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Prince Shotoku was the first Japanese ruler to borrow ideas about government from China.
Who is Prince Shotoku?
100
China introduced Buddhism to Japan.
Who introduced Buddhism to Japan?
100
31 syllables.
How many syllables does a poem usually have?
100
They introduced new tools and techniques.
What did China and Korea introduce to Japan?
100
It looked like Chang'an.
What did Nara look like?
200
They were called uji.
What was the name of the clans that held power before Prince Shotoku took over the throne?
200
China.
Who introduced Buddhism to Japan?
200
It means Chinese writing.
What does kanji mean?
200
It consisted of chanted poems, war songs, folk songs, and Shinto prayers.
What did Japan's native music consist of?
200
China was big with a lot of people but Nara was small and had less people. Changan also had a wall and Nara didn't.
What were the differences between Chang'an and Nara?
300
Local leaders.
Who did the Japanese emperors depend on?
300
Shinto.
What is Japan's original religion?
300
The Korean scholars did.
Who taught the Japanese to write in Chinese?
300
They were made of bronze, wood, and gold.
What materials were the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese sculptures made of?
300
They were called pagodas.
What were the tower-shaped structures with several stories and roofs called?
400
They stated, "In a country there are not two lords, the people have not two masters. The sovereign is the master of the people of the whole country. "
What did the guidelines of the Seventeen Article Constitution state?
400
They expressed the love and respect of the Japanese nature.
What did Shinto express?
400
Kana did.
What allowed the Japanese to spell out the sounds of their own language?
400
It helped adopt sho.
What did gagaku help adopt?
400
Prince Shook founded it.
Who founded the Horyuji?
500
In 645.
When did the emperor Tenchi create the Taika Reforms?
500
In 552.
When did the Korean king send the Japanese emperor a statue of the Buddha as a recommendation for the new religion?
500
In 900.
When did the Japanese invent kana?
500
A gagaku was designed that way.
What was designed to be a mouth organ and shaped like a phoenix?
500
In 710.
When did the imperial government build a Chinese-style capital in Nara?
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