Feudal System Of Japan Flashcards
Explain an Artisan in japan
Contributed to society by making objects used for daily life. (High quality paper and porcelain, lacquered or enamel container, and click and pans.)
Their status was lower than peasants since their work required material provided by others.
Explain a merchant in japan
Bought items from Artisans to trade or sell to others. Packed these goods and spread/traded them with all provinces.
Bottom of the social class since they couldn’t actually produce anything. (Carried national trade)
What is an outcast? (Eta)
Those who dealt with slaughtering animals, disposing of animals, carrying our executions, and removing corpses. Touching the dead was a violation of Buddhist ideals, even though this job was necessary. It was rare for the outcasts to move to a different class.
We’re allowed to enter towns but not the shops
People didn’t want to enter eta community unless they were forced or for buisness
In their community, the eta had managers who were either officially or internally appointed.
Explain a peasant in Japanese feudal system
Farmers who had a privileged position just below the samurai because they were responsible for the production of rice, the most important commodity in japan, and basic food for the country. Lived difficult lives.
They weren’t allowed to leave their land since the daimyo did not want to lose profit of their labor. They were also forbidden to smoke or drink. They needed permission to travel outside their district.
What is the difference between honbyakusho and hyakusho?
Honbyakusho: farmers controlled specific land plots and sometimes owned their own homes.
Hyakusho: ordinary farmers that down own the land their work on.
Explain the non humans
People who did fortune telling, begging, acting, and prostitutes. They had to use their street smarts to live and get around. Entertained the society by plays and festivals. Lived in specified quarters in each city
What was the punishment for killing a hinin?
Killing a hinin was not a crime as they were non-human
What happened to those who were expelled from his or her community
They could join the hinin
What were the women’s role in Japanese society???
Born into their social class and had to marry someone in that class. Women in rural areas had more freedom than those who were upperclassmen.
Worked in the home and also the fields with their husband’s planting and harvesting crops, gathering wood, and raising silk worms.
Were still considered lower than men and did not have legal existence (could not own land and if gone through divorce would lose everything)
Explain the japanese samurai class
Much respected warriors that lived in castle towns controlled by the shogun or daimyo they served. They were the only ones allowed to carry swords
They were forbidden to become involved in trade and buisness
What did the samurai do during peacetime?
In peacetime, they were posted as officers in rural towns, took various duties like surveying land, collecting taxes, and keeping order
Describe the Emperor in Japanese society
We’re considered descendants of Amaterasu (sun goddess) and were believed to be diving, that is godlike, representatives of God’s on earth. They were at the top of power triangle but had no power at all
What was the shogun? explain.
Shogun is the leader of military government. They are given credit for unifying Japan in the late 1500s.
What did oda nobunaga do
Reduce the influence of Buddhist control over Japanese politics, built a series of castles to defend his land, and introduced new administrative parties to pave the way towards unified Japan.
What did Toyotomi hideyoshi do?
-centralized government power
- made value of rice sane in whole country and made a tax system that made sure everyone paid the same amount of rice
-created society based on a formal class structure that included samurai
-created standing army
- made a rule that men could no longer be part Farmer or part warrior
-tried to expand territory by attacking China and Korea but got defeated
- supported painters and new types of drama
