Samurai Code
Samurai adhere to this code
What is Bushido?
The efforts of Prince Shotoku led to the spread of
What is Buddhism?
This philosophy was popular amongst Japanese nobles
What is Confucianism
Extended Family
What are clans
The art of writing beautifully
What is calligraphy?
The main duty of a samurai warrior was to
What is defending his daimyo and his daimyo’s property.
The efforts of Prince Shotoku led to the spread of
What is Buddhism?
The religion that believes everything in nature has a spirit.
What is Shinto?
a person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated.
What is a regent?
Japanese people lived on coastal plains because most of Japan
has mountainous slopes that are difficult to live on and farm?
Losing a fight, disobeying an order, or failing to protect his lord were all ways in which a samurai could
What is losing his honor?
This leader unified Japan in the 1500s
Oda Nobunaga
Zen Buddhists did not believe
In elaborate rituals / that faith leads to wisdom
Professional warrior hired by Daimyo to protect their land.
What is a Samurai?
This is the percentage of Japan that is habitable
What is 20%?
The samurai was loyal to...
What are the nobles or Daimyo?
What did the Yamato rulers govern before they called themselves emperors of Japan?
What is a clan?
Which of the following is a characteristic of Pure Land Buddhism?
What is chanting Buddha's name?
A large landowner or "Supernoble"
What is Daimyo?
This female author wrote the Tale of Genji
Who is Lady Mirashaki Shikibu?
The Samurai period ended around this time period, due to isolation.
What is the 1800s or 19th century?
Japanese nobles put aside their differences and united in 1274 to
What is to fight a common enemy, the invading Mongols.
As a result of this religion's missionaries, the Shogunate fell apart after years of isolation.
Christian missionaries
The ACTUAL leader of Japan who rules through the Emperor.
What is a Shogun?
This civilization inspired Japanese architecture in the Japanese capital, Heian.
What is China?