1. Welcome!
Happy Tuesday!
Please check the back board to see what we are doing today.
We have a test on Chapter 9 on Thursday!

2. Goals
You will be able to cite evidence in a line of text about Japan with 85% accuracy.

3. Essential Questions
How did Japan do as a society under the feudal system?
What changed with the arts, religion, and women under the shogun?

4. Under the Shoguns: Trade/Farmers
Who: Farmers
What: Grew crops under many hardships
Why important: better irrigation, increased food and trade, guilds were created.

5. Under the Shogun: Women
Who: Women
What: fame as artists, writers, and more
Why important: women had many rights (property, chose husbands) and helped culture

6. Under the Shogun: Religion
Who: Buddhism and Shinto
What: Both religions worked together and increased
Why important: Sects of these religions start to form (Zen, Mahayana)

7. Under the Shogun: The arts
Who: Artists, writers, and artisans
What: Haiku, literature, and paintings increased
Why important: Japanese develop their own culture that they write and paint about.

8. Your task! Read this selection from Tale of Genji.
“Genji collected books and scrolls for her library. He invited the finest calligraphers to create masterpieces. Selecting poems from these admired anthologies, Genji tried several styles with fine results, formal and cursive Chinese and the more radically cursive Japanese “ladies hand”. He secluded himself as before in the main hall for concentration.”

9. Now answer these questions.
1. How does this selection prove that the shogun wanted to better Japan? (Cite evidence from the selection)
2. Did Japan improve? How do you know?