ANCIENT JAPAN Flashcards

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shogun

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japanese military leader

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daimyo

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japanese feudal lords

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isolationism

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the policy of not being involved in other groups affairs

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sakoku

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policy that no-one could leave or enter japan

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emporer

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ruler of a country

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samurai

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soldiers of japans military and officer caste

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bushido

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japanese warriors code of conduct (samurais would rather die than go against it)

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clan

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group of people united by beliefs or descent

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heian

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last division of japanese history (794-1185)

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kamakura shogunate

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Japanese feudal military government of imperial-aristocratic rule that ruled from 1185 to 1333. The heads of the government were the shōguns. The first three were members of the Minamoto clan. The next two were members of the Fujiwara clan. The last six were minor Imperial princes

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ashikaga shogunate

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dynasty originating from one of the plethora of Japanese daimyō which governed Japan from 1338 to 1573, the year in which Oda Nobunaga deposed Ashikaga Yoshiaki. The heads of government were the shōgun. Each was a member of the Ashikaga clan

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tokugawa shogunate

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last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1603 and 1867. The head of government was the shōgun, and each was a member of the Tokugawa clan

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vassal

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owner of land in fuedal times

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