The origin of Japanese culture and, the world view as its logical conclusion.
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	The fundamental understanding to Japanese culture. Japanese culture and Japanese people's brain.
	It can understand the culture to be the acquired method for the said people's perception if it considers culture about the brain. Or else, it also can say that the culture is based on the acquired method for reacting to the information coming from the outside world. And, the acquired method like that regulates a brain's action with mainly a imprinting. Thereupon, from the viewpoint like that, it states the characteristic of brain, of especially Japanese people's brain in this knot. Today, it is said that a human being perceives the sound of non-language, that is, the music, the noise, the voice of animal, the insects' singing, etc with using the right hemisphere of the brain generally. Then, it is said that also a human being copes with the sound of language with using the left hemisphere of the brain generally. However, Dr. Tunoda discovered the interesting function of our brain when he was the professor in "the Tokyo Medical and Dental University" at about 1980 year. He says that Japanese people hear the insects' singing and the certain Japanese musical instrument's sound with using the left hemisphere of the brain though it is certain that we originally hear the sound of non-language with using the right side of the brain. So, I presumed the Japanese people to feel the meaning of something from the sounds like that if his discovery is right. It is because the left hemisphere of brain treats the sound of language originally. In other words, it seems the Japanese people perceive the sounds like that to be the language of something whether they are aware of the thing or not. This is the very important characteristic for us. It is because it seems to be the fundamental element of the Japanese culture and of the way of our perception. If someone felt that something uttered the words, at least the human being thinks something like that has the consciousness. And, in ordinary case, the existence like that is the human being. However, if Dr. Tunoda's opinion is proper, it seems that at least Japanese people are in the mental environment different from the ordinary case a little. In other words, it seems that Japanese people feel there is the unknown spiritual existence different from the human being, when it hears the insects' singing or hears the certain Japanese music instrument's sound. If it explains it concretely a little more, it would be we from the sounds like that hear the voice of the gods and goddesses or hear the voice of the ghost and devils or other. If so, for at least Japanese people, it can say this world exists not only as physical area but also as the spiritual area countless spirits live in. Needless to say, the Japanese people almost aren't aware of the thing. It is that most of Japanese people feel unconsciously the sounds like that are the voices a spirit gives off. In spite of our not being aware of the thing, it seems that our mental characteristic like that is the mental footing of Japanese people. In other words, it can say that Japanese people have the polytheistic characteristic and the tendency like animism fundamentally. Probably, the concept of "Coto-dama(a soul of words)" also is based on the mental footing like that. However, it doesn't mean the Japanese people have a primitive brain. Rather, it should say that the ability disappearing because of civilization in other countries didn't degenerate because of the special characteristic of Japanese language. And, it thinks that the worldview supposed to come out of our brain like that includes the important thought able to help the progress of mankind. It is because this ability born of the characteristic of our brain is maintaining our various detailed technologies the foreign can't imitate. And, the characteristic of our brain like that was brought from Japanese language if Dr. Tunoda's study to be stated later is proper. It is that Japanese language is important so for us. If we understand the characteristic of our brain enough, it would bring to us the fine thought mentioned above. Dr. Tunoda says the Japanese persons growing with using English for the infant period don't have the Japanesque brain. Conversely, the American and French persons and so on using Japanese language for the infant period have the Japanesque brain, he says. In other words, our characteristic in the brain is decided by the used language for the infant period. Therefore, it seems that the characteristic in our brain is culture born of the using Japanese language, is not inborn nature. Dr. Tunoda also says that this characteristic in our brain isn't inborn nature. If so, even if the various culture is adopted for Japan, if Japanese language isn't lost, it seems that the characteristic in our brain never be changed. And, the characteristic in brain like that is regulating and controling our thinking together with the diversity of Japanese Characters. Therefore, it is that it thinks Japanesque brain is the footing of Japanese culture. If so, when would the characteristic of Japanese language like that have been created how? Or, would the Jomon language and the ancient Japanese language have the characteristic like that? To tell the truth, it could find out the serious hints about the thing from Dr. Tunoda's research. It is because Dr. Tunoda had discovered the certain peoples have the characteristic of Japanesque brain. However, it wasn't that it found out the characteristic like that from the Korean people and so on who are supposed to have the close relationship with Japanese people at blood. Enough strangely, it was found out of the Micronesian speaking in their original language. And, he assumed that the Polynesian language also makes the brain Japanesque because it has the very close form to the Micronesian language. Then, in others' research, it is said that the Ainu seeming to be the descendant of the Jomon people also has the close relationship with the Polynesian hereditarily. Furthermore, as it stated before, it seems that the Ainu's language maintains the characteristic of the Jomon language considerably. According to recent research, it is said that Micronesian people, Polynesian people, Ainu, and so on are belonging to old type Mongoloid, aren't changing one's hereditary characteristic so from the older times than the glacial epoch until this day. Therefore, it seems that the Ainu's language