Feudal Japan

Question 1

feudalism

Answer 1

• system of local rule

- social pyramid

Question 2

daimyos

Answer 2

• estate owners (like lords in England)

- had private army of Samurai (like knights)

Question 3

samurai

Answer 3

• feudal warriors
• served daimyo
• follower code of honor
• dying honorable was more important than a long life
• excellent weaponry
• active until 1900s AD

Question 4

code of bushido

Answer 4

• “Way of the Warrior”
• honor, loyalty, bravery
• chivalry, code to respect gods, generosity to the poor
• Confucius and Buddhism

Question 5

feudalism develops

Answer 5

• property protection
• government power declines
• commoners turn to daimyo for protection
• system increases the power of large landowners

Question 6

the feudal emperor

Answer 6

• no real power
• shoguns: supreme military commanders
• ruled on emperor’s behalf