Create two postcards telling the outside world about social, political, religious, intellectual, or economic aspects of medieval Japanese society. Each postcard should have one image showing aspects of medieval Japanese society.
Each postcard should have one full paragraph describing your observations of medieval Japanese society.
Use your senses when describing your observations.

Postcard #1

I have recently traveled to Japan; Japan is a series of islands that consists of 3,000 islands, and I had the pleasure of viewing their way of life, it is very different. I noticed that they’re separated socially by "class" consisting of the Emperor, Shogun, and Daimyo. In the political aspect of Japan, they use  the "Bushido“, which is separated into seven different categories that are rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, and loyalty. There are a lot of opportunities for the less fortunate to get money. I’ve talked to the wealthy landowners and they’re very reasonable. The landowners have a lot of jobs for anyone who wants to work.

Postcard #2

I spent some time visiting the beautiful public shrines. You might not know this, but nearly everyone here is either Buddhist or Shintoist. The word Shinto actually comes from China. The words "shin tao" means "The way of the gods". Not surprising, because the Japanese really look up to China and their ways. They really try to emulate the Chinese. I think that's because they're geographically close to China. I learned there are even different types of Shinto; Shrine Shinto, Imperial Household Shinto, Folk Shinto, and Koshinto. Shrine Shinto is the main tradition of Shinto worship and takes place at local events at the shrines. Imperial Household Shinto are the rights performed by the Imperial family at the three shrines on the Imperial grounds. Folk Shinto is the belief of sprit possession and healing from Shaman’s. Some of those practices come from Buddhism. Koshinto is the oldest Shinto, in fact in English it means old Shinto!

Explanation:

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