Heirarchy and Timeline

Question 1

The order of shogunates after the first shogunate- Minamoto no yoritomo

Answer 1

1. Minamoto no yoritomo
2. Emperor Go daigo
3. Ashikaga shogunate
4. Oda Nobunaga
5. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
6. Tokugawa Ieyasu
7. Tokugawa Iemitsu

Question 2

Social Heirarchy during the shogun japan

Answer 2

1. Highest was the Emperor
2. Shogun
3. Daimyo
4. Samuri
5. Peasants
6. Craftspeople and merchants
7. Outcasts

Question 3

Emperors role during shogun japan (expand)

Answer 3

Power had increasignly decreased, and no longer ruled properly over Japan. Was said to be descended from god and was the spiritual symbolic leader but had no real power

Question 4

Role of shogun in shogunate japan (expand)

Answer 4

• emperors leading general
• commanded the army
• formed own governments to control Japan
• commanded the military and collected tax, and owned 25% of land

Question 5

Role of Daimyo during shogunate japan (expand)

Answer 5

• Regional landowners
• Ruled provinces
• in return for loyalty and military
• controlled the army of samuris

Question 6

Role of samuri during the shogun japan (expand)

Answer 6

• warriors who swore allegiance to diamyo
• wore plain dark clothes with a clan crest
• 300 to 800 samuri in an army

Question 7

Peasnats role in shogun japan (expand)

Answer 7

• 80% of population
• farmers, wood cutters, laborors, fishermen
• produced food for everyone which people depended on

Question 8

Craftspeople role during the shogun japan (expand)

Answer 8

• made goods/tools like swords/printers
• less respect
• merchants traded/transported goods and ran shops
• had little respect but lived in towns and despite their status could be wealthy

Question 9

Role of outcasts in shogun Japan (expand)

Answer 9

bottom of social ladder
‘eta’ did leatherwork and butchery
‘hinin’ were street cleaners and actos the uneeded

Question 10

710 CE Nara period

Answer 10

was the offical capital of japan

Question 11

794 CE

Answer 11

Emperor Kammu moves the capital to Kyoto

Question 12

1185 CE

Answer 12

Minamoto no Yorimoto becomes shogun

(Establishes city in kamakura)

Question 13

How long did the shogun rule go for?

Answer 13

700 yrs

Question 14

1333CE

Answer 14

Emperor Go daigo overthrows shogunate and takes power from shogun

Question 15

1336 CE

Answer 15

Ashikaga Takauji takes power

Question 16

1467 CE

Answer 16

Civil Wars in japan called the warring states
lasted for 100 years

Question 17

1603

Answer 17

Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun
(lasts 260 years tokugawa shogunate in Tokyo)

Question 18

1633

Answer 18

Tokugawa Iemitsu introduces the Sakoku period (no japanese people were allowed to leave or enter japan)

Question 19

1854

Answer 19

End of sakoku policy

Question 20

1868

Answer 20

Tokugawa Yoshinobu last shogun steps down and the power is handed to emperor Meiji

Question 21

What is fuedalism

Answer 21

Feudalism was a system where land was exchanged for loyalty and military service.

Question 22

State the role of the Emperor (key)

Answer 22

The Emperor was a figurehead with symbolic power, seen as divine.

Question 23

Role of the shogun (key)

Answer 23

The Shogun was the military ruler who held real power in governing Japan.

Question 24

Role of samuri (key)

Answer 24

Samurai were warriors who followed the code of bushido and served their daimyo

Question 25

Experience of women (key)

Answer 25

Women had limited rights, focusing on family and domestic roles, though some were samurai or leaders.