Misa's Get to Know You Challenge

Hello and Nice to meet you all!

Since I am quite new to this community I thought of doing the get to know me challenge as my first post!

So let's get started with my #GtkyChallenge !

What is your favorite historical topic(s)?

I have several topics in history I like alot so I will just list the ones that come to my mind grouped into a few small categories!~

~Japanese History~

For Japanese history I have several things find very interesting but on a broader spectrum I do have a larger interest in Japan of the the 10th and early 11th century, especially the Asuka, Nara and Heian period. It is a very diffrent Japan to what we nowadays imagine since especially in Asuka and Nara period Japan the japanese Court was heavily influenced by Korea and especially Tang era China! Also some of the most important literary works were made in that time.

Then two other periods I love to talk about are Taisho and Meiji era Japan which are late 19th and early 20th century Japan and they were the periods where Japan modernised at a rapid speed.

I also really like the literature of this period so thata probably also why I like these two periods~

So the islands that are now are Okinawa used be not part of Japan and their own islands of Ryukyu and also had their own kingdom and nowadays the people do still have their own culture. Both their culture and history are very interesting to me as well~

I also really find Ainu history and culture very interesting and love to study it~

I love japanese skin care and beauty products and since i love the meiji and taisho era I somehow became interested in the history of beauty practises and products of the time and which ones are still avaible today and I love to try those as well if I can get my hand on them~

~Korean History~

For Korean history I am a bit more broad since basically anything before the 20th century is interesting for me :sweat_smile: :joy: since in the west there is such a focus on the korean war and then the two koreas and in Japanese studies there is a focus on the colonial times and if you learn about Korea in those context it kinda feels like there is no context of the actual culture of the countries and so I got interested in the history prior to that~

~Chinese History~

For chinese history I like ancient Chinese history the most but if I had to pick a period I read and learn the most about its the tang dynasty which was from 618 to 907

~History of the Americas~

I also have an interested in the history of the Americas both north and south and also especially pre- history of Amerindians/Indigenous people. Why I havr an intrest in this is simply because ethnicity wise I am half native and half german and i just like to study my cultures. :joy: But also a the cultures history in the Americas are so interesting so I love to learn about them~

~European history of the 17th and 18th Century~

For European history I mainly like to learn about the 17th and 18th Century since the city I grew up in is very influenced by this time period!~ its the time of baroque, rococo, absolute monarchies and the age of enlightenment.

~Victorian Age~

I also like to read and learn about the victorian age in England but also the equivalents on continental Europe~

~Fashion History~

And lastly doesn't matter the era or place I will always be interested in fashion history~ I love fashion in general so fashion history has become also an interest naturally~

Favourite figure(s)?

For historical figures I really like I have chosen 3~

First is Wu Zetian who lived from 624 to 705 and was the only female empress in Chinese history and also briefly had her own dynasty~

Then we have Sei Shonagon who lived from 966 to probably 1025 or 1017 histoians are sure actually :sweat_smile: . She wrote the pillow book one of the japanese classics~ she was a lady in waiting at the heian court~

and lastly is Fukuzawa Yukichi who lived from 1835 to 1901 and is one of the people who shaped the thinking on meiji era Japan and he had some really good ideas. He is also the founder of the Keio University and right now is on the 10.000¥ note.

Favorite battle(s)?

I really have no interests in wars or battles and usually skip that part :sweat_smile:

Favorite march/song(s)?

Tbh I not much of a person for marches or so but I did dance ballet and love Tchaikovsky' works especially the nutcracker~ i just have many fond memories with it~

the ballet was first performed in 1892 in Saint Pertersburg~

How did you stumble upon World History Amino?

I got this Amino suggest to me and I wanted to further my blog content since I usually post about modern Japanese music , dramas and fashions usually so here we are~

Anything else you’d like to say?

If you came this far in reading first of all thank you for reading!

and then there are still so many topics I want to learn about so my blogs may be all over the place!

Okay so thats it for this challenge! It was actually lots of fun to do!

That's it!~ :v: 🏼

#GtkyChallenge