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China had the most influence on Japanese culture, particularly in the fields of language, religion, philosophy, art, and government systems. Many aspects of Japanese culture, such as writing characters, Buddhism, Confucianism, and governmental structures, were borrowed or adapted from China.
Japanese culture was blended with Chinese and Korean culture. Chinese adopted budhism from India which was later spread to Japan. Korean influence can be seen in Japanese paintings and architecture.
I know one of the major things China influenced Japan on was religion. China helped bring Buddhism to Japan. In fact almost the entire country is Buddhist or Shinto (A derivative from Buddhism that the Japanese formed over the years).
Prince Shotoku was a famous Japanese regent. He sent Japanese people to China to study Chinese culture and art, he opened the first Japanese embassy in China and wrote the first Japan's first constitution.
China and Korea had a significant impact on the development of Japanese culture in the mid-500s. This influence included language, writing system, Buddhism, Confucianism, architecture, and art.
Chinese culture influenced Korea considerably more than Japanese culture, considering historical influence overall.
china has a major influence on japan
The three countries that influenced Japanese culture in the Heian period were, India, Korea, and China.
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China and Korea mostly. China by obvious reasons (Written language and other customs such as the lunar calender, etc. Japanese culture is hugely based off of Chinas) and Korea had other influences as well (Brought over technologies such as paper printing, pottery and art, etc). It's important to note, in the earlier days Korea had more of a direct impact whereas China had more of an indirect one (When Koreans introduced their culture, they also introduced Chinese.) Soon, Japan was able to have relations with China directly
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