Feudal Japan

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Feudal Japan Take notes for BLUE headings , follow along & discuss for everything else

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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 Presentation

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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