People
A samurai and also first shogun of Kamakura shogunate.
Who was Minamoto no Yoritomo?
This is the samurai code of conduct. Calling it in English the "_____" code is a bit redundant.
What is bushido?
These were the 3 skills a samurai had to have.
What are Swordsmanship, Archery and Cavalry (skills) / Horseback riding.
These are the characters that many female writers made more popular, since they used them in place of Chinese characters.
What is Japanese vernacular literature (what is hiragana)?
What large rectangle did Japanese paint epic art, or everyday life on in the Heian era?
What are screens?
My grandpa is Taira Kiyomori, I'm 6, and unfortunately I don't know how to swim. Which is bad luck since I'm on a ship in the Battle of Dan-no-Ura.
Who was Emperor Antoku?
Because Taira mistook a flock of birds for their enemy, they retreated giving the Minamoto clan an early win in the war.
What's the battle of Fujikawa?
If you have to think of what Japanese spirituality, and painting and art all center on, this one word describes their attitude toward nature and life. (It has four syllables.)
What is Impermanence?
The word onimusha refers to a fighter of demons. This word, while not using the Japanese 'letter' for demon, is similar and describes a female warrior in the Kamakura period.
What is Onna-musha?
This city is on top of the ancient capital, Heian-kyo.
What is Kyoto?
They were a noble line precluded from becoming Emperors but they were the first family to figure out they could influence the Court by marrying their daughters to current Emperors.
Who were the Fujiwara (family)?
This was the year of the first Mongol Invasion
What is 1274?
This group of vassals was appointed by Shogun Minamoto, often having vague roles but answerable mainly to that Shogun (while alive); he wanted this group to be "land owning peacekeepers."
Who are Gokenin?
I wrote the Tale of Genji in the Heian court.
Who is Lady Murasaki (or Murasaki Shikibu)?
These goods (name 2 of them) were essential to Japan's domestic trade from the year 800 CE on.
What are rice, silk... hemp fabric?
I am one of the brothers of Minamoto Yoritomo , and due to my victory against the Taira, my brother Yoritomo was viewed as the protector of the court; for some reason he thought I was a threat and he later had me commit seppuku. I got the point.
Who is Minamoto Yoshitsune?
This war served to close the Heian era out, the aristocrats were denied the highest officers (at least for a decade) and it gave rise to the Shogunates.
What is the Genpei War? (Also, Heike war)
The ancient Japanese (before the year 0) called their country this two-letter word, during the Han dynasty in China.
What is "Wa."
What was the nickname of Minamoto no Yoritomo's wife? (Hint: she had a lot of power so...)
Nun shogun
What are ghosts!
This political office gave power to the emperor and his throne, as well as a check on Fujiwara power until it too was taken over by the Fujiwara.
What is the Chamberlain's office? (Insei is close.)
In this war, Ashikaga Yoshimi fought his stepbrother Ashikaga Yoshihisa -- ten years later Kyoto would be in ruins and the central government seriously weakened.
What was the Onin War?
These were governors who served the shogun from 1185 on, after the Battle of Dan-no-Ura (but they were not technically the vassals who were 'peacekeepers'.)
Who are the shugo?
I suspected my dad of having my son killed; since my husband Minamoto Yoritomo is no longer around, it’s up to me to rally our family’s troops. (You can suck an egg Wikipedia, I’m INTERVENING in politics.)
Who is Hojo Masaki?
This painting style diverged from Chinese-influenced art in Heian high culture; it was usually created on screens or scrolls and in the name for this style, it really "turned Japanese."
What is Yamato-e?