Chapter 13 -Japan Flashcards
Daimyo
A powerful Japanese land owner or noble
Shogan
A Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan
Shogunate
A strong council of advisors, officials, and administrators
Alternative attendance
The practice of forcing the daimyo to move from their home provinces to live in Edo Japan every other year
Hereditary
Determined by birth
Samurai
Professional, paid members of the Japanese military
Philosophy
Truth and principles
Seppuku
Rituals suicide performed in Japan as an honourable alternative to humiliation and public shame
porcelains
Porcelain Translucent ceramic
Outcasts
Japanese people who were shunned or ignored by other classes because of the type of work they did
Ronin
Warriors without a master
Why did Lord Asana take his own life
Because he had committed a for bidden act by drawing his sword in an Edo castle and chopping off lord Kira’s arm
Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu become the most powerful man in Japan
Because he defeated rivil daimyo and generals in a great battle
Why did they attack Lord Kira
They killed him out of loyalty for their master they launched a surprise attack and killed him in his home
What was like life During the Eco period
Life was different for each person their were. Classes so if you were in the higher classes your life was better but if you were in the lower classes your life was the worst
What were the classes from the highest to the lowest
The first class was the Shogan an emperor the second was Damyio The third was samurai the fourth was peasants and woman and the last was the aboriginal people of Japan called Ainu
Woman
Woman we’re on the lower part of the classes they were to bring up children according to what class they were in for example woman born in the samurai class respected to give their children a proper samurai up bringing
Peasants
Peasants were farmers and they were important and you don’t Japan because they produce the food that sustained the society lost controlled every aspect of their life they were for bidden to smoke tobacco or drink rice wine
What was life like hundred years before the Edo period
Japan was locked in almost constant warfare. Powerful land owners, or nobles, known as daimyo competed with one another for territory and power
Hat was Ieyasu’s plan to control daimyo
His plan was to create a long-lasting and stable government. To do this you have to control then. He gave them loyal lords domains, that is, areas of land, next to the domains of lords whose loyalty he questioned
Explain three measures that leyasu instituted to bring state ability to Japan
Alternate Tendance. This meant that every second year the daimyo for forced to live in Edo.
Sharing power. They let daiymo control local affairs in their territory and the show controlled important matters shogunate as foreign trade
Strict laws. Laws established by the shotgunates are controlled many aspects of the Damiyo’s life
What’s hereditary in the japans society
The rigid social structure was intended to help the show gun to maintain control. Membership of each class was determined by birth
What it possible to move within the hierarchy
Although people cannot officially move up people in lower classes did manage to improve their situation through hard work talent or gaining wealth
Artisans
Japanese craftsmen usually lived in towns and cities. An artisan’s son was. Restricted not only to the class of his father but also the particular craft that his father practised
