Unification of japan
What was the name of the dynastic state during the period of Tokugawa Japan?
The Tokugawa Shogunate
Why were the Japanese initially open to European missionaries?
They wanted to trade with Europeans.
What was both elite and urban culture centered on?
Art/Theater.
Imperial history and law codes began to be written in what style?
Chinese
Who did the japanese trade with mostly?
The dutch
What were the names of the warriors in daimyos’ private armies?
Samuri.
What did Europe have to offer Japan in trade?
Guns, high-tech machinery, and more advanced science.
What were female entertainers called?
Geisha.
Who spread Buddhism to Japan?
Chinese monks
Did the japanese value outside information?
Yes, they did greatly
What was the name of the daimyo who unified Japan?
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Which European country was allowed to trade with Japan?
The Netherlands.
What was the name of the elite teacher that nobles would watch?
Noh.
What was the other main religion in Japan?
Shinto
What types of texts began to replace chinese ones?
Geographical, medical, scientific
What did the Tokugawa Shogunate accomplish which other world regimes could not?
Regulated foreign intrusion
Why was Christianity outlawed in Japan?
Christian missionaries were intolerant of Japanese customs and religions.
Who was forbidden from watching Kabuki
The upper class/Samurai.
What does the name Shinto mean?
“The way of the gods”
When did the shogunate lift its ban of foreign books?
1720
What was Japan’s population in 1550, 1600, and 1700 (in that order)
10 million, 16 million, 30 million.
What was more appealing about the Dutch than other European countries to Japan?
They were protestant and were nonproselytizing.
What group of people did the lower classes idolize after the popularization of theater?
Kabuki Actors.
Shinto worshipped nature, ancestors and ....?
Spirits
When did japanese people begin accompanying dutch merchant ships?
1670