japan Flashcards
shintoism
Shinto is a religion originating from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan’s indigenous religion and as a nature religion.
kami
Kami is the Japanese word for a deity, divinity, or spirit
Prince Shotoku
Prince Shōtoku, also known as Prince Umayado or Prince Kamitsumiya, was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko.
Confucianism
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, religion, theory of government, or way of life.
Shogun
Shogun, officially Sei-i Taishōgun, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
Samurai
Samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in the late 1870s during the Meiji era.
Bushido
Bushidō is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle, formalized in the Edo period.
Daimyo
Daimyo were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.
Hein Period
e Heian period is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō.
Torii
torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine,
Animism
imism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
