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Folder Find:Japanese Feudalism
Let’s Review
Station 1
Made up of a chain of mountainous islands in Pacific Ocean; part of Ring of Fire
Group of lands around Pacific Ocean vulnerable to earthquakes and volcanoes
YouTube - Japan quake damage up-close: 2:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRDpTEjumdo
Deep respect for forces of nature
Station 2
Shintoism
Spirits found in living and nonliving things
Prayer and offerings
Koreans introduce the Japanese to aspects of Chinese culture
Peace, simple living, nature, and beauty
Family loyalty, honoring parents, respect for learning and the educated
Chinese Influences Korea
Government United with help of Tang China; restricted role of women; civil service exams; Confucianism
Language Writing; woodblock printing; poems
Arts Landscape paintings; porcelain
Chinese Influences Japan
Government Code of laws; absolute authority of emperor; strong central govt; civil service
Language Chinese spoken in capital; official histories written in Chinese
Arts Tang music, dance, and gardens; tea ceremony; architecture of capital; pagodas
CULTURAL DIFFUSION!
Station 4
Japan’s conflict over scarce resources
A class system
Emperor; Shogun; Daimyo; Samurai; Artisans; Peasants
Shogun
They were the top military commanders
Promised loyalty to the daimyo in return for land
Bushido
Commit suicide
Daimyo
Station 5 Farmed the land
Made weapons for the samurai
Buy and sell goods
Merchants
Inheritance was only passed on to sons
Hereditary classes with nobles on top and little social mobility
Constant warfare made warriors most important class; warriors bound by code of ethics
Knights gained land from lords as payment for military service; samurai did not own any land
Station 6
To protect a lord’s lands and people; rose up to battle for their lords
Theater, trade, and commerce
Marksmanship with a bow and arrow while astride a horse
A ceremonial suicide of stabbing oneself with their own sword
Station 7
Tokugawa shoguns created a
de-centralized government
They barred all from traveling abroad
Actors wore colorful costumes and acted out stories about families or events in history
New seeds, tools, and techniques allowed farmers to grow more food
small verse
First line has 5 syllables; second line has 7 syllables; third line 5 syllables
