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71 Cards in this Set
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four large islands |
Hokkaido Honshu, main island Shikoku Kyushu |
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extinct volcano, last eruption - 1707 |
Mount Fuji |
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active volcano |
Mount Asama |
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"cord pattern" culture known for hand-thrown pottery |
Jomon |
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culture strongest in West Japan |
Yayoi |
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stone burial chambers and huge earthen mounds |
Tomb culture |
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Daughter of the Sun |
Queen Himeko or Pimiko
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contact with the spirit world through mediums subject to trances |
Shamanism |
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third source of information about early Japan |
Shinto legends |
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male god and his consort standing on the rainbow bridge of Heaven and dipping a spear into the ocean beneath |
Izanagi and Izanami |
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last god to be born, caused death of Izanami |
Fire God |
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when he returned to the light of day west part of Honshu |
Even-Pass-of-Hades |
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born from Izanagi's left eye Sun Goddess |
Amaterasu |
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born from Izanagi's right eye Moon Deity |
Tsukiyomi
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born from Izanagi's nose Storm God constantly making trouble |
Susanowo |
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cleft in the ocean floor five miles in depth |
Tuscarora Deep |
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cleft in the ocean floor five miles in depth |
Tuscarora Deep |
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Great Reform |
Taikwa |
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cleft in the ocean floor five miles in depth |
Tuscarora Deep |
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Great Reform |
Taikwa |
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Great Treasure |
Taiho |
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cleft in the ocean floor five miles in depth |
Tuscarora Deep |
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Great Reform |
Taikwa |
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Great Treasure |
Taiho |
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Tendai and Shingon |
True Word |
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cleft in the ocean floor five miles in depth |
Tuscarora Deep |
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Great Reform |
Taikwa |
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Great Treasure |
Taiho |
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Tendai and Shingon |
True Word |
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Pure land |
Jodo |
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cleft in the ocean floor five miles in depth |
Tuscarora Deep |
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Great Reform |
Taikwa |
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Great Treasure |
Taiho |
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Tendai and Shingon |
True Word |
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Pure land |
Jodo |
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Way of the Warrior |
Bushido |
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Flower arrangement |
Ikebana |
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Flower arrangement |
Ikebana |
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Tea ceremony |
Chanoyu |
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Flower arrangement |
Ikebana |
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Tea ceremony |
Chanoyu |
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No dance drama |
Kabuki |
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Flower arrangement |
Ikebana |
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Tea ceremony |
Chanoyu |
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No dance drama |
Kabuki |
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bombing at Pearl Harbor |
December 7, 1941 |
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Flower arrangement |
Ikebana |
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Tea ceremony |
Chanoyu |
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No dance drama |
Kabuki |
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bombing at Pearl Harbor |
December 7, 1941 |
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bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
August 6 and 9, 1945 |
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Flower arrangement |
Ikebana |
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Tea ceremony |
Chanoyu |
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No dance drama |
Kabuki |
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bombing at Pearl Harbor |
December 7, 1941 |
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bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
August 6 and 9, 1945 |
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B-29 bomber plane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Enola Gay |
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unbridled feudalism |
Ashikaga |
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forced Japan to open it's ports to trade |
US Commodore Matthew C. Perry |
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forced Japan to open it's ports to trade |
US Commodore Matthew C. Perry |
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Topographies |
Kanto Plain Nobi Plan Kansai Plain |
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hereditary Great Imperial Chieftain |
O-omi |
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hereditary Great Imperial Chieftain |
O-omi |
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Imperial prince |
Shotoku Taishi |
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hereditary Great Imperial Chieftain |
O-omi |
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Imperial prince |
Shotoku Taishi |
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overthrew Soga Clan Fujiwara |
Kamatari |
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first permanent capital |
Nara |
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first Shogunate or military dictatorship |
Sei-i-tai Shogun |
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first Kamakura shogun |
Yoritomo |
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Military Triumvirate |
Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
