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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.
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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 • 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 MurasakiShikibu, 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
ToyotomiHideyoshi • 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