People

Question 1

Taira

Answer 1

head of bushidan

Question 2

Yoritomo

Answer 2

Minamoto Clan

First Shogun of Japan

Question 3

Hojo Masako

Answer 3

Wife of Yoritomo

Question 4

Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Answer 4

Granted Yoritomo authority to collect taxes, make official appointments in all provinces

Question 5

Minamoto

Answer 5

clan during Heian Period

Question 6

Ukemochi-no-kami

Answer 6

Goddess of Food

Question 7

Emperor Antoku

Answer 7

Death by Drowning

Question 8

Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Answer 8

Granted Yoritomo authority to collect taxes, make official appointments in all provinces

Question 9

Kublai Khan

Answer 9

requested diplomatic recognition of Mongol Empire

Question 10

Rōnin

Answer 10

Floating People

Question 11

Emperor Go-Daigo

Answer 11

refused to step down (abdicate)
1288-1339
established southern court

Question 12

Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏

Answer 12

Minamoto’s direct descendant

Sent to attack Go-Daigo’s HQ

Moved HQ to Kyoto

Question 13

Prince Morinaga

Answer 13

Was captured and sent to Kamakura and executed

Question 14

Daimyō

Answer 14

as independent warlords with no ties to Shogun or Emperor

had their own armies

Question 15

Han Yu

Answer 15

Post-An Lushan Tang dynasty official

Reaction against Buddhism

Question 16

Cheng Yi

Answer 16

Confucianism philosopher

Question 17

Cheng Hao

Answer 17

Brother of Cheng Yi

Recovered teachings after death of Mencius

Question 18

Zhu Xi

Answer 18

1149 - Passed Jinshi exam

Convinced of superiority of Confucian Way and cultivation

Sought to restore vitality of China’s cultural heritage as a Confucian society

Question 19

Emperor Wudi

Answer 19

Established Imperial Academy

Question 20

Myōan Eisai 明菴栄西 (1141-1215)

Answer 20

monk, spread zen buddhism

Question 21

Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長

Answer 21

Son of the deputy shugo

Conquered Kinai region (Kyoto)

Question 22

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Answer 22

real commoner to rise up the ranks to the top,

rose ranks from humble origins

unified Japan

wanted to take over korea and china but failed

Question 23

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer 23

introduced shinto = emperor

Question 24

Hayashi Razan

Answer 24

• served the Shoguns
• confucian philosopher
• drafted the Buke shohatto
• consulted by Ieyasu with regards to King Wu of Zhou’s overthrow of the Shang dynasty was “regicide” or permissible
• it was a legitimate action
• Chinese historiography
  ( study of history, history of history )

Question 25

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Answer 25

Hagakure Way of the Samurai Warrior (Bushido 武士道) is found in death

Question 26

Emperors Gaozu & Taizong

Answer 26

Beginning of Civil Service Exam

Question 27

Xu Gan

Answer 27

harmonious blend of a fine dish is not the product of just one flavour

Question 28

Keichū

Answer 28

Shinto Priest

Question 29

Motoori Norinaga

Answer 29

one of the greatest Japanese scholars Coined the term mono no aware 物の哀れ “A sensitivity to things"

Question 30

Amaterasu

Answer 30

Sun god

Question 31

Hirata Atsutane

Answer 31

In Japan, they were automatically observed and never violated, therefore it was unnecessary to teach them. What need was there for a Way?"

Question 32

Sugita Genpaku

Answer 32

Japanese physician Outcast does the dissections

Question 33

Mencius

Answer 33

Daoism