Shogunate Japan Flashcards
archipelago
A group of islands.
abolition
The action or act of abolishing a system, institution, or practice.
imperial
Relating to an empire.
kami
A divine being in the Shinto religion.
bakufu
Shogun’s office or government, literally meaning office in a tent.
Buddhism
An Asian religion or philosophy which uses meditation.
bureaucrat
An official in a government department.
bushido
The code of honour and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.
daimyo
Lords or nobles who managed the provinces, they answered to the shogun.
emperor
A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.
isolation
Cut off from others, removed from other people, remote.
modernisation
The process of adapting something to modern needs or habits.
outcast
A person who has been rejected by society or a social group.
restoration
The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.
samurai
Japanese soldiers who serve their lord.
seppuku
Ritual suicide by disembowelment carried out by samurai.
shogun
The leading Japanese general.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Leader of the last shogunate of Japan.
treaty
A formal agreement between countries.
Warrior class
A brave experience soldier or fighter.
westernisation
To be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe and North America.
zen
A school of thought that emphasises the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship and study of scriptures.
koku
In feudal Japan, the incomes of samurai were measured in koku of rice.
foreign
An item, person or idea that comes from another country.
