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Taika reforms
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All farmland was the property of the emperor.
The land was divided into small plots. Clan leaders were assigned to oversee the land in their territories. The central government gained more control over the clans and wealth from taxes on the land. Before-Gave land to clan leaders After-Gave land to government officials. |
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Prince Shotoku
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Encouraged Buddhism and Chinese culture.
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Shinto
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Religion that revolved around nature.
Teaches that the natural world is filled with divine spirits/kami. |
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Nara Period
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700's
High ranking government officials got their jobs if they belonged to the upper class or if their family willed it to them. |
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courtier
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a person who takes part in the highly refined social life of a court
Courtiers created the culture of the period. They collected part of what was produced on their estates. |
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haiku
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an unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of 3 lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables
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isolation
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the condition of being separated from a group
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regent
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a person who rules for a monarch during periods of illness or absence, or during the monarchs extreme youth
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samurai
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the feudal military aristocracy of Japan, from the team meaning "those who serve"
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denomination
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a religious body consisting of a group of congregations having the same faith
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Shogun
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a line of military leaders who ruled Japan under the nominal leadership of the emperor until 1868
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succession
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a sequence in which one person after another succeeds to a title, throne, or estate.
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daimyo
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the lord of a large agricultural estate in feudal Japan who supported the Shogun
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Kyoto
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center of court life
After move to Kyoto- Emperor strictly limited the # of Buddhist temples and monasteries that could be built. Moving the capital also had the effect of isolating Kyoto from events in the provinces. |
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Hierarchy of Shogunate
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Shogun
Daimyo Samurai Peasants |
