chapter 3 section 3 Flashcards
or warring states period was a violent era
sengoku
a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
daimyo
one daimyo that defeated his rivals and seized the capital Kyoto
Oda Nobunaga
what was oda’s motto ?
rule the empire by force
what did oda do ?
commited seppeku
the ritual suicide of a samurai
seppeku
nobunga’s best general; carried on his mission
toyotomi hideyoshi
what was oda’s mission ?
unify japan, wanted to take over china
sole ruler
shogun
a dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603 to 1867
tokugawa shogunate
_____ were the ones who prospered
merchants
tokugawa society was very ___
structured
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. hierarchy
- emperor
- shogun
- daimyo
- samurai warriors
- peasants
_____ became the worlds largest city at the time
edo
what was the population of edo ?
1 million people
samurai attended __ dramas based on tragic themes
noh
3 line poem 5-7-5 syllable lines presents images not ideas (normally about nature)
haiku
actors in elaborate costumes using music, dance and mime
kabuki
japan first encountered europeans in ____
1543
japanese were forced to demonstrate faithfulness in
buddhism
japan ____ themselves but only had one port open, ____
isolated, nagasaki