8 Sose - Feudal Japan

Front 1

The Tokugawa __________ lasted for 250 years (1603 - 1868).

Back 1

shogunate

Front 2

In 1867 _________ ____________ took control of Japan from the Tokugawas and opened it up for foreign trade.

Back 2

Emperor Meiji

Front 3

All emperors of Japan are descended from ______________ the grandson of the Sun goddess Amaterasu.

Back 3

Jimmu

Front 4

Japan's native religion was ________ and was ____________ (many gods) rather than ____________ (one god) .

Back 4

Shinto polytheistic monotheistic

Front 5

The early Japanese people accepted and imitated _____________ writing and art.

Back 5

Chinese

Front 6

_____________ means "one who serves" and is the name for the warriors that served the daimyos and protected the shoen.

Back 6

Samurai

Front 7

Kamikaze means ________ _________ and was used to describe the winds that helped the samurai defeat the Mongol army.

Back 7

divine wind

Front 8

Bushido

Back 8

The code of behaviour of the Japanese samurai warrior that required honour, loyalty (even to death),good living, thrift and martial art skill

Front 9

Clan

Back 9

a group of people linked and united by the knowledge or belief that they have a common ancestor

Front 10

Daimyo

Back 10

A Japanese warlord. They gained control of large area of land in return for providing and loyalty and military support to the shogun.

Front 11

Dynasty

Back 11

a period of rule by successive members of a family

Front 12

Kamikaze

Back 12

A Japanese term meaning 'divine wind'; a name given to the storms that saved the Japanese from Mongol invasion during the 13th century

Front 13

Lord

Back 13

A wealthy monarch or noble under feudalism, one who exchanged fiefs (land grants) for the sworn loyalty of the of vassals

Front 14

sakoku

Back 14

Japanese foreign policy during the Tokugawa Shogunate (1633-1853) that forbade any Japanese person leaving Japan, or any foreigner entering it; the penalty for disobeying was death

Front 15

Shogun

Back 15

a title given to Japan's military rulers between the 12th and 19th centuries CE

Front 16

The four main islands of Japan are _________

Back 16

Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Hokkaido

Front 17

Amaterasu

Back 17

Japanese sun goddess

Front 18

Heian-Kyo (Kyoto)

Back 18

The ancient capital of Japan

Front 19

Shoen

Back 19

Land given by the Emperor to loyal Daimyos and officials

Front 20

In the 1100s the two most powerful clans were the __________ and _____________ clan

Back 20

Taira Minamoto

Front 21

Minamoto Yoritomo (1192)

Back 21

The first official Shogun of Japan. Seen by historians as establishing a feudal structure in that endured until the 19th Century

Front 22

Minamoto, Ashikaga, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Tokugawa

Back 22

The main shoguns in Japanese history

Front 23

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1603)

Back 23

Established the Tokugawa Shogunate that lasted from 1603 to 1867

Front 24

William Adams

Back 24

An Englishman shipwrecked befriended by Ieyasu eventually became an important advisor

Front 25

Commodore Matthew Perry (1853)

Back 25

United States naval commander who sailed into Tokyo Bay in a large steamship and forced the Japanese to open up their borders to trade with Japan

Front 26

Bakufu

Back 26

A military government formed by Minamoto Yoritomo at his base in the town of Kamakura. This military government displaced the power of the Emperor.

Front 27

Shintoism

Back 27

Japan's traditional religion - means the way of the Gods. Followers of Shintoism believe in many different Gods and ancestor spirits (Kami)

Front 28

Buddhism

Back 28

Introduced into Japan in the 7th century the teachings of Buddha emphasize life as a cycle.