Neighboring Influences
Japan borrowed most early ideas from this country.
What is China?
The capital of Japan’s Golden Age was ___.
What is Heian-kyo/Kyoto?
These warriors served local lords in Japan.
Who are samurai?
Japan’s native religion focused on nature spirits called ___.
What is Shinto/kami?
Women in the Heian court were leading writers partly because they used ___.
What is kana/Japanese script?
Korea helped spread this religion to Japan.What is Buddhism?
What is Buddhism?
This noble family controlled much of politics during the period.
Who were the Fujiwara?
The most powerful warrior leader of Japan was the ___.
What is shogun?
This branch of Buddhism used meditation.
What is Zen Buddhism?
The author of The Tale of Genji was ___.
Who is Murasaki Shikibu?
Japan changed Chinese writing to create its own style called ___.
What is kana?
Heian nobles ranked by:
What is birth/family status?
Rich landowners who hired samurai were known as ___.
Who are daimyo?
Buddhism was often depicted in this uniquely Japanese art form, known for it's use of thin lines and bright colors.
What is yamato-e?
Heian sculpture used wooden pieces fitted together, called ___.
What is joined-wood sculpture?
Japan copied Chinese city design when building this early capital.
What is Nara?
One beauty trend in the Heian court was whitening the ___.
What is face?
A samurai’s guiding code of values was called ___.
What is Bushido?
These were the names of the nature spirits worshipped by the Shinto belief
What are Kami?
This was the name of a syllable-based kind of Japanese poetry, with a 5-7-5-7-7 structure.
What is Tanka?
This country’s temple styles influenced Japanese temple architecture along with China.
What is India?
Court nobles would often exchange these as gifts, and would have to create them on the fly
What are poems?
Samurai wore armor made mostly from this material.
What is leather/metal?
These two religions existed side-by-side in Japan.
What are Shinto and Buddhism?
Court poems often described this theme.
What is nature/love?