Lesson 1 + 2
The person that has the title of the military dictator/commander in chief of Japan.
What is the Shogun?
A samurai's education in the art of war included.
What is mental training?
Very simple, with only a scroll painting or an artistic flower arrangement for decoration.
What is a tearoom?
A form of Buddism, which appealed to many samurais, also emphasised on effort, discipline, self-reliance and achieving enlightenment through meditation.
What is Zen Buddhism?
Respect for women decreased over time.
What happened during Samurai society with women?
The warrior-lords the shoguns ruled with.
What is Daimyos?
The samurai's had to find something to be aware of a sudden attack.
What is a "sixth sense?"
Three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, making 17 syllables in all.
What is a haiku?
A popular form of Buddhism believed that all people could reach paradise, also taught that believers could do this by saying this name over and over—up to 70,000 times a day.
What is Amida Buddhism?
Somethings similar between Europe and Japan during the Middle Ages.
What are Landholding Lords, Defined Social Classes, Military Rulers?
A colorful robe, the samurais wear under their heavy armor.
What is a kimono?
If a samurai's weapons broke they used.
What is Martial Arts?
A haiku poet's most important tool.
What is imagery?
A samurai code that called on warriors to be honest, fair, and fearless
What is Bushido?
The political system that succeeded the fall of the warrior society in Japan.
What is Monarchy?
Samurais put on ferocious-looking things that were designed to scare opponents as well as to protect their face.
What is the Iron Mask?
The way the first samurai warriors trained and fought was.
What is the “The Way of the Horse and the Bow"?
Samurais were taught to do this during battle.
Why were the samurais told to think of themselves as dead?
The supreme duty of a samurai according to the code of Bushido.
What is Loyalty to Lords?
One way that the Japanese military followed the samurai code during World War II.
Why did many soldiers killed themselves rather than surrender and suffer dishonor?
Samurai's most prized weapon.
What is the Sword?
If two armies clashed, samurais would fight how.
What is Hand-to-Hand combat.
A samuari was expected to to practice what as it is a part of student culture.
What is calligraphy?
The price for failing to live up to the code of Bushido.
What is Seppuku or Ritual Suicide?
The last of the Daimyo, Tokugawa Ieyasu, became shogun and established present-day Tokyo (originally named Edo) as the new capital of the country.
How did the government of Japan change in 1603?