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Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan,Korea, & Vietnam. I. Sinification A. All 3 areas B. Syncretism C. Buddhism- key transmitter. II. Japan A. Imperial Age 1. 7 th -9 th Centuries a. Taika 645-710 b. Nara 710
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Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan,Korea, & Vietnam.
I. Sinification A. All 3 areas B. Syncretism C. Buddhism- key transmitter
II. Japan A. Imperial Age 1. 7th -9th Centuries a. Taika 645-710 b. Nara 710 c. Heian 794-1185
2. Crisis at Nara & Shift to Heian a. In 600s C.E. Imperial family Yamato rule from Nara b. Late 700s Yamato rulers wanted to escape political influence of Nara’s Buddhist priest – Move to Heian c. Heain Period 794-1185 CE b. Restoration of aristocratic order
d. Taika reforms failed e. Restoration of aristocratic order f. Fujiwara- Noble family that gained dominance @ this period emperor was a figure head & chancellors real power & rule
3. Court Life: Heian Era a. Complex palaces & gardens b. Aesthetic pursuits c. Valued art & poetry d. The Tale of Genji (Lady Murasaki)
B. Decline of Imperial Power 1. Fujiwara 2. Buddhist monasteries 3. Peasants under control of both 4. Failed to recognize power of local lords
C. Rise of provincial Warrior Elite 1. Aristocratic-regional estates a. Bushi b. Samurai c. Social impact 1. Blocked free peasantry 2. Pure Land Buddhism
2. Era of Warrior Dominance a. 11-12th Centuries b. Gempei Wars 1180s a. Taira & Minamoto b. 1185 Minamoto est. bakufu 1. Emperor & Court preserved 2. Power= family & samurai
d. Outcome of Gempi Wars 1. Two Shogunates govern Japan until 1500s - Kamakura 1185-1333 - Ashikaga 1336-1573 2. Ashikaga- politically weak & decentralized
1. Similarities Mutual ties & obligation Elite militaristic values 2. Difference Europe- contractual ties Japan- group & individual bonds D. Comparing Feudalism
III. End Bakufu Dominance & Warlords A. 1467-1477 civil war 1. Ashikaga factions 2. Divided Japan into 300 small states ruled by daimyo
B. Artistic Solace / Troubled Times 1. Zen Buddhism 2. Painting, architecture, gardens, & tea ceremonies
IV. Tokugawa Shogunate & Consolidation of Japan 1603-1868 A. Reunification took over 50yrs (1560-1615) B. Tokugawa Ieyasu- established shgunate 1. centralized power 2. stratification / rigid class system 3. renewed emphasis on Confucianism 4. isolationist policies 1649-1720s port of Nagasaki open
C. Economy, Society, & Culture 1. Rapid population growth 2. Double rice & grain production 3. Edo – becomes one of the worlds largest cities 3. Merchant class grew wealth & power -anomaly to stratification
V. Meiji Japan 1868-1890 A. Opening of Japan 1. 1853 Matthew Perry 2. Western powers 3. Sat-Cho Alliance – anti-western rebellion B. Meiji Restoration 1. first emperor in thousand yrs to have imperial power 2. Japan becomes westernized
3. State Shintoism 4. Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 occupation of Taiwan & Korea 5. Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 1st time non-Western nation defeats European