Loyalties
Armor/Weapons
Battle
Religion
Literature/Women
100
This is the name of the warrior class
What is Samurai?
100
This is the most famous Samurai weapon, and is made of two types of steel.
What is the Samurai sword?
100
This is why the Samurai burned incense in their helmets
What is so that if their heads were cut off in battle, they would smell sweet?
100
This is the religion most Samurai were.
What is Buddhist?
100
This is the poetry form using 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third.
What is haiku?
200
This is the head of the military government of Japan
What is Shogun?
200
This is something to protect your lower leg.
What is shin guards?
200
This is what the Samurai yelled out before a battle.
What is their name, ancestors, heroic deeds and reason for fighting?
200
This type of Buddhism required a person to pray a name up to 70,000 times a day.
What is Amida Buddhism?
200
This is the century that women of Samurai society were treated well.
What is the 12th century?
300
This is a local lord in the era of the Samurai
What is Daimyo?
300
This is a weapon that was difficult to handle because of its height (8 feet).
What is a bow?
300
This is hand-to-hand combat without weapons.
What is martial arts?
300
This is the type of Buddhism that requires meditation to reach enlightenment.
What is Zen Buddhism?
300
This is how marriages happened in the 17th century.
What is girls' marriages were arranged by the family?
400
This is the code by which the Samurai lived
What is the code of Bushido?
400
This is a container for arrows.
What is a quiver?
400
This is the art of swordsmanship
What is fencing?
400
These are created by the Zen Buddhists and symbolized nature.
What are rock gardens?
400
This was an event that was an important way to form political alliances for the Samurai.
What is the tea ceremony?
500
This is the price for failing to live up to the code of Bushido.
What is Seppuku?
500
This is the robe that is put on under the armor.
What is a kimono?
500
This is the art of the bow and arrow.
What is archery?
500
This is a puzzle posed by a master to help Zen Buddhists toward enlightenment.
What is a koan?
500
This is the art of beautiful writing.
What is calligraphy?
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