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Feudal Japan
Take notes for BLUE headings, follow along & discuss for everything else
Early Japan
Hunter-gatherers Settled farmers
Influences from China & Korea
China
Korea
Japa
n
Writing, Buddhism, idea of emperor as god, government
Prince Shotoku
Ruled Japan in late 500s & early 600s
Brought Buddhism & Chinese culture to Japan Buddhism
competed with Shinto
Taika Reforms
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
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
Tale of Genji
Written by Murasaki Shikibu, a self-taught female writer
Considered to be first modern novel Over 400 different
characters Continuous plot
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.
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
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
Oda Nobunaga
Daimyo who fought to unify most of Japan
First to use guns in battle
Captured Kyoto & destroyed Ikko monks
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Peasant who rose through the ranks & became Nobunaga’s top general
Finished reunifying Japan after Nobunaga
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