Japan Korea Flashcards

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Jomon People

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Peaceful nomadic people in Japan during the Neolithic Age who made pottery

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Archipelago

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Group of Islands (Japan)

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Kami

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Deity or divine object in Shinto Japanese religion

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Fujiwara clan

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Powerful japanese ruling family during the Nara and Heian period

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Tale of Genji

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Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu, love/court story

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Ainu

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Indigenous culture of Japan b4 Yamato who populated north Honshu and the island of Hokkaido

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Minamoto Clan

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Founding family of Kamakura shogunate after Heian, increasing central govt/feudalism

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Shogun

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The leader under the titular emperor who had actual power

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Yamato

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An ancient province of central Japan, also referring to Japanese ppl or japan as a whole

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Seppuku

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Form of suicide, honorable samurai death

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Feudalism

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System of mutual obligation between lords and vassals (who supported/protected lords)

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Murasaki Shikibu

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Author of Tale of Genji, poet, and lady-in-waiting at the imperial court during Heian period

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Daimyo

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Feudal rulers in Japan who owned vast estates of land

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Bushido

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Strict “way of warrior” samurai code

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Heian Era

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794, Capital city Kyoto, Fujiwara clan, strong Chinese religious etc influences

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Samurai

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Warrior class of feudal Japan

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Nara

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Capital in Nara period 710-784, Taika Reforms, powerful Buddhist monasteries, rise of bureaucratic class, grid pattern like Chang’an

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Zen Buddhism

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Shinto+Buddhism, appealed to aristocrats, nature/study/meditation, samurai code

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Bakufu

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Shogunate system (feudal where shogun rules, aristocrats become vassals for shogun)

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Shintoism

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Indigenous Japanese religion where kami live in gods, humans, and inanimate objects