This social class was at the bottom of the Japanese feudal pyramid
Who were the merchants?
100
The samurai warrior code is called this.
What is bushido?
100
This was the early capital of Japan where originally many important Chinese ideas were brought to Japan and then adapted to fit Japanese culture.
What is Heian or Kyoto?
100
He started Japan's last shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1600 until 1861.
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
200
He was the most famous haiku writer of the Tokugawa period. His name means banana in Japanese.
Who was Matsuo Basho?
200
Even though the emperor was at the top of the social pyramid, he had no real power and instead was a this.
What is a figurehead?
200
A samurai without a master to serve or army to fight in was called a this.
What is a ronin?
200
This famous regent was most responsible for the spread and popularity of Chinese ideas in Japan, especially Buddhism.
Who was Prince Shotoku?
200
This powerful leader tried to invade China by way of Korea in the late 1500s, but his invasion failed.
Who was Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
300
A haiku traditionally contains a seasonal word or other reference to nature. This word in Japanese is...
What is KIGO?
300
This class controlled large estates of land and acted independently of the emperor. They effectively ruled their own small kingdoms during the Warring States Period?
Who were DAIMYO?
300
A samurai that had lost his honour by being disloyal to his lord or failing to carry out his lord's orders was traditionally supposed to commit this (in Japanese).
What is Seppuku?
300
Before the arrival of Buddhism this was Japan's main religion. It still has an important place in Japanese religious beliefs to this day.
What is Shinto?
300
Oda Nobunaga, the first unifer of Japan during the end of the Warring States Period (Sengoku Period) used these to give his arms the edge on the battlefield.
What were Tanegashima Muskets...guns?
400
Fill in the blank:
An old silent pond...
Into the pond a ________ jumps,
splash! Silence again.
What is a frog?
400
This relationship system defined the age of feudalism. One example of this relationship was daimyo and samurai.
What is the lord-vassal relationship?
400
Tomoe Gozen was one of the rare examples of a famous 'onna bugeisha' in Japanese military history. This means Tomoe Gozen was...
What is a female samurai?
400
During the 1300s this Japanese emperor tried to take back power from the shoguns.
Who was Emperor Go Dai-go?
400
During the period of Japanese isolation, this religion was banned in Japan and its followers were killed or forced underground.
What was Christianity?
500
Even though a haiku is short, it contains two distinct parts separated from each other by this.
What is a CUTTING?
500
During the feudal age the country was not united and it was dangerous to travel. Leaders built large castles for protection. The most famous of these castles was ________. There's a model of it in our classroom.
What is Himeji Castle?
500
This samurai was famous for murdering his lord Oda Nobunaga at Honno-ji in Kyoto.
Who was Akechi Mitsuhide?
500
The first shogunate in Japanese history began in the 1110s. It was called the Kamakura Shogunate. He was their first shogun.
Who was Minamoto Yoritomo?
500
She was the first empress in Japanese history, and she ruled at nearly the same time as Wu Ze-tian, talk about a coincidence!