10.4 Early Japan

• SHOGUNATE


  type of government in Japan that gave all power to the shogun or military ruler

  
• WHEELS


  mode of transportation that the Tokagawa Shoguns banned in order to stop possible civil wars and revolts. (10.3)
• TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI


  Had peasant origins, shrewd and capable ruler, united Japan, confiscated peasant weapons "Sword Hunt", attempted to invade Korea and failed. (2 words) (10.3)
• TOKYO


  Capital of Japan, The Tokagawa Shogunate ruled Japan from this city (10.3)
• Tokugawa Shogunate


  brought 250 years of peace and order, a long-term stability that fostered great changes in Japanese society, readying it for entering the modern era. (2 words) (10.3)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu


  Brought stability to Japan after 1600. Completed Hideyoshi's unification of Japan. Would ban Christianity in 1614. (2 words) (10.3)

  
• SWORDS


  Toyotomi Hideyoshi banned this weapon from all social classes except Samurai due to his worry that someone would rise up and overthrow him (10.3)
• SHIPBUILDING


  Industry that the Japanese Shogun banned in order to make Japan isolated from the entire world (10.3)
• PORTUGAL


  Country that first landed in Japan, their ships were blown off course by a typhoon landed on the island in 1543 (10.3)
• ODA NOBUNAGA


  A powerful daimyo (feudal lord) of Japan in the late 16th century who attempted to unify Japan during the late Sengoku period. Betrayed by his generals, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would succeed him. (10.3)

  
• MUSKETS


  technology Japan had a love/hate relationship with. An older type of gun. Some felt this weapon did not have the honor to be used in fighting. (10.3)
• ISOLATION


  Japan followed this course of action of seclusion (1635 - 1853) when they became concerned with European ideas and potential imperialism. (10.3)
• HAIKU


  Japanese poetry which follows a 5-7-5 format (10.3)
• EDO


  feudal name of Tokyo (10.3)
• CHRISTIANITY


  Foreign idea that the Shogun despised because Japanese converts would pay allegiance to the Pope rather than the Shogun (10.3)
• FEUDALISM


  Government system of early Japan, peasants were bound to the land and were not able to move. Similar to Europe in the middle ages. (10.2)

  
• CONFUCIANISM


  Religiously pluralistic, Japanese can embrace Shinto, Buddhism, and ___ (Chinese philosophy) all at the same time. (10.2)

  
• MERCHANTS


  This social class was looked upon as corrupt because they controlled the money in early feudal Japan. (10.2)
• SAMURAI


  These Japanese men were equivalent to English medieval knights (10.2)
• DAIMYO


  Great Samurai lords who controlled large areas of land. Answered to the Shogun (10.2)
• INDIA


  The rigidness of the Japans social hierarchy is similar to what other society we have studied? (10.2)
• HEREDITY


  Your status in the Japanese social structure would be based on this, or birth. (10.2)
• TEA


  Elaborate Ceremony with this product, it was their way to commune with nature and "Zen" out. (10.2)
• ZEN BUDDHISM


  Japanese religion that emphasized meditation and self-discipline. (2 words) (10.2)

  
• RONIN


  Masterless Samurai (10.2)

  
• FORTY SEVEN


  Number of Ronin in famous play. (2 words) (10.2)
• DAIMYO


  During Japanese Shogunate times, this class held most of the land (10.2)
• SEPPUKU


  Ritual suicide (10.2)

  
• BUSHIDO


  "Way of the warrior" is translated into this code for samurai (10.2)

  
• FIGUREHEAD


  In feudal Japan, the Emperor was considered this, or a leader with NO power. (10.2)

  
• SHOGUN


  If you are the strongest military ruler in Japan, you would have this title. (10.2)

  
• MINAMOTO YORITOMO


  The first Shogun of Japan. (2 words) (10.2)
• FUJIWARA


  In the 800's, this family controlled the emperor by marrying into his family (10.2)
• THE TALE OF GENJI


  First novel ever written, written by a women. (4 words) (10.2)
• MANDATE OF HEAVEN


  What idea did the Japanese NOT borrow from the Chinese since they believed their emperor to be part god? (3 words) (10.2)
• BORROWING


  A valid generalization about early Japanese culture is that Japan maintained a uniquely individual culture while ____ (to take) much from other cultures. (10.2)
• PRINCE SHOTUKU


  In 607 AD, __ ___ sent ambassadors to China to learn their culture. (2 words) (10.2)
• CHINA


  During the 600s and 700s, the Japanese adopted many ideas from this country __ (10.2)
• ENLIGHTENMENT


  Spiritual knowledge or insight. (10.2)
• KOREA


  This country served as a "cultural bridge" between Japan and Asia (10.2)