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Ancient Japan
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7th Grade
02/22/2010

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What was Japan formed from?
Definition
drops of water
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Where is Japan located?
Definition
off the coast of asia
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Agriculture and landforms
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*15 percent of land is flat enought to farm on
*there are volcanoes,tidal waves, earthquakes and hurricanes
*few natural fuels
*mild climate
*abundant fish
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Shinto
Definition
religion meaning way of the gods
*based on respect of nature and ancestors
*things in nature are home to divine spirits
*strong unifying force
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Japans influental neighbors
Definition
korea and china
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Clans
Definition
people related by blood or marraige
*land was main source of wealth
* land was often fought for bucuse there was so little available for cultivation
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powerful clans
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led japan for centuries
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First emporers
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came from yamato clan
*very powerful clan
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Prince Shotoku
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impressed by chinese culture
*opened a japanese embassy in china
*made laws (called seventeen article constitution)
*encouraged buddhism which challenged shinto
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buddhism
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* based on teachings of siddartha guatama
*arrived to japan in 500s A.D.
* had shotokus support
* different buddhism sects
-tendai (study of texts)
-shingon (complex rituals)
-amida (salvation in pure land after death)
-zen (something divine in everybody)
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Zen Buddhism
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*self discipline
*simplicity
*meditation
*inner peace
* great influence on japanese culture
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Japanese writing system
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*both characters for sounds and specific objects actions or ideas
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Japanese drama
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Noh- retellings of folktales or legends
kabuki- melodramatic singing and dancing ( more informal than noh)
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The tale of Genji
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written by lady murusaki shikibu
*about a prince in the imperial court
* importantdevelopment of japanese literature
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Poetry
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haiku- 5,7,5
wrote abt rejection, love, nature
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art
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*wrote with brushes and ink on paper
* used calligraphy
* used brush painting on paper and silk
* often depicted landscapes or daily life
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Fujiwara clan
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*ruled after shotukus death for 300 years
* declined when government ran out of money
*daimyo rose with power/ had samurais
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Feudalism in Japan
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lord vassal system- protection for loyalty
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Shoguns
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means supreme commander of the army
* ruled on emporers behalf
* Minyamato Yoritomo was the frist shogun
*japan was under shogunate/ military government for 700 years
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Samurais and warrior code
Definition
* vowed to fight for their lord
*woman also could learn to use weapons o protect families and they could become samurais if they desired
* sumurais lived by the unwritten code of honor called bushido
*samurais were zen buddhist
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Oda Nobunaga
Definition
reunited japan
*his soldiers were the first to use guns
* had control of half of japan before his death
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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*controlled all of japan before his death
* grew up under oda nobunaga
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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* was a shogun
* established capital of edo (tokyo)
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Korea landforms and agriculture
Definition
*peninsula
* near japan
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chinese influences on korea
Definition
* rice cultivating
*paper making
*printing
*celadon (blueish green)
* confucianism & buddhism
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History of korea
Definition
1 silla kingdom
2koryo kingdom
3mongols invade
4yi family/ choson dynasty
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History of vietnam
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1 chinese rule
2 vietnamese resistion of chinese culture
3Trung Nhi rebelled
4 vietnam broke free
5 establishe dai viet
afte rmany attacks kingdom became weak
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khmer empire
Definition
prospered on cultivation of rice
* was strongly influenced by india
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angkor era
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home of temple angkor wat, largest religious structure in the world
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