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Contemporary Japan
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Undergraduate 4
03/18/2014

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Kuroshio Current
Definition
Northward current which skirts Honshu's South-Eastern Coast
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Tsushima Current
Definition
Current which flows from the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan
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Oyashio Current
Definition
Southward current which skirts Hokkaido & Collides with the Kuroshio current.
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Kinai
Definition
The ancient administrative Center of Japan. Near present-day Kyoto.
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Do
Definition
The 6 (Later 7) general divisions of Japan, radiating from the Kinai like beams from the Sun.
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Kuni
Definition
The smaller provinces into which each Do was divided.
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Gun
Definition
The smaller provinces into which the Kinai was divided.
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Han
Definition
Later holdings of the Samurai Lords which overlay the older structure of Kunis and Guns.
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To
Definition
East (東). Prefecture suffix.
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Do
Definition
Road (道) Prefecture suffix.
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Fu
Definition
Fortune (福). Prefecture suffix.
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Ken
Definition
Prefecture Suffix.
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Shi
Definition
City (市)
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Cho
Definition
Town (町)
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Son
Definition
Village (村)
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Kansai
Definition
West of the Barrier, or center region of Honshu (関西)
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Subduction Zone
Definition
Geographic Plate Boundary where one plate subducts (goes beneath) the other. Japan is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate to the Mainland.
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Tsunami
Definition
A large wave caused by the displacement of water during an Earthquake.
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Typhoon
Definition
A hurricane, which in Japan comes from the south.
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Baiu
Definition
A rainy summer (梅雨)
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Yamase
Definition
A cool summer
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Tetrapods
Definition
Cement polygonal shapes which cover beaches to prevent erosion.
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Ashio
Definition
A copper mine whose pollution caused inedible fish in the 1890s.
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Tanaka Shozo
Definition
An activist who raised awareness of the Ashio copper mine.
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Minamata
Definition
An island off Kyushu whose waters were poisoned by mercury from 1920-on.
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Jomon Period
Definition
12,000-2,500. Known for their shell mounds & pottery.
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Yayoi Period
Definition
500BC - 300AD. Start of Chinese immigration and rice cultivation.
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Kofun Period
Definition
300AD - 550AD. Known for their large tombs. Rise of the Yamamoto state.
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Asuka Period
Definition
550AD-710AD. 2nd Chinese migration. Imported Chinese traditional government as well as Bhuddism.
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Nara Period
Definition
710AD-784AD. The first capital city was built (Nara).
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Heian Period
Definition
794-1185AD. Marked by a decrease of Chinese influence and a rise of Estate Power (feudalism).
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Kamakura Period
Definition
1185-1333AD> Beginning of the Samurai Warriors which were organized to fight off the mongols during this period.
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Ashikaga Period
Definition
1338AD - 1573AD. Kyoto is again the capital. Largely feudal, but politically weak. First contact with the West.
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Azuchi Monoyama Period
Definition
1573-1598AD. Period of the 3 Great Unifyers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa.
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Tokugawa (Edo) Period
Definition
1603-1868AD. Highly efficient feudal system. Closed trade with the West.
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Meiji Period
Definition
1868-1912AD. Reformative. Re-opened trade to and emulated almost exactly the West. Highly militarized and anti-Feudal.
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Taisho Period
Definition
1912-1926. Interim period where Japan temporarily adapted to Western Liberalism.
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Showa Period.
Definition
1926-1989. Period wherein Japan became a large Empire, was defeated, and became Democratic.
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Heisei Period
Definition
1989-Present. Current Emperor. Mostly ceremonial, little real power.
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Ezo
Definition
The old, pre-Meiji name for Hokkaido.
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Ino Tadataka
Definition
First modern cartographer of Japan.
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Mamiya Rinzo
Definition
19th century explorer of Hokkaido.
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Commander Matthew Perry
Definition
1853-1854 'war' at Tokyo. Lead to Treaty of Tokyo.
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Vice Admiral Putiatin
Definition
Treaty of 1855 between Russia and Japan. Opened 3 ports and set their first formal border.
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Sino-Japanese War
Definition
1894. Victory by Japan against China. Taiwan is added to Japanese lands via the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
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Russo-Japanese War
Definition
1904-1905. Victory by Japan against Russia. Korea added to Japanese lands via the treaty of Portsmouth.
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Siberian Intervention
Definition
Japan invasion of Siberia under American auspices. The pretense was a search for missing Czechs.
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Northern Territories
Definition
The Kuril Is. & Sakaline which have historically been the site of turf War between Japan & Russia.
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Takeshima (Tokdo)
Definition
Lands claimed by both Korea and Japan. Was first known as the Liam Court Rocks.
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Mabiki
Definition
Literally, to thin out. Refers to the purposeful thinning out of Japan's population during ancient times.
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Eugenics Protection Law
Definition
Reinstated birth-control measures outlawed in WWII.
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Hinoeuma
Definition
Literally a Fiery Horse. Symbolically occurs every 60 years and predicts wild and independent women. Lead to a decreased birth rate in 1966.
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Dakasegi
Definition
Seasonal Labor. Workers would come to Tokyo for the winter then return to Farm in the summer.
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U-Turn Migration
Definition
Migrants who came to the big city, got a degree, then returned straight home.
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J-Turn Migration
Definition
Migrants who come to the big city, get a degree, then return to a city near home.
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