Shinto

Question 1

Kami

Answer 1

gods, spirits, or deities
Early Japanese considered all nature to be imbued with “kami,” from gods in the heavens to spirits in lakes, mountains, rocks, etc
religious sentiment about Japan’s past

Question 2

Kitsune

Answer 2

Foxes

Question 3

Jōmon Period

Answer 3

aboriginal hunting & fishing society
firtility
no unified government

Question 4

Yayoi Period

Answer 4

after jamon
advanced pottery techniques, more aesthtic persuits
stratifying society

Question 5

Kofun Period

Answer 5

following yayoi
shinto culture
“burial tomb”
rise of yamato clan- establishes political system

Question 6

Yamato

Answer 6

kami of the yamato leader becomes central of Japan
Sun god- land of the rising sun
emporer decendent of

Question 7

Kojiki

Answer 7

Chronicle of Ancient Events
origins of islands and people
authenticity of japanese traditions

Question 8

Nihongi

Answer 8

Chronicle of Japan

Question 9

Izanagi and Izanami

Answer 9

Izanami- sister
Izanagi- brother
created islands
get married and create more islands and gods fire god kills Im, goes to underworld
Ig follows her- horrified by the underworld and her apperence so closes door to underqworld
goes to wash off curses, out of eye comes sun godess

Question 10

Amaterasu

Answer 10

sun goddess
Rules Celestial Plane
Yamato emperors claim direct descent