Important Events
Important People
Bakufu Trivia
Japanese Practice
Japanese Words
100
The battle that Tokugawa Ieyasu won, which allowed him to assume control of Japan (under the Emperor of course) and is often cited as the event which marked the beginning of the Tokugawa era.
What is The Battle of Sekigahara?
100
Founder of the Shogunate
Who is Tokugawa Ieyasu
100
Translates to "tent government" and refers to the government of Japan in the Tokugawa Era.
What is the "bakufu?"
100
Write "a" in hiragana
あ
100
Ritualistic suicide committed by the samurai class as a way to retain honor.
What is Seppuku?
200
The prohibition of Christianity, exchanging valuables for useless goods and stopping trade with Holland.
What is the Bakufu Prohibition
200
Signed the Treaty of Kanagawa and was the first foreigner (after the Dutch) to open Japan to the West.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
200
While lower on the moral hierarchy, he had more political power than the emperor during the Tokugawa era.
Who is the Shogun?
200
Write "jo" in Japanese
What is じょ
200
The Japanese word for "Dutch Studies," or the study of western books / western knowledge.
What is Rangaku?
300
A series of events in China that made Japan wary of opening its borders to the West.
What are the Opium Wars?
300
Allowed Ieyasu to assume the position of Shogun
What is Emperor Hideyori
300
Three things that contributed to the fall of the Tokugawa government.
What is... (any of the options below) - Tension between the shogun and the emperor - Samurai uprisings (such as the 47 Ronin Incident) - The rise of Chonin culture and the Chonin class - Introduction of paper money into the economy - External pressure from foreign countries
300
Write samurai on the board in hiragana
さむらい
300
It translates to "closed country," and refers to Japan's system of limiting contact with foreign countries in the Tokugawa era.
What is "sakoku?"
400
Scholars worked together to create this
What is the Mito Critique
400
He attempted to assassinate emperor Kira in the 47 Ronin Incident.
Who is the Daimyo Asano?
400
The name for the three successor houses who supplied heirs for when the current shogun died.
What is "gosanke"
400
Write Tokugawa in hiragana on the board.
とくがわ
400
The Japanese word for the "Alternate Attendance" or "Hostage System" which required that Daimyo spend half of their time living in their homes and half of their time living in the capital.
What is "Sankin-koutai?"
500
The abolishment of the Shogunate and the transfer of the power to Emperor Meiji.
What is The Meiji Restoration?
500
Was a Mito Daimyo and rejected foreign invasion.
What is Tokugawa Nariaki
500
This is what 75% of the land not ruled by the Shogun was called.
What is "han" or domains or house lands
500
Write the Kanji for "courage"
What is 勇気。
500
The Japanese word for the social/moral hierarchy of Tokugawa Era Japan. Hint: The kanji is 士農工商
What is Shi - nou - kou - sho?
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