1. Japan
Chapter 15

2. How did the Japanese blend borrowed customs and native traditions into unique culture?

4. Section 1: Geography and Early Japan
Japan’s early societies were both isolated from and influenced by China and Korea.

5. What is Japan’s geography like?
Isolated group of islands
Tops of undersea volcanoes
About 20% land is flat coastal plains

6. How did emperors take power in Japan?
building up armies
conquering neighbors
Claiming to be descended from the sun
goddess

7. What aspects of Chinese society did Shotoku bring to Japan?
Confucian ideas
Buddhism
government

8. How did the Japanese blend borrowed customs and native traditions into unique culture?

9. Section 2: Art and Culture in Heian
Japanese culture experienced a golden age during the Heian period of the 800s to the 1000s

10. What forms of art were popular in the Heian period?
Literature
Visual art
Architecture
Fashion
Performing arts

11. How did Buddhism change in Japan?
More of an art form for nobles
Commoners developed Pure Land Buddhism
Zen Buddhism appealed to warriors

12. How did the Japanese blend borrowed customs and native traditions into unique culture?

13. Section 3: Growth of a Military Society
Japan developed a military society led by generals called shoguns.

14. How did the shogun rise to power in Japan?
Emperor was busy in Heian
Leader of the Minamoto clan defeated
another powerful clan
Took control of the country

15. What customs did samurai follow?
Bushido
Tea ceremonies/flower arranging/bonsai trees
Zen Buddhism

16. What challenges appeared to the shogun's authority?
Mongols
Internal rebellion
Nobles were unhappy the shogun didn’t give them credit for fighting Mongols
Emperor wanted more control
Daimyo broke free of the shogun’s control

17. How did Japan change in the Tokugawa shogunate?
Japan began to trade with other countries and let European missionaries live in Japan.