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31 Cards in this Set
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bakufu
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shogun's military administration
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bubble economy
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Japan's 1980s economy: resulted in an international trade surplus of $133 billion by 1994
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Bunraku
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traditional Japanese puppet theatre
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burakumin
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segregated in Japan because of their association with what Buddhism terms "unclean practices"
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Bushido
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samurai code of honor, developed in the Tokugawa Period
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Daibutsu
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"Great Buddha"- especially the figures at Nara and Kamakura
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daimyo
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feudal lords under the shoguns
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Edo
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modern Tokyo, capital of Tokugawa shoguns
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gaijin
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"outsider"- all foreigners in Japan
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geisha
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professional entertainer- developed during "period of seclusion"
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genro
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leaders of the Meiji Restoration and modernization after 1868
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han
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estates of feudal lords
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hara kiri
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aka seppuku- ritual suicide
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kabuki
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traditional Japanese theatre
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kampaku
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regent appointed to rule in the emperor's name- especially during Fujiwara period
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kokutai
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idea that emperor is the state and rules as a father over his family.
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Meiji
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"enlightened rule"- restoration of imperial authority under Emperor Mutsuhito (1868-1912)
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metsuke
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shogun's official informers during Tokugawa period
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no
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stylized dance drama- more serious than kabuki theatre
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Northern Territorial Issue
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some lands north of Japan were given to Russia at the Yalta Conference. Japan desired return of the southern Kuriles but USSR refused
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Rangaku
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"Dutch learning"- Japanese study of Western books during seclusion period
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ronin
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masterless samurai- their lords were casualties of feudal wars- discontented element during Tokugawa period
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sakoku
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"closed country policy"- shoguns' rule during seclusion period
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samurai
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traditional warrior class of Japan during feudal era
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Shinto
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Japanese native religion stressing worship of nature
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shoen
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manor controlled by a court aristocrat during feudal Japan
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shogun
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"Barbarian Subduing Generalissimo"- head of the military government of Japan (1192-1867)
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Showa
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"enlightened peace"- reign name for Emperor Hirohito
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uji
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clan- basic political, social unit of early Japan
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ukiyo
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"floating world"- an aspect of town life during seclusion period
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zaibatsu
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Japanese business trusts or cartels, usually controlled by small groups of families
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