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Geographic Factors • Islands off coast?
Geographic Factors • Islands off coast • Fewer invasionsless need for central gov’t • Pick and choose for. infl
Geographic Factors • Islands off coast • Fewer invasionsless need for central gov’t • Pick and choose for. Infl • Mountainous?
Geographic Factors • Islands off coast • Fewer invasionsless need for central gov’t • Pick and choose for. Infl • Mountainous • Polit Fragmentation • Collective Rights
Geographic Factors • Islands off coast • Fewer invasionsless need for central gov’t • Pick and choose for. Infl • Mountainous • Polit Fragmentation • Collective Rights • Poor natural resourcesTraders and manufacturers
Centralization under Yamato • Uji • Yamato clan unifies Japan • Shinto • Head of Yamato ClanReligious Leader • Same dynasty throughout Japanese History • Religious vs. Polit Authority
Chinese Influence • Japanese Borrowing peaks in 7th-9th • Examples of Chinese Influence • Buddhism • Confucian ideas gov’t/education • Chinese written script • Prince Shotoku (572-622) • Missions to China • Court ritual • Taxation, law codes • Centralized Bureaucracy
Shotoku’s Seventeen-Article Constitution • Why do we need central authority? • Evidence of Confucian Influence? • Legalist Influence? • Buddhist Influence? • Mandate of Heaven?
Taika Reforms (7th) • Continues Chinese style governance • Limits to Effects • Buddhist Resistance • Aristocratic Resistance • Results
Samurai and Bushi • Feudal Mini-Kingdoms • Bushi • Samurai • Bushido • Ritualized Fighting • Ideal Behaviors
Disintegration and Daimyo • Decline of Hojo • Mongols • Rise of MC hurts Samuraibanditry • Ashikaga Shogunate (1336-1573) • Challenges • Destructive Civil War • Daimyo
Decline of Samurai • Decline of Bushido • Changes in Warfare • Economic Growth • Continued Decline in Tokugawa
Japanese Particularity • End of Chinese Borrowings • Samurai/Bushido code • Religion • Women
The Chronicle • Context: KitabaakeChikafus • What makes Japan special? • Compare to China? • Compare to India? • Buddhism and Confucianism?