Feudal Japan
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- Natural Threats
- earthquakes, tidal waves and typhoons
- Tang China
- the dynasty that ruled China during the time of the missions from Japan
- Chinese Ways of life
- Japanese took simple activities such as cooking, gardening, drinking tea and hairdressing
- samurai
- a bodygaurd of loyal warriors and lived according to a demanding code
- Heian
- the capital was moved from Nara to this city (modern day Kyoto) in 794
- kami
- spirits that lived in trees, rocks, waterfalls and mountains
- Writing System
- adapted from Chinese after it was brought to Japan by the Koreans
- Sei Shonagon
- published her diary into a book and titled it "The Pillow Book"
- Yamato Emperors
- claimed to be descendents of Amaterasu; werefigure heads only and the power was controled by various strong clans who ruled in the emperor's name
- Large Landowners in the Countryside
- these people set up private armies to protect them, small landowners traded parts of their land to a strong warlord in exchange for protection
- Last Mission
- the imperial court had decided that it had learned enough from the Tang dynasty which had fallen into decline
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu
- wrote the Tale of Genji which is about the life of a prince in the imperial court
- Lacking Resources
- coal, oil and iron
- Heian Period
- era of highly refined court society from 794-1185, the Fujiwara family held power
- Prince Shotoku
- served as a regent for his aunt Empress Suiko, in 607, he sent the first three missions to Tang China
- shogun
- "supreme general of the emperor's army"
- Rules of the Heian Court
- dictated the length of a sword, color of official robes, forms of address
- Buddhism
- thisreligion was brought to Japan in 700s and was combined with Shinto beliefs and rituals
- Missions to Tang China
- 600 scholars, painters, musicians, and monks traveled on each mission in order to study from China firsthand
- Kamakura Shoguns
- powerful shoguns that blocked the two invasion attempts from Kublai Khan
- Shinto
- "way of the gods" --> Japan's earliest religion; it had no complex rituals or philosophy; based on repect for the forces of nature
- Poor Etiquette
- loud laughter and mismatched clothing
- Four Largest Islands of Japan
- Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku
- Yoritomo
- the emperor in 1192 C.E. gave this Minamoto leader the title of Shogun
- Bushido
- the code which expected warriors to show reckless courage, reverence for the gods, fairness and generosity to the weak