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1. JAPAN ESSAY RUBRIC Name ______________________________________________, Date rubric received________________________, Period ____ Name, date period Paragraph 4 Paragraph 3 Title. “Leaders of Middle Ages Japan” 1. Write this topic sentence. (“Three military leaders called shoguns would unify Japan on behalf of the emperor.”) 1. Write this topic sentence. (“The Fujiwara government lost control over landholders called daimyo (lords) in the A.D. 1100s.”) (Never include the word essay.) Paragraph 1 1. Underlined Thesis. 2. What did daimyo Oda Nobunaga recognize as important? p. 270 “Clans were responsible for the leadership within Japan.” 2. What kind of army did daimyo have? p. 267 3. What two ways did general Toyotomi Hideyoshi use to control all of Japan? p. 270 2. What were clans? p. 252 3. Why did daimyo fight each other? p. 268 3. Who led the clans? p. 252 4. What did Tokugawa Ieyasu start that would control Japan until 1868? p. 270 4. What would small landholders called vassals receive when they gave their loyalty to a daimyo? p. 268 4. What did clans fight about? p. 252 5. Where did Ieyasu set up his capital? (Include two names.) p. 270 5. What became a strong unifying force for each clan? p. 252 5. What kind of local rulership started in Japan when lords and vassals helped each other? p. 268 6. Write this transition sentence. “The Yamato clan would become the most powerful clan of Japan in the A.D. 400s.” 6. Write this transition sentence. “Shogun Ieyasu’s 265 year family rulership would become known as the Tokugawa Shogunate.” 6. Write this transition sentence. “Power would eventually shift to the military.” Paragraph 2 Paragraph 5 1. Write this topic sentence. (“The Yamato clan was the source of the first emperors.”) 1. Write a definition for the word shogun. p. 268 2. Using a concrete detail as a review for the reader, rewrite the answer to question # 3 of paragraph 2. 2. Who fought to gain the power of emperor? p. 253 3. What were the members of the Yamato clan supposed to be by tradition? p. 253 3. Restate the thesis. “The leadership within Japan became the responsibility of clans.” 4. How was Prince Shotoku able to gain the power of emperor from A.D. 593 to 622? p. 253 5. What was the title of Murasaki Shikibu’s novel about the emperor’s court in the A.D. 1000s? p. 259 Turn-in Date ____________________ 6. Write this transition sentence. “The Fujiwara clan would become Japan’s most powerful clan and rulers for 300 years after Shotoku’s death.” Corrected by _____________________________________________ 29