South East Asia Post Classical Flashcards
Resisted taika reforms
Aristocracy and Buddhists
New capital Japanese at
Heian/kyoto
No army so Japan
Local leaders built up militia
Lady murasaki
Tale of genji 1st novel ever
Japanese gov
Militaristic
Taika reforms
Turn Japanese monarch into Chinese emperor
Professional bureaucracy
Peasant conscript army
Fujiwara
Japanese aristocracy basically had all power
Bushi
Regional warrior leaders
Samurai
Bushi’s troops
Warrior class
High class stressed family honor
Sempuku
Ritual suicide to restore family honor
Peasant conditions
Basically serfs turned to pure land Buddhism
Government
Decentralized
Gempei wars
Between taira and minamoto
Minamoto victory
Bakufu
Military gov centered at kamakura
Shoguns
Military leaders of bakufu
Hojo
Warrior family allied with minamoto. Had most of power
Ashikaga takuaji
Overthrew kamakura
Established ashikaga shogunate
Ashikaga shogunate
Drove emperor from Kyoto to yoshino
Civil war between shogunate and emperor resulted in
Daimyo
Daimyo
Warlord rulers following civil war gov feudalism