OVERVIEW
Japanese feudal lord
DAIMYO
Japanese leader who had most of the power
SHOGUN
Japanese hierarchical government based on patronage
JAPANESE FEUDALISM
Japanese soldiers from traditional warrior families
BUSHI
Foreign relations policy that forbid outsiders from entering Japan
SAKOKU
Shogun commander
BAKUFU
Leaders who are important, but not at the center of the action
TERTIARY LEADER
Professional organizations
GUILDS
Peasants made up what percent of the population
80%
The American who opened trade to Japan
COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY
Important period of Japanese history where Japan was ruled by shoguns
TOKUGAWA PERIOD
"Divine Wind"
KAMIKAZE
Businesses involved in selling and buying in commerce
MERCHANTS
What invention did the Japanese revert back to
WOODBLOCK PRINTING
Rebellion by Japanese Christian peasants
SHIMABARA REBELLION
A Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912
MEIJI PERIOD
A series of political and social reforms
TAIKA REFORM
Artists and craftsmen
ARTISANS
The amount of samurai that the shogun had
17,000
Demanded immense commitment from its adherents. Were fierce warriors and fearless leaders but they were also poets and scholars
SAMURAI
The religion of the Japanese
BUDDHISM
Another word for money
CURRENCY
The top of the Feudal pyramid
EMPEROR