feudal japan
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Feudal Japan. Take notes for BLUE headings , follow along & discuss for everything else. Early Japan. China. Hunter-gatherers Settled farmers Influences from China & Korea. Korea. Writing, Buddhism, idea of emperor as god, government. Japan. Prince Shotoku. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Feudal Japan
Take notes for BLUE headings, follow along & discuss for everything else
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Early Japan Hunter-gatherers Settled farmers Influences from China & Korea
China
Korea
Japan
Writing, Buddhism, idea of emperor as god, government
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Prince Shotoku Ruled Japan in late
500s & early 600s Brought Buddhism
& Chinese culture to Japan Buddhism
competed with Shinto
Taika Reforms
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Shintoism Traditional Japanese religion Based on “kami” ( 神 or かみ )
Similar to nature spirits & found in natural objects (rocks, trees, water, etc.). Built shrines (Torii gates) dedicated to different kami
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Emperors in Charge Capital at Kyoto ( 京都 or きょうと ) Golden Age of literature, art, &
drama Tale of Genji
Power of emperors declined after Gempei War (1180-1185) between Minamoto & Taira clans
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Tale of Genji Written by Murasaki
Shikibu, a self-taught female writer
Considered to be first modern novel Over 400 different
characters Continuous plot
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Kamakura & Ashikaga Shoguns
Emperors had no real power during this time
Shoguns allowed to rule country in exchange for keeping the peace. Fighting between different factions of samurai in countryside.
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Mongol Invasion “Kamikaze” ( かみかぜ / 神風 ) or
“Divine Wind” – origins Mongols tried to invade Japan in
1274 & 1281 Typhoons wrecked Mongol invasion
fleets & Japanese samurai took care of the rest
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Warring States Different clans fighting for control of Japan
& “Ikko-ikki” (peasants/monks who fought against samurai)
Frequent betrayals & changing alliances “Ikko-ikki” – peasants & monks who fought against samurai
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Oda Nobunaga
Daimyo who fought to unify most of Japan
First to use guns in battle
Captured Kyoto & destroyed Ikko monks
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Peasant who rose through the ranks & became Nobunaga’s top general
Finished reunifying Japan after Nobunaga
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Tokugawa Ieyasu Served under
Nobunaga & Hideyoshi before founding Tokugawa Shogunate
Kept a strict social order to preserve a traditional society
Persecuted Christians & banned trade with Europeans