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Lesson: Geography of the Silk Road and the Tokaido Road

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The purpose of this lesson is to provide an introduction to China and Japan's four major religions: Buddhism. Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto.

Subject Categories: Buddhism Daoism and Confucionism Shinto

Locale: Comparison

Grade Levels: Grades 5-8

Associated Images:
1914.567 Stele with Sakyamuni and Bodhisattvas
1941.594 Miniature Mountain with Daoist Paradise
1954.373 Shinto Deity: Izu-san Gongen
1956.709 Plate with Isle of the Immortals
1956.709 Plate with Isle of the Immortals
1961.48 Nikko, the Sun Bodhisattva
1961.89 Lady Xuanwen Jun Giving Instructions on the Classics
1962.260 Bowl with "Land of Taoist Immortals" Scene
1973.105 Zao-Gongen
1973.70.1 Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages of Enlightenment
1973.70.2 The Eight Hosts of Celestial Nagas and Yakshis
1973.85.a Yakushi-Nyorai Buddha
1975.65 Enno Gyoja
1977.7 Raft Cup (Chabei)
1978.3.1 Shinto Deities
1978.3.2 Shinto Deities
1983.86 Bodhisattva
1985.30 Head of a Male Shinto Deity
1985.87 A Preaching Buddha
1987.13 Woman Holding Plum Blossoms: Tomb Figurine early 8th century
1989.315 Dish with Laozi Riding a Water Buffalo (interior); Pavilion and Immortals in Rocky Landscape (exterior)
1995.395 Mirror with Confucian Maxim

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