Cultural Influences
During Empress Suiko’s time, Japan was mostly this type of society, where people grew rice and other crops.
Rural agricultural society
In China, the emperor ruled with the help of a system of government officials called this.
Bureaucracy
In 710, Japan built this Chinese-style capital city.
Nara
This religion arrived in Japan in 552 when a Korean king sent a statue and message to the emperor.
Buddhism
Before developing their own system, Japanese documents were written in this language.
Chinese
Many ideas from mainland Asia reached Japan by traveling through this peninsula.
Korean Peninsula
By the 9th century, members of this class held most high government positions in Japan.
Noble Families
The design of Chang'an resembled this game.
Checkerboard
In Shinto belief, these spirits live in natural objects like mountains, rivers, and trees.
Kami
This Japanese writing system used simplified Chinese characters to represent syllables.
Kana
The spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one culture to another is called this.
Cultural Diffusion
In the late 7th century, land taken from clan leaders was redistributed to these people.
Free men and women
In Nara, many of these religious buildings were clustered near the imperial palace.
Buddhist Temples
Japan’s original religion that honors nature and spirits.
Shinto
These Chinese characters were used by the Japanese to write words.
Kanji
This Japanese leader admired Chinese and Korean culture and encouraged contact with those countries.
Prince Shotoku
Unlike China’s emperor, Japan’s emperor had only this level of control over the land.
Loose control
The stupa inspired this multi-roofed architectural design.
Pagoda
This branch of Buddhism taught that all people could reach enlightenment.
Mahayana Buddhism
Many early Japanese Buddhist sculptures were influenced by artists from these two countries.
China & Korea
Power in early Japan was divided among clan leaders known as these.
Uji
Prince Shotoku created ranks for officials and issued this famous set of government guidelines in 604.
Seventeen Article Constitution
Shinto shrines reflected Japan’s agricultural society and this strong appreciation.
Love of nature
This Buddhist moral path emphasizes right action, wisdom, and meditation.
The Eightfold Path
This Japanese mouth organ adopted from China was designed to look and sound like the mythical phoenix.
Sho