Before the Shogun Flashcards
What was the system before the Shogun?
Clan system
What did the social hierarchy look like
Clan leader, called uji no kami
Then, the noble family
Then the warriors
Then commoners
Then slaves
Who was the clan system led by?
male family member of the wealthy family
What religion was practiced during the early japan (clan system)
Shintoism
how many years ago did settlers step foot in Japan
30,000 years ago
Where did people come from (when they settled in japan?)
China and Korea
Clan Leader role
head of a powerful family, controlled land, wealth and military, connection to god
Noble family role
helped run clans, governed, were respected and had privilege’s
Warrior roles
protected the clans, military, higher than commoners
Commoner role
majority of the population, were farmers, craftsmen, laborors, produced good for the clans in return for protection from warriors and also the leader. Commoners had less power
Slave roles
had no rights or freedom, worked for the noble family and had no power in society
When did the clan system begin to change?
when a centralized government was formed and an emperor was appointed
Under the yamato rule, what happened?
- leaders of other clans promised them loyalty because they knew they could never win in battle
- recognised the yamato cheif as the supreme leader
- had great military forces
What was the achievements of Prince shotoku?
- established a centralized government, strengthned the control,
- -created a new constitution which said that all power was given to the emperor and was to be obeyed by all japanese people
- and introduced buddhism
Who is prince shotoku?
One of the yamato clan princes
Who is emperor Kotoku
the 36th emperor of Japan who ruled in 646 CE and
- helped centralized government and yamato clan
What were some of the achievements of emperor kotoku
- strengthen central government,
- all land belonged to the emperor,
- peasants paid taxed,
- country was divided in provinces
What event occured in 710 CE
hint- nara
city of nara was established and the emperial palace was built there
What came after the yamato clan?
the centralized government
What was the order of events (like after the systems etc, shogun, clans)
Clan system, centralised government and shogun
Who ruled during the Clan system, the yamato clan, the centralized government and the kamakura shogunate
Clan: Uji no kami,
yamato: Prince shotoku
centralized government: kotoku, emperor kammu
kamakura shogunate: minatomo no yoritomo
Who ruled during the imperial family, then the ashikaga shogunate, then the oda nobunaga, then toyotomi hideyoshi then tokugawa shogunate?
during the imperial family: Emperor go daigo
ashikaga shogunate: ashigawa takauji
oda nobunaga
Toyotomi hideyoshi
Durng the tokugawa shogunate: tokugawa Ieyasu, and Tokugawa Iemitsu
