Japan 1
What is a Shogun?
Military Ruler
What did Bushido require of Samurai?
Bravery and Loyalty
Central Idea of Japanese Shinto religion?
Nature
What is an Archipelago?
Group of Islands
Natural Disasters Common to Japan
Earthquakes
Samurai served who?
Daimyo
Peasants gave what in return for protection the Daiymo Samurai offered?
Land, Crops, Labor
Chinese dynasty who had the most impact on Japan?
Tang
Founder of Shinto?
No known founder
Who held the real power in Feudal Japan?
Shogun
How did the Japanese act similarly to the Ming Dynasty?
Isolated themselves, limited European influence
After the death of Prince Shotuko, where did the capital move?
Nara
How did the Fujiwara family gain so much power in Japan?
Intermarriages and holding important political positions
Who was the First Shogun?
What effect does limited land for growing crops have on the Japanese diet?
Most comes from the Ocean
Two clans who removed the Fujiwara from power?
Taira and Minamoto
What happened once peace came to Japan?
Samurai took gov't jobs, American warships arrived and forced trade, last Shogun gov't fell
Describe the Mahayana School, what does it teach?
Everyone can Achieve Enlightenment
Describe Japan's "Golden Age"?
It began with the Heian court/period, etc
How were women thought of in Japan compared to other societies we have studied?
Had great Influence on Japan, could even own land
Which leaders brought peace to Japan?
Oda Nobunaga, Toyomoto Hideyoshi, Tokugawa leyasu
Explain feudal Japan and the Hierarchy.
Well-defined, organized, rigid class structure
How does China's on Japan Show? 3 examples
Writing system, architecture, landscaping
What is the central theme in most Japanese literature?
Love of nature, natural beauty
How did Confucianism affect Japanese Women?
lowered their status