takami-musubi". # 6. The physical world the cognition-subject sees. (Characteristic time, Subjective time, and Objective time.) # 7. The information and the cognition-subject. |
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