vocab Flashcards
Shogun
Shoguns were hereditary military leaders who were technically appointed by the emperor.
Emperor
The highest power held in the Japanese social hierarchy said to have came from the sun god.
Daimyo
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.
Fudai
Lords whose ancestors had proven their loyalty to the Tokugawa
Tozama
while lords with more suspect allegiances were known as tozama, “outsiders.”
Samurai
A powerful member of the feudal Japan military
Bushido
A code of honors and moral developed by the samurai
Peasants
Agricultural laborer of low social class
Artisans
A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand
Merchants
Lowest class, wealth through commercial activities and money lending.
Bakufu
A system of government dominated by a feudal military dictatorship
Tokugawa
Edo period
Final period of tradition Japan.
Time for internal peace, political stability and economic growth under the shogunate
Founded by tokugawa ieyasu
Edo
1603-1867
Kyoto
The formal imperial capital of japan
Were the empower was remained
Sonno Joi
Revere the emperor: expel the barbarian