Vocabulary
The changing of attitudes and behaviours to suit a new situation
Adaptation
2 of the 4 main islands of Japan
Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyoshu
What specific legal order allowed the government to execute any Japanese citizen who travelled abroad?
Closed Country Edict of 1635
The code of behaviour for the Samurai was called...
Bushido (Way of the warrior)
This city served as Japan's centre of government
Edo (Tokyo)
Okini (a woman) became the first to perform this in 1607
Kabuki
A group of attendants or other people to accompany someone, usually of an important rank
Entourage
How much of the Japan is mountainous?
73%
Concerns over the spread of what religion influenced the move to isolation?
Christianity
These people had to spend every other year in Edo.
Daimyo
The home of the Imperial Palace; the Emporer lived here
Kyoto
Japanese puppet theatre performed only for adults
Bunraku
The cultural activities that appeal to the current tastes of the general public
Popular Culture
Located on the sides of hills/mountains, these enabled the Japanese to farm in mountainous regions
Terraces
The Bakufu created a series of edicts, effectively isolating Japan, in order to tighten their control over which class of people?
Daimyo
These people had jobs relating to touching the dead...
Outcasts / Eta
How many major roadways did the Shoguns create and control?
5
Women who were trained in dancing, singing, witty converstation, the tea ceremony, and floral arrangement
Geishas
The centralized military government, headed by the Shogun
Bakufu
About how many islands make up the nation of Japan?
3000
Which Shogun had 26 missionaries executed in 1587: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, or Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
These people had jobs such as fortune telling, begging, and acting.
Non-Humans / Hinin
This city became a large commercial centre
Osaka
Created in order to easily make copies of a painting
Woodblock Images
To follow a policy of having no relationships with other nations
Isolate
2 of the 3 closest countries neighbouring Japan
China, Korea, Russia
Once European ships were banned, what was the punishment for disobeying the law?
The ship would be destroyed and crew and passengers executed
During isolation, their roles changed to become civil administrators...
Samurai
What was the name given to these large, important cities in Japan?
Metropolis
Basho Matsuo is credited with developing this
Haiku