Japan
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- Matthew C. Perry
- opened up Japan
- koto
- 13-string Japanese harp
- sushi
- raw fish combined with seaweed and vinegared rice
- Hideyoshi
- greatest of founding fathers, united Japan
- Ryoanji
- Zen Buddhist Temple in Kyoto
- yamato
- refers to Japan in the broadest sense...in contrast to things Chinese
- torii
- gate that symbolizes the division between the human world and the spirit world
- Jizo
- important Japanese bodhisattva who cares for children who died during childbirth or infancy or for aborted fetuses
- Kanto Plain
- extensive plain
- rice
- staple of Japan
- Akihito
- current emperor
- Nirvana
- Buddhist concept of spiritual perfection
- Fifteen-Year War
- period of Japanese involvement in WWII
- shintoism
- Japan's native religion
- shinkansen
- bullet train
- Hokkaido
- northern most island
- kami
- spirit or god that resides in a Shinto shrine
- obi
- sash
- Meiji Restoration
- 1868-1912 after isolationism
- Bodhisattva
- Buddhist religious figures who held back from entering Nirvana to help in the slavation of thers
- bonsai
- dwarfing and shaping of trees
- samurai
- #1 in class system, carried out the leader's will
- ABCD Powers
- America, Britian, China, and Dutch east India
- Meiji
- Enlightened One
- 1
- rank in commercial fishing
- Portuguese
- 1st Europeans to reach Japan
- Honshu
- island where 80% of Japan's population lives
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- war between Japan and China over Chinese mainlandby forces of the japanese Imperial Army against Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist army and Mao's communist army
- Tojo
- general hung at end of WWII
- diet
- Japan's legislature
- Nara (Kyoto)
- ancient capital of Japan
- Koreans
- largest ethnic minority in Japan
- juku
- cram school
- isolationism
- 1603-1868
- zaibatsu
- large family organizations that built large companies
- ko(bun)
- followers, "children"
- consensus
- everyone must agree
- Todaiji Diabutsu
- world's largest wooden bulding which houses world's largest bronze statue
- kyoiku mamas
- education mothers
- December 7, 1941
- date of Pearl Harbor
- Mongols
- ancestors of the Japanese
- Showa Era
- longest imperial reign in Japanese history
- sashimi
- raw fish
- 1
- rank in per capita consumption of fish
- humid sub-tropics
- Southern Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu have ____ climate
- Mt. Fuji
- volcano
- Eight Corners of the World Under One Roof
- slogan used by japanese in WWII to express idea of a politically and economically integrated Asia
- Kannon
- another important bodhisattva who offers protection and comfort
- ikebana
- Japanese art of flower arragning
- gohan
- cooked rice, meal
- Douglas MacArthur
- commander/overseer of Japan's invasion and occupation
- 1
- US rank as Japan's agricultural export partner
- rote memorization
- learning style emphasized in Japan
- haiku
- unrhymed verse formed of three lines containing five, seven, and five syllables
- Kamakura Diabutsu
- world's 2nd largest bronze statue
- oya(bun)
- group leader
- Ginza
- top shopping district of Tokoyo
- Honshu
- main island
- Diabutsu
- "great Buddha"
- shinjinrui
- older generation's term for today's younger generations, indicating a difference in values and in work ethic
- Hirohito
- longest reigning emperor (through WWII)
- pachinko
- Japanese pinball
- ronin
- masterless samurai
- kimono
- traditional dress of Japan
- Tokugowa
- isolationsim, after Hideyoshi, moved capital to Tokoyo, introduced feudalism
- continental
- Hokkaido and northern Honshu have ___ climate
- baseball
- #1 sport in Japan
- pacific coast
- largest cities location
- kendo
- Japanese fencing with bamboo swords
- Japanese Alps
- runs down spine of Honshu
- ainu
- earliest type of humans in the Japans
- shogun
- official ruling in the name of the emperor
- Liberal Democratic Party
- party in Japan thats won every election except 1 since the constitution