Revolutions in the History of Civilization Induced by Paper

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  • 紙が演出した文明史上の交代劇
  • 紙が演出した文明史上の交代劇(第7部)朝鮮半島,ベトナムそして日本
  • カミ ガ エンシュツ シタ ブンメイ シジョウ ノ コウタイゲキ(ダイ7ブ)チョウセン ハントウ,ベトナム ソシテ ニホン
  • Part 7：Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and Japan
  • 第7部　朝鮮半島，ベトナムそして日本

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<p>China took the direct presence in Korean Peninsula in the first Century B.C., and the paper which became common in China was introduced there. The successive Korean Dynasties, Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, received Buddhism along with its manuscripts, and nurtured their cultures written on paper. Though Chinese influence stayed strong, Korean culture progressed and invented Hangul in the 15th Century. Its traditional paper making process is very similar to the old Japanese process.</p><p>Japan imported Buddhism and paper by way of two routes （Goguryeo and Baekje）．Around 600, it began to contact China in direct.</p><p>Vietnam was occupied by China for about 1000 years from 111 B.C. of which influence stayed long. In the 13th Century, it invented a writing system in which Vietnamese language was adapted to Chinses characters, and used it along with an older system. The writing system was standardized in 1945 after the revolution. Its traditional paper making process is very similar to the old Japanese process except it uses inner bark of dó tree.</p><p>The paper making process which had arrived at Japan grew to perfection as Washi. It is valued that Japanese culture written on paper expanded a new possibility of the function of paper.</p>

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  • JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL

    JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL 75 (8), 743-746, 2021

    JAPAN TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

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