early Japan

Question 1

how did chinese influence japan

Answer 1

• -they never invaded

- but earliest inhabitants of japan came from NE as across a land bridge

Question 2

Nara japan

Answer 2

repercussions from sui/tang dynasties

• -court modeled after tang
• -chinese style bureaucracy
• -equal field system
• -shinto
• -

Question 3

capital move

Answer 3

from Nara to Heian (Kyoto)

Question 4

Heian japan

Answer 4

emperor serves as figure head

• -power lies in the Fujiwara family (the aristocratic clan controlling the decisions behind the throne)
• -boys learned chinese and got a chinese education
• -adapted symbols from chinese characters

Question 5

the tale of genji

Answer 5

• -written by a women, Murasaki Shikibu, in japanese (since women never learned chinese)
• -about a imperial prince, genii
• –the sorrows that time brings us
• -past joys

Question 6

murasaki shikibu

Answer 6

wrote the tale of genji

–lady in waiting as the Heian court

Question 7

end of Heian japan

Answer 7

• -equal field distribution ends because aristocratic clans accumulate land
• -the taira and minamoto clans overshadow other clans
• –they had a war
• -minamoto wins and establishes a shogun (military governor in place of emperor) with a govnt at kamakura