Activities for this chapter
- make everyday Japanese food
- watch videos on samurai technique and armor:
- watch videos on kabuki theater:
- watch video tutorials on brush painting and try it ourselves:
Links for this chapter
- Judge Ooka was a real person, here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōoka_Tadasuke. The Wikipedia page is well worth reading for all the delightful rabbit trails, including the author Bertus Aafjes: http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/09/judge-ooka-in-the-east-and-west, and many others.
- Also worth looking at for myriad links to other aspects of Japanese culture, the Wikipedia pages for Hideyoshi and Ieyasu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyori, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu.
- The Wikipedia page for karate--part of the reason for its popularity and development was the loss of the right to bear arms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate.
- Wikipedia page on samurai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai. And bushido: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido. There were also female samurai warriors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha. Here is a PBS program on Japan that includes information on female samurai, it may be worth checking out: http://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/index.html.
What we did
- We read the story of Ooka and the Stolen Smell from a well-loved copy of Judge Ooka stories:
- Our show-and-tells--a Japanese house on Minecraft, with a Japanese pig inside:
an abacus and a horn book:
a Korean tortoise boat:
an origami fan and purse:
Japanese hairsticks:
- We made Miso Soup with Tofu and Seaweed:
Sweet Potato Salad:
and Fried Noodles (Yakisoba), as well as Teriyaki chicken and Japanese crackers in the background:
We tasted it all, and in the end there was only a little bit of Miso soup left! Here are the recipes:
- We ate bamboo and we painted it too, using brush painting techniques:
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