lesson 1
what are the 5 main religions of japan
shinto, Buddhism, zen Buddhism, pure land Buddhism, confucianism
what is Bushido?
a strict code of honor and rules that taught them to behave
what customs did samurai follow
they couldn't take part in trade or commerce, or attend certain types of entertainment like theatre.
samuri
a japanease warrior
who invaded Japan in the 1270s and 1260s
mongols from china
what is the nature based religion in japan
shinto
how did Bushido affect modern japanease culture?
focused on values like loyalty honor and self discipline, remains central to japanease life today. Both men and women from samurai families had to follow these rules.
what was the Tokugawa shogunate?
rule by shoguns of the Tokugawa family, in early 1600s-1800s, Japan traded with other countries, let missionaries live in japan
court
a group of nobles who surrounded a ruler
who were the strong leaders who worked to unify japan
oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa leyasu
why was Japan isolated from China and korea? how did china and korea still affect Japan?
isolated because they were on island, Korea and china still affected by culture, writing, religion, and language.
what were banned in the 1630s and why
guns because they feared peasants world have to much power and revolt against samuri armies
how did prince shotoku try to change the political system in japan
Build Buddhist temples, and wanted japanease emporors to have more power, wanted to make it more like china
regent
a person who rules in someone elses name
what is imperial court
a group of nobles who live near or serve or advise a ruler
who was prince Shotoku and what did he do
he was a regent for his aunt, the empress, he wanted emporors to have more power, wanted government to be like China, spread Chinese Buddhism ideas to Japan regent from 593-622
why was Murasaki Shikibu a major figure in the history of japanease culture
she wrote the Tale of Gengi, worlds first full length novel
what was daily life like for samuri
preformed peaceful tasks like writing poetry that required great concentration.
daiymo
japanease lords who gave land to samuri
what is heian called today
kyoto
how would Japans physical geography affect the development of japanease government and society?
it seperates from other people of Asia like Korea and china,( islands). this led them to create own government and society
what made the period between the 500s and the 1300s a golden age of arts in japan?
nobles were great supporters of arts and had a great imperial court. The golden age was because of imperial court, fashion, literature, visual art, architecture, preforming arts, and Buddhism. This created a center of culture and learning
how did japan develope into a military society
a few strong nobles were unhappy and wanted more power, small wars broke out. Minimoto clan won and clan leader made himself shogun and kept the emporor as a figurehead.
shogun
a great japanease general who ruled instead of the emporor
emporors, court nobility, shogun, daiymo, samurai, peasants, craftsman, merchants