1. Feudal
Japan

2. Japan is an archipelago – _______________

3. Geography Island nation Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis
Covered by__________________
Limited arable (good for farming) land
Limited______________________
How do you think Japan’s geography affected its’ culture and history?

4. Traditional Religion Shintoism – belief in ___________
(spirits) in nature, form of animism, includes clan gods and ancestors

5. Heian Period: 794-1156 Characteristics: 
Growth of large landed estates.
Arts & literature of ______________ flourished.
Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE. 
Personal diaries
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
Great novel
____________________by Lady Murasaki Shikibu [1000 pgs.+]  

6. Heian Period: Cultural Borrowing
Chinese_______________.
Chinese artistic styles.
Buddhism [in the form of _______________].
BUT, not the Chinese civil ______________system! 

7. CULTURAL DIFFUSION!
How did the Heian period of Japan exhibit cultural diffusion? (Think of Chinese influence)

8. Heian Court Dress

9. The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon (diary)

10. Lady Murasaki Shikibu
She contributed much to the Japanese script known as kana, while men wrote with Chinese characters, kanji.

11. The emperor reigned, but did not always rule!
Feudal Society

12. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service Japan:
Land - Shoen
Loyalty
Land - Shoen
Loyalty
Food
Protection
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant

13. Code of:
Fidelity
Politeness

14. It is _________to die in this way. Kaishaku – his “seconds”
Seppuku: Ritual -
It is _________to die in this way.
Kaishaku – his “seconds”

15. Samurai:

16. Underpinnings: Basic Steps in Self Defense
A COTTON BREECH CLOUT that extended up over the chest was the basic undergarment of a samurai’s costume
A SHORT SLEEVED KIMONO, or “armor robe,” was tied snugly at the waist with a special knot (lower right)

17. BILLOWING PANTALOONS,worn over the armor robe, fitted loosely in the legs to allow freedom of movement
AN EXQUISITE BROCADE, richly worked with a design of peonies, was one of the extravagant materials used in an armor robe that may have been made for a 14th Century imperial prince
STURDY SHINGUARDS of cloth or leather were reinforced with strips of iron to give protection from the front

18. Medieval Warriors
vs.
European________
_________Warrior

19. Medieval Warriors
vs.
Knight’s_______
Samurai Armor

20. Zen Buddhism A Japanese variation of ________________
which came from India through
It reinforced the Bushido values of mental and self-discipline.

21. 4,400 ships and 140,000 men, but _____________ winds stopped them.
Mongol “Invasions” of Japan
4,400 ships and 140,000 men, but _____________ winds stopped them.

22. Ashikaga Age: 1338-1573 _______________fought for power.
Laws are unclear.
Armies of samurai protected the country. 

23. The Age of the Warring States: (1467 - 1568)
Castles built on hills in different provinces.
Europeans arrive in Japan
 bringing firearms &___________.
Christianity & foreign trade __________________

24. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
Japan closed off to all ___________ [except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
The Dutch were restricted to a small island in Nagasaki harbor.
Japanese Christians ______________ and Christianity is forbidden.
The government is centralized with all power in the hands of the__________.
Domestic trade flourishes (within Japan).
Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
Merchant class becomes__________! 
New art forms  haiku poetry, kabuki theater.