Lecture 2

Question 1

Tokugawa era

Answer 1

1603-1868 period following the Sengoku era. Power consolidated in the hands of the samurai shogunate

Question 2

Sengoku era

Answer 2

1467-1603 a chaotic period of constant war among competing factions.

Question 3

Daimyo

Answer 3

Local military lord in pre modern Japan

Question 4

Samurai or bushi

Answer 4

A warrior who serves a daimyo

Question 5

Wakazashi and Katana

Answer 5

Short sword and long sword. Only worn by samurai. Special permission to wear short by commoners

Question 6

Yamato Family

Answer 6

The current and only dynasty of Japan, founded in 660 B.C.

Question 7

Tennō

Answer 7

Translated to emperor in English. Head of the imperial family. Sometimes ceremonial, sometimes powerful.

Question 8

Amaterasu Ōmikami

Answer 8

The Sun Goddess. All emperors of Japan are considered to be her direct descendant.

Question 9

Heian

Answer 9

Present day Kyōto.

Question 10

primogeniture

Answer 10

The law or custom whereby the first-born (often male) inherits the family estate.

Question 11

Minamoto Yoritomo

Answer 11

The founder of the first shogunate 1192-99

Question 12

Seii tai shōgun

Answer 12

Great Barbarian Subduing Field Marshall: Shōgun

Question 13

Bakufu

Answer 13

Tent government: the shogunate.

Question 14

Ōnin War

Answer 14

1467-1477 A civil war that would see Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu unite Japan.

Question 15

The Three Unifiers

Answer 15

Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 16

Battle of Sekigahara

Answer 16

1600 decisive battle that saw Tokugawa come out as the shogunate and led to the Tokugawa Era.

Question 17

classes of daimyo

Answer 17

Shinpan, fudai, tozama
cadet families: descended from Ieyasu
house or allied: took field with Ieyasu at Sekigahara
outside: swore to house Tokugawa after 1600

Question 18

Sankin Kōtai

Answer 18

Alternative attendance. Daimyo must spend every other year in Edo and leave principal family there all the time.

Question 19

Edo

Answer 19

Tokyo, seat of power in the Tokugawa era

Question 20

bushi

Answer 20

samurai. Bushido= way of the warrior

Question 21

Stipend

Answer 21

samurai’s salary from his daimyo, paid in rice.

Question 22

Yi Sun-sin

Answer 22

Korean naval commander famous for his victories against Japan during the Imjin War with Japan.

Question 23

Turtle Ships

Answer 23

Korean warship used during the Joseon dynasty. Heavily fortified, like a turtle in its shell.

Question 24

Shanks Mare

Answer 24

Novel by Jippensha Ikku around 1800

Question 25

Yaji and Kita

Answer 25

the two main characters in Shanks Mare.

Question 26

Kanji

Answer 26

Chinese ideographic characters

Question 27

hiragana

Answer 27

syllabic characters for grammar and Japanese content

Question 28

katakana

Answer 28

syllabic characters for transcribing foreign words from languages other than Chinese

Question 29

Romaji

Answer 29

European characters

Question 30

Chinese Confucian Class System

Answer 30

Officials, farmers, artisans, merchants

Question 31

Japanese Tokugawa Class System

Answer 31

Samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants

Question 32

Sword Hunts

Answer 32

Confiscating the weapons from enemies of the new ruling regime to prevent uprising.

Question 33

Koku

Answer 33

A Japanese unit of volume: enough to feed an adult male for a year. The measure of land producing this amount of rice.

Question 34

Edo

Answer 34

Largest city in the world by 1700 - over 1 million. Now called Tokyo.

Question 35

Chōnin

Answer 35

Townspeople. A social class in Tokugawa Era. Mostly merchants, some craftsmen.

Question 36

Nihonbashi

Answer 36

Japan Bridge. Central point in Edo. The bridge itself was completed in 1603 of wood. The current bridge was built of stone in 1911.

Question 37

Genroku Period

Answer 37

1688-1703. Golden Age of the Edo period. Relative economic stability, arts and architecture flourish.

Question 38

Kabuki

Answer 38

Theatre with live actors. The art of singing and dancing. Established 1603

Question 39

Bunraku

Answer 39

Puppet theatre. Founded in 1684. Involves puppeteers, chanters, and muscians.

Question 40

Chikamatsu Monazemon

Answer 40

Regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist both in kabuki and bunraku.

Question 41

geisha

Answer 41

Traditional Japanese entertainers who specialize in music, games, dance, and conversation.

Question 42

Ginza

Answer 42

Silver Mint. Now the main shopping area of Tokyo