People Flashcards
Taira
head of bushidan
Yoritomo
Minamoto Clan
First Shogun of Japan
Hojo Masako
Wife of Yoritomo
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Granted Yoritomo authority to collect taxes, make official appointments in all provinces
Minamoto
clan during Heian Period
Ukemochi-no-kami
Goddess of Food
Emperor Antoku
Death by Drowning
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Granted Yoritomo authority to collect taxes, make official appointments in all provinces
Kublai Khan
requested diplomatic recognition of Mongol Empire
Rōnin
Floating People
Emperor Go-Daigo
refused to step down (abdicate)
1288-1339
established southern court
Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏
Minamoto’s direct descendant
Sent to attack Go-Daigo’s HQ
Moved HQ to Kyoto
Prince Morinaga
Was captured and sent to Kamakura and executed
Daimyō
as independent warlords with no ties to Shogun or Emperor
had their own armies
Han Yu
Post-An Lushan Tang dynasty official
Reaction against Buddhism
Cheng Yi
Confucianism philosopher
Cheng Hao
Brother of Cheng Yi
Recovered teachings after death of Mencius
Zhu Xi
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
Emperor Wudi
Established Imperial Academy
Myōan Eisai 明菴栄西 (1141-1215)
monk, spread zen buddhism
Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長
Son of the deputy shugo
Conquered Kinai region (Kyoto)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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
Tokugawa Ieyasu
introduced shinto = emperor
Hayashi Razan
- 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 )
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Hagakure
Way of the Samurai Warrior (Bushido 武士道) is found in death
Emperors Gaozu & Taizong
Beginning of Civil Service Exam
Xu Gan
harmonious blend of a fine dish is not the product of just one flavour
Keichū
Shinto Priest
Motoori Norinaga
one of the greatest Japanese scholars
Coined the term mono no aware 物の哀れ
“A sensitivity to things”
Amaterasu
Sun god
Hirata Atsutane
In Japan, they were automatically observed and never violated, therefore it was unnecessary to teach them. What need was there for a Way?”
Sugita Genpaku
Japanese physician
Outcast does the dissections
Mencius
Daoism
