Geography
This is Japan's southernmost (main) island
What is Kyushu?
the supreme military head of Japan
What is the 'Shogun'
A 3 lined poem
What is a "Haiku"
This is how the Japanese islands were formed
What are "earthquakes and volcanoes"
a body of ascetic practices that originated in Heian-era Japan
What is "Shugendo"
These were the warriors who served
what are "Samurais"
a period from the 1600s until the mid-1800s, a feudal period of isolation
What was the 'Tokugawa period'
A 5 lined Japanese poem
What is a "Tanka"
This is the sacred mountain of Japan and a symbol of Japan
What is Mountain Fuji/Mount Fuji
The religion that came to Japan from China
What is "Buddhism"
considered a god on earth this Japanese political position has very often been just a figurehead
What is an "emperor"
This is what blood or marriage families were divided into
What are "clans"
This is Japan's northernmost island
What is 'Hokkaido'
the traditional religion that means "the way of the gods"?
What is Shinto?
The period that's name derives from the distinctive pottery produced at that time
What is the "Jomon Period"
These local warlords ruled under the Shogun's direction
Who were the 'Daimyos'?
This is the Japanese alphabet
What is "Hiragana"
The mountain with multiple volcanoes inside of it
What is Mount Fuji?
What is the "Shinto, Shugendo, and Buddhism" religions?
This prince reformed Japan and created a constitution
Who is "Prince Shotoku"
the present and only Royal; family of Japan for the last 1700 years
What is the 'Yamato' family