When Japan first started out many countries had already succussed in a lot of things. Like China and Korea. in the beginning, all that Japan had to call their own was art and a spoken language. They really needed a written language. So the used one very similar to China's. The chinese didn't mind at all
The Japanese still spoke their own language, but they use China's language. The Japanese wrote a lot. Most people wrote beautiful poems. People of the court would even throw parties in which they took turns writing and reading each others poems. Back then most of their poems were five lines long and usually were about nature. But not all of them wrote poetry. One of the first recorded novels called The Tale of Genji was written by a Japanese woman who wrote about life in the court.
The Japanese still spoke their own language, but they use China's language. The Japanese wrote a lot. Most people wrote beautiful poems. People of the court would even throw parties in which they took turns writing and reading each others poems. Back then most of their poems were five lines long and usually were about nature. But not all of them wrote poetry. One of the first recorded novels called The Tale of Genji was written by a Japanese woman who wrote about life in the court.
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