Samurai & Samurai Code
Samurai gave loyalty to this person, the feudal landowner, by protecting the land of the kingdom.
What is daimyo?
This is the role of the ninja in medieval Japan.
What is to be a spy or assassin?
This is the translation of jujitsu in English.
What is open hand fighting?
What is nature?
The Japanese eat this much of the world's seafood.
What is 1/6?
During this Age the first people settled in Japan.
What is the Ice Age?
The samurai typically used these three weapons.
What are bows, arrows, and swords
These are the weapons that ninja used.
What are farm tools (Kama & Shuriken)?
This Period brought peace to Japan, and also less use of weapons in martial arts.
What is the Edo Period?
Buddhism appealed to the samurai because of these two things.
What are meditation and discipline?
Seafood is a dominant food in the Japanese diet because of this.
What is rugged terrain didn't allow for good farming and they're surrounded by water?
The castles were made for these people.
Who are the daimyo?
This is the name of a samurai who has lost his position.
What is ronin?
This is the original purpose of sumo wrestling in Japan.
What is a ritual to the gods to pray for a good harvest?
These early people inhabited Japan.
Who are the Jomon people?
The sacred spirits of Shinto are called this.
What are kami?
This is one reason why rice is such a dominant food in the Japanese diet.
What is because it grows in water?
Typically castles were protected by these features.
What are being built on mountaintops and possibly moats?
This 3-word phrase is the underlying philosophy of the Bushido.
What is "freedom from fear?"
The Imperial Court changed sumo wrestling in this way.
What is it made it safer?
These performances originated in China and encouraged the spread of Buddhism.
What are Gagaku?
The purpose of Shinto rituals is this.
What is to drive away evil spirits (by purifying prayers and offerings to the kami).
Describe at least two features of the kimono.
What are long, loose robe with long sleeves tied with a sash?
Japanese art reflects their appreciation for this.
What is nature?
Other than fighting, samurai used the bow for this purposes.
What are rituals or ceremonies?
Sumo wrestlers are treated like this in Japan in the Middle Ages.
What is like a rock star or hero?
These two types of theater emerged in the Edo Period.
What are kabuki and bunraku?
Name two places for meditation.
What are teahouses, temples, or gardens?
You could identify someone's social class by their kimono's this.
What is material or fabric (silk or cotton)?
This type of art produced more vivid and colorful art on paper.
What is woodblock prints?