Feudal Powers in Japan
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Where did the name Japan come from? | the chinese words ri ben which means "orgin of the sun" |
| About how many miles of water separated Japan from Korea? | 120 miles |
| How many islands make up the Japanese archipelago (or land group)? | about 4,000 islands |
| What are the four largest Japanese islands? | 1. Hokkaido 2. Honshu 3. Shikoku 4. Kyushu |
| What were the disadvantages and advantages of Japan's geography? | Southern Japan has a mild climate with plenty of rainfall. The country is mountainous and only 15% of the land is suitable for farming. There is a limit to natural resources such as coal, oil, iron. Typhoons occur as well as earthquakes and tidal waves. |
| Where does the first historic mention of Japan come from? | chinese writings around 300 AD Japan wasn't a united country but hundreds of different clans controlled their own territories |
| Shinto | the native religion of Japan customs and beliefs that combines to form Japan's earliest religion |
| What does Shinto mean? | the "way of the gods" |
| Describe Shinto | respect for the forces of nature and the worship of ancestors believed in Kami, divine spirits that dwelled in nature |
| Who established themselves as the leading clan in the 5th century and became the emperors by the 7th century? | the Yamato clan who claimed to be descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu |
| What was a characteristic of the Japanese government? | there was an emperor who was a figurehead and there was a person that actually ruled |
| What was one of the most important influences brought by Koreans? | Buddhism |
| Who was the most influential convert to Buddhism? Explain | Prince Shotoku served as a regeant for his aunt, empress Suiko sent first of 3 missions to Tang China in 607 |
| What did Prince Shotoku do? | modeled Japan's government on China had central government and tried to introduce examination system. However, failed because noble birth was key to get power |
| When did Japan end the missions to China? | in the late 9th century |
| Where was the capital moved in 794? | From Nara to Heian, the modern Kyoto |
| What is known as the Heian period? | 794-1185 |
| Who were 2 of the finest writers in the Heian period? | Lady Murasaki Shikibu-wrote the tale of genji which is the account of a life of a prince in imperial court. considered world's 1st novel Sei Shonagon-wrote vivid sketches of court life in the pillow book |
| Who held the power during most of the Heian period? | the Fujiwara family |
| Why did Japan start to decline? | court families started to be more interested in luxury and artistic pursuits than in governing large landowners set up private armies and countryside became lawless and dangerous armed soldiers preyed on farmers and traders pirates took control of the seas |
| What did farmers and small landownders do? | they traded parts of their lands to strong warlords for protection which gave the lords more power |
| samurai | loyal warriors who are used as bodyguards means "one who serves" |
| Bushido | a demanding code that samarais live by means "the way of the warrior" |
| What was a samarai expected to show? | reckless courage, reverence for gods, fairness, generosity towards those weaker than himself dying an honorable death was better than living a long life |
| Two powerful clans fought for power during the late 1100's. Who emerged victorious? | the Minamoto |
| shogun | in feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor |
| Who received the name of shogun and when? | Yoritomo in 1192 |
| Where was the shogun's military headquarters? | Kamakura |
| What are the 1200's known as? | the Kamakura shogunate |
| What were military governors who rule a province called? | daimyo |
| When did the Japanese defeat Kublai Khan? | 1274 and 1281 |
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