Topic 5.4
This is the largest of the four main Japanese islands.
What is Honshu?
The samurai of Japan were similar to this group in medieval Europe.
What are knights?
This Japanese shogun that forced the daimyo to leave families in Edo in order to control them.
Who is Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Wrote the world's first novel, "The Tale of Genji," which shed light on the life of Japanese women in the high court.
Who is Murasaki Shikibu?
The price for failing to live up to the code of bushido resulted in ritual suicide.
What is seppuku?
Japan was heavily influenced by its neighbors, China and Korea, in the following ways.
What is Buddhism, kana (writing characters), and calendar?
The "supreme military leader" during Japanese feudal age.
What is the shogun?
Wealthy landowning lords who promise protection if the people worked their land.
Who were the daimyo?
Teaches that people can gain enlightenment through intense meditation.
What is Zen Buddhism?
Attempted to unify the Japanese clans by creating a moral code called the Constitution of Articles which was based on Confucian and Buddhism thought.
Who is Prince Shotoku?
The clan that was able to rule Japan for 300 years by reducing the power of emperor, making him a symbolic leader.
What was the Fujiwara clan?
This name means "those who serve."
What is samurai?
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
What is Japanese haiku?
The Japanese modeled their government after this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
The samurai code of conduct that means "the way of the warrior."
What is bushido?
The Mongols attempted to invade Japan several times but were ultimately stopped by a "natural phenomena."
What was a typhoon or kamikaze (wind of the gods)?
The traditional Japanese belief that means "the way of the gods."
What is Shinto?
A leader who helped overthrow the Fujiwara clan and defied the emperor to become the first shogun of Japan in 1185.
Who is Minamoto Yoritomo?
This time period is considered the "Golden Age" of Japanese culture.
What is the Heian Period?
A social system that created a military hierarchy that rewarded people with land for military service.
What is feudalism?
The idea that spirits from nature, ancestors, and important people can be represented by a holy beings or shrines.
What is the kami?