SECTION 4: JAPAN

•Japanese cultural development-influenced by China and Korea•Shinto and Buddhism coexisted

INTRODUCTION

•Mountainous Japanese archipelago (island group extending in an arc)•Four main islands•Sea of Japan or East Sea between Japan and Asian mainland

GEOGRAPHY

•Ethnic religion unique to Japan

•Stressed worship of nature spirits and ancestors

•Became state religion worshipping emperor

SHINTO

•Writing•Architecture•Buddhism

CHINESE CULTURAL INFLUENCES

•Farmers and small landowners traded parts of land to strong warlords in exchange for protection•Localized rule like in ancient China and medieval Europe (manorialism)

FEUDALISM

•bodyguard of loyal warriors

SAMURAI