exam 1 - Terms Flashcards
Ainu
Descendants of Jomon people
Burakumin
people regarded as outcaste
daimyo
pre-modern local lord
Diet
parliament composed of house of representatives & House of Councilors
Tokugawa (Edo) period
1603-1868 Rigid social class system (Confucian ideology)
Meiji period
- Restoration
- samurai overthrew the shogunate & restored the Emperor
- abolition of feudal class system
- adoption of Western Institutions
- public education available to all
homogeneous culture
a society of people comprised of the same race
Shinto
Native religion of Japan
nature-related
Buddhism
imported Chinese religion in Heian period
haniwa
terracotta figures of ancient Japan
kofun
key-shaped burial mounds
shogun
military head
ie
house; household
samurai
warrior class
kami
god(s), spirits
koseki
family register - document certifying family membership
Bon (or Obon)
Summer festival for the dead
parasite singles
unmarried adults living with their parents
juku
after-school class
uchi
inside or inside group
soto
outside (as opposed to uchi)
honne
real feelings (as opposed to a public front)
tatemae
front (as opposed to honne, “real feelings”)
torii
traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine
