Vocab

Question 1

Jomon People

Answer 1

Peaceful nomadic people in Japan during the Neolithic Age who made pottery

Question 2

Archipelago

Answer 2

Group of Islands (Japan)

Question 3

Kami

Answer 3

Deity or divine object in Shinto Japanese religion

Question 4

Fujiwara clan

Answer 4

Powerful japanese ruling family during the Nara and Heian period

Question 5

Tale of Genji

Answer 5

Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu, love/court story

Question 6

Ainu

Answer 6

Indigenous culture of Japan b4 Yamato who populated north Honshu and the island of Hokkaido

Question 7

Minamoto Clan

Answer 7

Founding family of Kamakura shogunate after Heian, increasing central govt/feudalism

Question 8

Shogun

Answer 8

The leader under the titular emperor who had actual power

Question 9

Yamato

Answer 9

An ancient province of central Japan, also referring to Japanese ppl or japan as a whole

Question 10

Seppuku

Answer 10

Form of suicide, honorable samurai death

Question 11

Feudalism

Answer 11

System of mutual obligation between lords and vassals (who supported/protected lords)

Question 12

Murasaki Shikibu

Answer 12

Author of Tale of Genji, poet, and lady-in-waiting at the imperial court during Heian period

Question 13

Daimyo

Answer 13

Feudal rulers in Japan who owned vast estates of land

Question 14

Bushido

Answer 14

Strict “way of warrior” samurai code

Question 15

Heian Era

Answer 15

794, Capital city Kyoto, Fujiwara clan, strong Chinese religious etc influences

Question 16

Samurai

Answer 16

Warrior class of feudal Japan

Question 17

Nara

Answer 17

Capital in Nara period 710-784, Taika Reforms, powerful Buddhist monasteries, rise of bureaucratic class, grid pattern like Chang’an

Question 18

Zen Buddhism

Answer 18

Shinto+Buddhism, appealed to aristocrats, nature/study/meditation, samurai code

Question 19

Bakufu

Answer 19

Shogunate system (feudal where shogun rules, aristocrats become vassals for shogun)

Question 20

Shintoism

Answer 20

Indigenous Japanese religion where kami live in gods, humans, and inanimate objects