People
Began the Tokugawa Shogunate after his rise to power
Tokugawa Ieyasu
What is Japan a mass of
Islands
_____ are Japan's large landowners
Daimyo
_____ are extended families
Clans
Spirits that reside in nature, such as trees and animals, in Shintoism
Kami
He was greatly influenced by Chinese culture and made Buddhism popular in Japan
Prince Shotoku
Are most of Japans major cities on the interior or on the coast
on the coast
_____ is the traditional religion of Japan
Shinto
A _________ is a person who appears to rule even though real power rests within someone else
Figurehead
The religion that Prince Shotoku was and worked to change peoples minds about
Buddhism
This clan, that lived on the Honshu Island, called themselves "The emperors of all Japan"
The Yamato clan
Did most early people of Japan live on the mountains or the coastal plains
coastal plains
A ______ is a general who ruled Japan in the emperors name
Shogun
_______ are trained professional warriors hired by Daimyo to protect their land
Samurai
What was the traditional religion of Japan?
Shinto
She wrote The Tale of Genji
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Where did the early people of Japan turn to for food
the Sea
popular new form of Buddhism called ___ arrived from china
Zen
The samurai code of rules was known as the _______
Bushido
Philosophy that came from the Chinese that taught how families should behave
Confucianism
The author of The Pillow Book
Sei Shonagon
Japans four main Islands
Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido
A ______ is a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone
regent
A _____ is a group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler
Court
Religion that most commoners and peasants in Japan followed
Pure land Buddhism