Geography
Japan is located in what part of Asia
What is East Asia?
2 types of weapons that were commonly used by Samurai during combat
What is Katanas, Wakizashi, Yari, Tanto, or bow and arrow
Who held the real power in ancient Japan?
What is "Shogun"
What were female entertainers known as:
Who were the Geisha?
What does Shinto translate to?
What is "The Way of Kami"
The largest of the 4 main islands
What is Honshu?
What was the natural disaster that killed many of the Mongols during the 1st and 2nd Mongol invasion?
What is a typhoon
Did the Japanese have a proper line of succession?
what is "No"
What was the most defining feature of a wakashu?
The small bald spot on the top of the head.
What main FORMS of entities does Shintoism believe in?
What is - Worship of many deities such as their Clan Ancestors and nature
Name all 4 of the main islands of Japan.
What is Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyshu, and Shikoku?
What does the name "Samurai" mean?
What is "one who serves"
Who were the lowest-ranked in the line of the social hierarchy in ancient Japan?
What is merchants
What was the first writing system in Japan?
What is Kanji
When was Buddhism introduced to Japan?
What is 6th century from the Korean strait
Out of the 6,852 islands, how many are inhabited?
430 exact. We'll take anywhere from 400-499.
The action that a samurai takes when they impale themselves with a sword/dagger and then are beheaded if they dishonoured themselves or their master?
What is Seppuku
Who gave birth to the next Emperor?
What is the main consort
When was "Lovers Plying a Rooster with Sake" created by Suzuki Harunobu?
When was 18th Century or 1767-1768?
What changed Japan from having a Matriarchy to a Patriarchy?
Buddhism was the main factor and catalyst that switched Japan from having women in charge to them having little to no rights.
The Japanese general that led a navy to Hokkaido from 658-660CE.
Who is Abe No Hirafu?
The name of the first Shogun leader during the reign of the Shogunate government.
Who is Minamoto no Yoritomo
Who were the Emperor descendants from?
what is the sun Kami or Amaterasu
Who wrote the first novel in history?
Who is Murasaki Shikibu?
Who were the founders of Japan, in the Japanese creation myth?
Who is Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto?