Vocab Japan Flashcards
A system that forced the daimyo, their armies and families to live in Edo with the shogun every second year
Alternate attendance
The shogun’s military government
Bakufu
A strict code of regulations aimed at weakening the daimyo (introduced by Tokugawa Ieyasu)
Buke shohatto
‘Way of the warrior’; the code that al samurai lived by
Bushido
Forced military service of all men between a certain age
Conscription
Feudal lords who controlled major domains during the shogunate
Daimyo
System of land ownership in which a ruler claims ownership of all lands but rewards loyal nobles with control of a domain
Feudal system
‘Inner lords’ under the Tokugawa shoguns
Fudai daimyo
Land stewards who made sure everyone using the land paid their rent
Jito
‘Spirits’ in the Shinto religion said to inhabit all-natural features
Kami
Farmers who produce small-scale crops
Peasants
‘Dutch learning’; ideas about western science and medicine that came to Japan through the few Dutch permitted to live in Japan
Ranaku
Masterclass and unemployed samurai
Ronin
Process of becoming familiar with, or converting to, the customs and practices of Western civilization
Westernization
A policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
Sakoku
