Stuff I didn't know from Quiz Flashcards
When did the Taira and Minamoto rise to power?
During the 12th Century.
Where did Minamoto no Yoritomo his capital to?
Kamakura
True or False, the shoen governors employed the samurai to police their shoen.
False, the Shoen estates were looked after by Jito and Shugo.
Which social class could the Ashikaga shoguns not control?
Daimyo as they still retained a large degree of power.
Which Century were the samurai abolished?
19th Century in 1876
Could women become samurai, if so what was their role?
Their wartime roles included washing and preparing the decapitated bloody heads of the enemy, which were presented to the victorious generals. Though Samurai women received martial arts training, they rarely fought in battle.
What did the ‘pen and the sword’ mean for the samurai?
The way of the pen and the sword is a samurai concept about the equal study of martial and literary arts
Name of the emperor restored as ruler of Japan after the abolishment of the Tokugawa Bakufu
Meiji Tennō. The emperor took the name Meiji meaning “enlightened rule”
Name and date of the treaty signed between the Americans and the Tokugawa bakufu
On March 31, 1854, the first treaty between Japan and the United States was signed. It was called The Treaty of Kanagawa.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
the Meiji Restoration of 1868 came to be identified with the subsequent era of major political, economic, and social change—the Meiji period (1868–1912)—that brought about the modernization and Westernization of the country.
It returned control of the country to direct imperial rule under Mutsuhito (the emperor Meiji).
What was the name of the last Shogun of Japan?
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
What were the four locations that were capitals of Japan?
Nara
Kyoto
Kamakura
Edo (Tokyo)
Sakoku
Policy of Seclusion
