Terms and definitions Flashcards
Artisan
Skilled workers and makers of hand made goods
Bakufu
The premodern military government of Japan
Civil war
A war between people of the same country
Clan
A close nit group of interrelated families
Daimyo
Feudal lords who ruled the provinces of Japan
Edo
The capital of Japan later renamed to Tokyo
Emperor
The head of the imperial family of Japan
Enlightenment
A European intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
Hereditary
A title which is inherited through bloodline
Mongols
The native inhabitants of Mongolia
Mushin
A mental state when one’s mind is free of anger, fear, or ego
Regent
A person appointed as head of state because the monarch is a minor, absent, or incapacitated
Ronin
A warrior or samurai without a master
Samurai
The warrior class of Japan
Satori
Sudden enlightenment
Seppuku
A Japanese tradition and form of ritual suicide
Shoen
Farm lands given to people of service to Japan
Shogun
the military rulers of Japan
Sei-Tai-Shogun
Translates to Barbarian Defeating General
Shogunates
The hereditary military dictatorships of Japan
Shinto
An ancient Japanese religion which worships ancestors and natural spirits and a belief in a sacred power
Vassals
Subordinates who pledge their loyalty to powerful lords
Tributary state
A state which has to pay a tribute to another state as a token of submission
Social castes
the feudal social classes of Japan
