1. Do Now Write in your agenda
Pass forward your “Culture Lab” and “Court Life & Buddhism” Notes
Get ready to take notes on “Growth of a military society.”

2. Topic: Growth of a Military Society- Part 1- Feudal Japan
Unit: Japan

3. Essential Question:
How was society under the shoguns different from the society of the golden age of the Heian court?

4. Rise of the Samurai Emperor distracted with courtlife
Daimyo- Japan’s large land owners
decided they need to protect their lands
Samurai: trained professional warriors
Noble birth
inherited postions
“To serve”
Were paid by their employers with food and land
Rented land out to farmers to harvest

5. Shoguns Rule Japan
The area where Japan was most different than China was government.
Nobles outside of Heian frustrated with government, so they began taking power themselves. .

6. Shoguns Rule Japan
Clash of powerful clans results in Minamoto clan as victor.
1192 Minamoto decides to rule in the emperor’s place as shogun. Emperor kept only as a figurehead.

7. Feudalism
The political and economic system of obligations that governed the relationships between daimyo, samurai, and peasants.

8. What was the social hierarchy (rank system) like in Medieval Japan?
You’ll have to download the attached video and embed it here.

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

10. Brain
Snack . . . .

11. Past B L A S T L A S B T From The
Blast from the Past: how does this connect to past cultures/ideas/lessons?

12. Fill in the _____ Feudal Structure
_______= leader
_______= landowners
_______= protectors
_______= workers

13. Feudalism
The political and economic system of obligations that governed the relationships between daimyo, samurai, and peasants “You get what you give.”
Shogun
Land - Shoen
Loyalty
Land - Shoen
Daimyo
Daimyo
Loyalty
Samurai
Samurai
Samurai
Food
Protection
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant