In ancient Korean Poetry, ancient Korean perceived natural phenomena not individually but totally. Their recognition of nature was ideological recognition. Whereas in Japanese Waka, tile traditional songs, old Japanese people did not see outer world a...
In ancient Korean Poetry, ancient Korean perceived natural phenomena not individually but totally. Their recognition of nature was ideological recognition. Whereas in Japanese Waka, tile traditional songs, old Japanese people did not see outer world as a whole, but separately in other words they perceived phenomena tangible and practical way, Japanese recognition of nature was sensual one.
The Korean way of life rooted deeply in the nature and strong identity with the nature made difficult to adopt new situation that modernization of country laged behind. But in Japanese song, their visualization of nature objectively brought people sense of mutability and solity that they try to escape from them by selfdenial process and such attitudes toward nature facilitate accepting western culture.