vocab Flashcards

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Shogun

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Shoguns were hereditary military leaders who were technically appointed by the emperor.

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Emperor

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The highest power held in the Japanese social hierarchy said to have came from the sun god.

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Daimyo

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feudal lords who controlled the provinces of Japan from the beginning of the Kamakura period in 1185 to the end of the Edo period in 1868.

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Fudai

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Lords whose ancestors had proven their loyalty to the Tokugawa

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Tozama

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while lords with more suspect allegiances were known as tozama, “outsiders.”

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Samurai

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A powerful member of the feudal Japan military

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Bushido

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A code of honors and moral developed by the samurai

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Peasants

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Agricultural laborer of low social class

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Artisans

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A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand

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Merchants

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Lowest class, wealth through commercial activities and money lending.

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Bakufu

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A system of government dominated by a feudal military dictatorship

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Tokugawa

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Edo period

Final period of tradition Japan.

Time for internal peace, political stability and economic growth under the shogunate

Founded by tokugawa ieyasu

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13
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Edo

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1603-1867

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14
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Kyoto

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The formal imperial capital of japan

Were the empower was remained

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15
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Sonno Joi

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Revere the emperor: expel the barbarian

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