5.4 Flashcards
What is the other name for the Tokugawa period?
Edo
How many years of stability did the Tokugawa bring to Japan?
250
What flourished along the roads constructed to support the constant travel of daimyo and their samurai?
Town and business
What is Edo known as today?
Tokyo
Why did the shogun introduce a forest management policy in 1666?
To reduce flooding and soil erosion
Why was Christianity eventually viewed as threat to Japanese society?
Church congregations allowed links between social groups which was frowned upon under the feudal system.
It called for loyalty and obedience to an entity outside of Japan.
What happened to people who left and attempted to return to Japan during the period know as sakoku?
Death
Despite its sakoku policy, what two countries did Japan retain limited contact with through the port city of Nagasaki?
China
The Netherlands
The arrival of who ended the sakoku policy?
Commodore Matthew Perry
What’s the name of the art form of growing trees in shallow ceramic trays?
Bonsai
Who wrote the following Haiku?
An ancient pond
A frog jumps in
The splash of water
Matsuo Basho
Which of the following are forms of Japanese theatre?
Bunraku
Non
Kabuki
Which of the Japanese martial arts is practiced with bamboo swords and protective armour?
Kendo
Which of the Japanese martial arts begins with a purification rutual that harkens back to its Shinto origins?
Sumo
Which of the following forms of theatre uses used puppets?
Bunraku
