Exclusion Laws
True or false: The exclusion laws forced Christian missionaries and foreign traders to leave Japan
True
What was the penalty for breaking Exclusion laws?
Death
True or False: Bunraku and Kabuki are all a type of theatre?
True
True or False: The economy during the Edo Period declined because people were sad they couldn’t travel.
False - the economy was BOOMING!
The Good Life
The penalty for breaking the isolation laws was _________
Death
The shogun had a small number of Japanese scholars learn about western ways. These scholars were called?
Dutch Scholars
True or False: Noh is a style of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines and 17 syllables
False - Haiku
Princess Mononoke is closely connected to which group of indigenous people?
Emishi
The samurai Bushido code talks of honour and the ways a samurai should behave. Which Worldview is this closest to?
Human Nature
The shogun felt their authority was threatened by one thing in particular from the Europeans and it was _________
Christianity
Who passed the Exclusion Laws in Japan?
Tokugawa Iemitsu
What type of theatre outlawed female and young male actors to participate ?
Kabuki
Who were the only traders allowed into Japan during the Edo Period?
Dutch
The peasants (merchants, artisans, and farmers) had to work and pay taxes to the Daimyo, who, in exchange, took care of the land (road) and protected them. What Worldview is this for?
Relationship with the State
True or false: Japanese were allowed to leave the country once a year only.
False - they were not allowed to enter or leave once the isolation law was created
After the exclusion laws people within the country could not move around as they please. What are 3restrictions that were placed on travel?
they needed special documents to move around the country, could not travel at night and all wheel transportation was band
Cultural activities took place in areas called the floating worlds where the rules and controls were relaxed. Why did the floating worlds exist?
The shogun used this as a way of surveillance of his citizens as they were going to participate in this atmosphere whether it was legal or not.
Which class rose in power during the Edo period?
Merchant
Women could not own land.
Those who dealt with dead things (ex. butcher) were considered outcasts and could not live in the city.
The Shogun had access to the best quality tea.
What Worldview do these facts represent?
Equality with Others
There was one small group that was an exception and allowed to remain during Japan's isolation, what nationality were they?
Dutch
The shogunate saw exclusion laws as essential for 2 reasons, what were they?
National security
Eliminate threats to his power to protect Japanese culture
Shinto is a religion that believes what? What are the gods known as?
Everything non-living object has a soul as well as living. They worship Kami
Name the social hierarchy from highest to lowest in order:
Emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai/ronin, peasants/farmers, merchants
The moral contents of Shinto being duties towards nation, human beings, and all living things can be connected to which TWO elements of Worldview?
Humans Relationship with the Natural World AND Responsibility to Others.