Religion
This traditional Japanese belief means "the way of the gods."
What is Shinto?
This author wrote the world's first novel, titled The Tale of Genji.
Who is Murasaki Shikibu?
This Japanese shogun forced the daimyo to leave families in Edo.
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
The samurai of Japan were similar to this group in medieval Europe.
What are knights?
This is the largest of the four main Japanese islands.
What is Honshu?
The name for spirits from nature, ancestors, and important people that can be represented by holy beings or shrines.
What are kami?
It follows this structure: 5 syllables / 7 syllables / 5 syllables.
What is a haiku?
This leader attempted to unify the Japanese clans by creating a moral code called the Constitution of Seventeen Articles which was based on Confucian and Buddhist thought?
Who is Prince Shotoku?
This is the name of the "supreme military leader" of the Japanese feudal age.
Who is the shogun?
This Japanese word means "those who serve."
What are samurai?
What teaches that people can gain enlightenment through intense meditation?
What is Zen Buddhism (AKA Meditation Buddhism)?
The Japanese modeled their government after this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Tang dynasty?
This clan ruled Japan for 300 years because it was the first to reduce the power of the emperor, making him a symbolic leader.
What are the Fujiwara clan?
The Japanese name for the wealthy land-owning lords who promised protection if the people worked their land.
What are daimyo?
This leader helped overthrow the Fujiwara clan and defied the emperor to become the first shogun of Japan in 1185.
Who is Yoritomo Minamoto?
The grandson of the Sun Goddess, through whom the emperors of Japan claim direct ancestry.
Who is Ninigi?
This time period is considered the "Golden Age" of Japanese culture.
What is the Heian period?
The Mongols attempted to invade Japan several times but were ultimately stopped by this"natural phenomena."
What are the kamikaze (divine winds/wind of the gods)?
This samurai code means "the way of the warrior."
What is bushido?
This social system created a military hierarchy that rewarded people with land for military service.
What is feudalism?
This Buddhist sect developed the practice of reciting "true words" known as mantras to advance spiritual growth.
What is Shingon?
Name two ways that Japan was heavily influenced by its neighbors, China and Korea.
These were the two most important effects of the Taika Reforms on medieval Japan.
What is (1) all land in Japan belonging to the emperor, and (2) all people in Japan are subjects of the emperor?
These two ideals of bushido guided samurai’s life.
What is (1) loyalty to your daimyo, and (2) personal honor?
Name at least two beauty standards that women followed in medieval Japan.
What is having long hair, using pale make-up, accenting with reds, drawing on eyebrows, blackening teeth, wearing perfume, and being adorned in ornate clothing?