Shogunate Japan Test Part 2

Question 1

When did minamoto no yoritomo become shogun?

Answer 1

1185

Question 2

What’s a shogun?

Answer 2

The supreme military leader

Question 3

Who was the first shogun?

Answer 3

Minamoto no yoritomo

Question 4

When did minamoto no yoritomo become shogun and after which battle?

Answer 4

In 1185 after the battle of dan-no-uta

Question 5

3 unifiers

Answer 5

Oda Nobunaga, toyotomi hideyoshi, tokugawa ieyasu

Question 6

Oda Nobunagas birth and death dates

Answer 6

1534-1582

Question 7

Characteristics about Oda Nobunaga

Answer 7

He was very strict and ruthless, used harsh force and military skill to almost unify Honshū

Question 8

What did Oda Nobunaga do?

Answer 8

He almost unified Honshū by his death, won the battle of nagashino with over 1000 guns

Question 9

Toyotomi Hideyoshi birth and death dates

Answer 9

1536-1597

Question 10

Characteristics of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Answer 10

Used political alliances, adoption and marriage to gain power

Question 11

What did Toyotomi Hideyoshi achieve?

Answer 11

Built Osaka castle, by 1590 he owned most of Japan and tried but failed to conquer Korea, became military master of Japan in 1590

Question 12

Tokugawa Ieyasu birth and death dates

Answer 12

1542-1616

Question 13

Characteristics of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer 13

Used military and political skill to limit the power of the diamyo

Question 14

When did Tokugawa Ieyasu become shogun?

Answer 14

1603 after winning the battle of sekigahara

Question 15

What did Tokugawa Ieyasu achieve?

Answer 15

He unified Japan and ended the era of sengoku, he also won the battle of sekigahara which made him shogun

Question 16

When was the battle of nagashino and what happened?

Answer 16

1575, Oda Nobunaga used over 1000 guns to defeat a samurai cavalry charge in shitaragahara

Question 17

When was the battle of sekigahara and what happened?

Answer 17

1600-1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu won and it led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Cannons and guns were used.

Question 18

What happened in the Imjin war?

Answer 18

Japan attacked Korea with 160 000 troops and they weren’t expecting them to actually attack so they ended up overtaking Korea for 2 months but it got taken back. Hideyoshi’s death ended the war in 1598

Question 19

Who were the first European visitors to Japan? How and when did they get there?

Answer 19

In 1543, Portuguese trade ship with China was blown off course and ended up in Japan. Japanese called them nanban (southern barbarians)

Question 20

What did the Portuguese introduce to Japan?

Answer 20

Guns (firearms), used to win the battle of sekigahara. Trade and christianity was also re-introduced

Question 21

How did the European missionaries communicate with the Japanese?

Answer 21

Through paintings of Jesus and the Madonna

Question 22

Why did the Japanese think the Europeans were ignorant barbarians?

Answer 22

Because they ate with their fingers and couldn’t speak their language

Question 23

What did the Japanese call the Dutch visitors?

Answer 23

Kōmō (‘red hair’)

Question 24

Who was William Adams?

Answer 24

The Dutch ship’s pilot (1st English man to Japan)

Question 25

What new things did the Dutch bring to Japan?

Answer 25

Cannons and muskets that weer used to win the battle of sekigahara

Question 26

How did foreign countries continue to have an influence after sakoku?

Answer 26

William Adams stayed and became an advisor to the shogun, Dutch were still allowed to trade in Nakasaki so they had a study of European science (‘rangaku’)

Question 27

What kind of things did Europeans trade to the Japanese after sakoku so they could maintain a knowledge of European science?

Answer 27

Information, books, samples of new inventions

Question 28

How did Tokugawa Ieyasu establish control?

Answer 28

By granting land to people who promised loyalty

Question 29

What are reasons that they closed the borders?

Answer 29

Christianity was considered a threat to traditional values, it stops battles and fear of defeat, Ieyasu could’ve been scared of people overthrowing him with foreign weapons, impact of foreign language made Japan less unified

Question 30

When did sakoku end?

Answer 30

1850’s