Unifying Land
The reason for unifying Japan.
What is to be a more stable and stronger nation?
What the hierarchy was based on
What is land, production and hereditary?
The Ainu in social hierarchy
What is they are not?
The use of Confucianism
What are moral rules that help keep the people in peace (Respecting and being loyal to superior and superiors being wise)?
The shogun and the shogunate
What is a supreme leader of Japan and the governor they lead?
The hierarchy of Japan
What is Merchants -> Artisans -> Peasants -> Ronin -> Samurai -> Daimyo -> Shogun -> Emperor?
Outcasts in Edo Japan
What are people shunned out of society, having dirty and deadly jobs?
The first contact with Europe
What is a Portuguese ship wrecked on shore of Japan and soon more Europeans came along for trade, bringing interest to the people with the style and beliefs?
The shogun's purpose for Japan
Reason of merchants being lower than peasants and artisans.
What is they sold things, not produce their own (distribute) and the peasants and artisans made things?
The role of the peaseants
What are commoners (most of Edo Japan), were mostly farmers (important), and were controlled by strict laws?
The problem of Christianity to the shogun
What is Europeans style and beliefs (Christianity) came conflicted with Japanese belief and confucianism (be loyal to God only) and the shogun goes into isolation again?
Ieyasu rule to govern he daimyo
What is alternate attendance in the Edo castle (Every second year all daimyo live in Edo castle)?
Role of Ronins
What are masterless warriors (least honorable), must commit seppuku or else they will face discrimination?
Women in Edo Japan
Who are considered lower than men (can not legally own land/property) and were more powerful in rural areas?
The story of the 47 ronin
What is After Lord Asano's ritual suicide following the attack on Kira Yoshinaka, his 47 samurai became rōnin. They took two years to plan and successfully killed Kira to avenge their master, ultimately facing seppuku, embodying the samurai code of bushido?
The role of the Samurai
What is serving Daimyo (Loyal Warriors), keeping order, collecting tax, privileged, and followed a code of honor (bushido)?
Artisans in Edo Japan
Made beautiful, and useful artifacts, but socially lower than peasants because they were not primary producers and materials produced by others?