also make the brain Japanesque if the Micronesian language makes the brain Japanesque and if the Japanese language born out of the Jomon language makes the brain Japanesque. In other words, it has to think the language the old type Mongoloid uses brings the culture like the polytheism which is based on animism originally. Needless to say, it seems that all communities of the mankind were keeping the worldview like the animism when still not civilized. In other words, it seems that not only the people of old type Mongoloid but also other ancient people could hear the voice Mother Nature gives off, and could talk with the gods and goddesses, that is, all of the nature probably. They, with hearing the voice like that from the nature in the intuition, must have learned the method to cope to the movement of the nature. However, many people didn't have the language able to keep the ability like that. So, the people like that lost the ability like that because of the evolution of civilization soon. It is natural that the ability not used for long degenerates. However, our language can give us the special intuition if we try to hear properly the voice the nature gives off and if our subjective recognition can have the opened consistency for the non-understandable phenomenon and spiritual existence. This ability is very precious for us. It is because the recent people, caught to the subdivided objective recognition because of the development of civilization, can't hear the original voice the phenomenon gives off. We would have to think this problem with recalling the respect for Mother Nature. Since it thinks that our worldview based on the ability like that includes the very excellent philosophy, it thinks to name the mental ability like that the soul of Jomon, holding the pride. Now, it seems that Jomon language kept on changing with absorbing the Altaic language mainly, as it stated before. Today, most of us are understanding it as the ancient Japanese language different from Jomon language. It can say that the language at the Japanese Islands was changed so rapidly at that time. In spite of that, the basic part of the Jomon language maintaining the Japanesque brain wasn't lost. So, it seems the soul of Jomon also haven't been lost. In spite of such a rapid change, it can say that Japanese language didn't finish becoming the Altaic language. Actually, our brain based on our language is different from the Korean people's brain. The different culture came into the Japanese Islands since before several thousand years. In spite of that, the fundamental element keeping the soul of Jomon, that is, the "soul of Jomon culture" was maintained through the Jomon language, the ancient Japanese language, until the present. And, it is in the condition kept even now. However, today, it seems that most of Japanese people not only don't know the thing, but also don't even try to know the thing unfortunately. It seems this is very regrettable situation for Japanese people and also for Japan. The unconcern to one's mind and culture gives the evil influence to the social centripetal force called the culture if the social condition like that continues for long. The culture is the only fundamental force to maintain the social unity. Not until the community's members' egos were fused, the culture's force like that is born. And, it seems that the force like that makes each individual's ego fuse to the society furthermore. It can say that the consistency of the recognition between each individual person and the society is kept by the culture like that. In spite of that, it seems that our culture is degenerating increasingly because of the above-mentioned unconcern now though this is wished to be my misunderstanding. And, the unconcern like that isn't the temporary problem in only the recent Japan. As a matter of fact, it seems that the social circumstances at the advanced nations all involve the problem like that whether it is serious or not. It probably is because the gap in the recognition between the leaders at the society or various fields and common people is expanding rapidly. And, one of its causes is the uneven distribution of wealth probably. But, since it seem to stray from the theme, it will stop telling more than this. However, it can't but think about the problem of our country. So, it will tell about this problem furthermore a little. To tell the truth, it thinks that the unconcern like that about our culture and mental footing is continuing for long because of our certain deep-rooted habit inherited from the ancient times. It can notice the thing at once if it sees many of Japanese people don't value our country's art and so on so highly. And, it seems that the habit like that was created by the historical relationship of the Jomon culture and Yayoi culture probably. As it stated before, Yayoi culture has the rational characteristic, if it is compared with Jomon culture which has the emotional characteristic. And, Yayoi culture rather symbolized the ruling class's mind at certain period. And, Jomon culture rather symbolized the lower classes' mind. However, the footing of culture at the Japanese Islands was Jomon culture persistently. It thinks that the thing isn't changing even now. And, it seems that the art characteristic in Japan belongs to the line of Jomon culture. But, there is the problem here. At the latter term of Jomon period, the people imported the culture of the continent, thinking it important. And, the people administering the import almost were the naturalized Japanese or the ruling class. The thing imprinted the inferior nature of Jomon culture on each individual's heart in those days. So, it thinks that the reason why many of Japanese people don't value our country's art or other so highly can be supposed from the above-mentioned historical condition. Especially today, that habit looks to be firm. So, wouldn't it be that the passive attitude for our culture and mental footing is spreading among us, before we notice? In spite of that, there may be the person saying that we kept on maintaining our community enough. Needless to say, it is truth at the certain extent. However, it can't assert easily that it is because our problem was solved. If it considers the aspect of the present world which is shaken by the rapid globalism, it can't assert that our problem doesn't burst. It is that this problem we inherit rather is the present problem more than former days really.
NEXT PAGE			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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