Unit 3

From Isolation to Adaptation

Targets
Skill Builders

Activity




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Deer Cry Pavilion
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  3. Read pages 356 and 357 of your textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • What was the Deer Cry Pavilion?
        • Why did the Japanese decide to close the Pavilion?
        • What is a backlash?
        • What were some changes that the Japanese felt were threatening long-held values?

  4. Read pages 359 to 361 of the textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • How had Japanese people been made to feel about their traditions?
        • Why did many Japanese people feel that westernization needed to slow down?
        • What was the new slogan?
        • How was Rita Joe’s experience similar to that of the Japanese people?
        • Why did the Japanese choose Shinto as the national religion?
        • What did the Japanese want their new constitution to be like?
        • What were Japanese people assured of in their new constitution?
        • Why were political parties discouraged?

  5. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.

The painting on page 358 of the textbook is by Tom Thomson, a famous Canadian painter and a member of the Group of Seven.

Another of his paintings is featured on the stamp pictured in Figure 16.2.

The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian artists who were very important in the early twentieth century. They portrayed Canadian landscapes in their paintings, developing techniques that allowed them to portray the wild terrain in new ways. Their work became known as a new “Canadian” art form.

You will find examples of their art on the Group of Seven Art website.

Can you see the influence of Japanese art in these creations?

Figure 16.2 "Autumn Birches" by Tom Thomson