Medial Japan

Question 1

How is the Japanese feudal pyramid and the characteristics

Answer 1

1. Emperor: He wrote poetry and studied Buddhism
2. Shogun: Military and political leader of Japan; “ great general “
3. Daimyo: High-ranking samurai lords who provided the shogun with warriors in exchange for land.
4. Samurai: Lower-ranking warriors who served their daimyo in exchange for small manors.
5. Peasants: Lowest class; most taxed; worked the land for their lord.

Question 2

What are the arts and cultures of Japan

Answer 2

• Silk painting
• Wood block printing
• Origami
• Haiku
• Martial arts
• Food
• Religion
• Literature

Question 3

Describe each one

Silk Painting

Answer 3

Is a painting using ink or watercolors, they painted scenes of nature or battles on paper scrolls or in silk.

Question 4

Wood Block Printing

Answer 4

Is a technique best known for its use in the artistic genre of single sheets. It was also used for printing books in the same period.

Question 5

Origami

Answer 5

Folding paper to make decorative objects

Question 6

Haiku

Answer 6

An unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin. It has three lines usually the first one is five, the second one seven, and the third one five.

Question 7

Martial Arts

Answer 7

Sports that involve combat and self-defense

Question 8

Food

Answer 8

Japanese farmers eat and grew rice, wheat, millet and barley

Question 9

Religion

Answer 9

Most Japanese came to believe in both Buddhism and Shinto. They worshiped at Shinto shrines and Buddhism temples. To them each religion met different needs.

Buddhism: prepared people for the life to come

Shinto: was concerned with daily life

Question 10

Literature

Answer 10

It was very heavily influenced in by cultural contact with Chinese literature.

Question 11

Describe Japan’s geography

Answer 11

Japan is

• an archipelago
• has a high population density
• has many mountains
• Lots of volcanoes, earthquakes, sunamies