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Feudal Japan`s Social Hierarchy 日本における封建社会の階層

Feudal Japan`s Social Hierarchy 日本における封建社会の階層. Bryce Ｍａｒｔｉｎ ＳＬＣＣ. BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPAN. J ōmon - Kamakura. J ō mon period 10,000 B.C~300 B.C. A prehistoric period where the Japanese people lived a hunting and gathering lifestyle.

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Feudal Japan`s Social Hierarchy 日本における封建社会の階層

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  1. Feudal Japan`s Social Hierarchy日本における封建社会の階層 Bryce Ｍａｒｔｉｎ ＳＬＣＣ

  2. BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPAN Jōmon- Kamakura

  3. Jōmon period10,000 B.C~300 B.C. • A prehistoric period where the Japanese people lived a hunting and gathering lifestyle. • Name originated from ancient Japanese pottery decorated with jōmon cord-marking.

  4. Yayoi period300 B.C. ~ 300 A.D. • First period of agriculture and use of metals. • Once again, the name originated from more ancient pottery found near Tokyo in 1884

  5. KOFUN ASUKA PERIODS KOFUN PERIOD 300 ~ 710 ASUKA PERIOD 593 ~ 710 • Period where large tombs were constructed for the deceased ruling elite. • Diplomatic relationships were believed to established with Korea and China • During the Kofun period • Marked the year which Empress Suiko was crowned around 593 • Asuka period is considered to be the transitional beginning into the historic age of Japan

  6. Nara period710 ~794 • The Nara period was defined when the government was located in present day Nara • Ended when the capital was moved again from present day Nara

  7. Heian period794 ~ 1185 • Period when Emperor Kammu established present day Kyōto as the capital of Japan • When Minamoto No Yoritomo`s forces destroyed the Taira family, the establishment of the Kamakura shōgunate began

  8. Kamakura period1185 -1333 • Period marked by the rule of the Kamakura shōgunate • This period also marked the beginning of the Japanese feudal class system • - • -

  9. Classes Highest ~ Lowest

  10. Hierarchy Pyramid • Image~ http://japanrigortyler.weebly.com/uploads/3/6/1/0/3610742/378574.jpg?272

  11. 天皇Emperor • Political and symbolic leaderof Japan • Appointed the strongest daimyō to become a shōgun • Had little actual power

  12. 征夷大将軍ShŌgun • Ｍｉｌｉｔａｒｙ `General` required to protect the emperor • His home was called bakufu, then became the name of his administration also • Owned large portions of land gained through war • Typically only one shōgun ruled at a time • Shōgunate roughly means military dictatorship

  13. 大名DaimyŌ • `Land Lords` who controlled territories of Japan • Hired Samurai to protect their land and fight for their cause • Daimyōs would fight one another to acquire more land • Daimyōs who killed a shōgunwere very likely to be appointed to become the next

  14. Warriors Samurai 侍 Bushi武士 Ninja　忍者 Shinobi　忍び • Worked under daimyōs as soldiers • Hired to protect the land • Paid with either labor or food • Followed the `warrior code` bushidō • Women gain a higher status by marrying a Samurai • Assassins hired by upper class • Very Uncommon • Ways of war was opposite of the Samurai, being unorganized and covert • By the Meiji restoration, the image of Ninjas had become mystical and legendary

  15. Lower class • Farmers農民（のうみん） • Land owners higher than non-land owners. • Made up about 88% of the population • Craftsman職人（しょくにん) • Merchants 商人（しょうにん） • ｀Abundant Defilement｀穢多非人（えたひにん） • Butchers, executioners, leather workers (jobs involving death) • Lived in outcast towns called buraku部落 • Suffered from severe discrimination, still an issue today

  16. 明治維新Meiji restoration • On November 9, 1867, Tokugawa Yoshinobu the 15th Tokugawa Shōgun, resigned officially ending the rule of the shōgunate • Meiji restoration abolished this class system, putting an end to Japan`s Feudal class system Thanks to: Wikipedia, Taka, Yoshi, Kaoru, Tomo, and Ebira Sensei

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