Medieval Japan

Medieval Japan

1. A women's life

   • Men were superior
   • Had to be obedient
   • If man cheated on wife she would be allowed to not be ok with it but never talk to outsiders about how she felt. she had to keep it to herself and pre tent like everything is alright
   • If women cheated on husband, then husban would alienate himself from wife
   • Had to keep house tidy
   • Never was allowed to be jealous or ignorant in husbands terms

2. Religion

   • Buddhism
     • A religious system based on the teachings of Siddhalfa Gautama
     • Buddha is the God
   • Confucianism
     • it is not a religion but a code of behaviour evented by cinfucious
   • Shintoism
     • A religious system inspired by the world of nature
       • Shintoism- the way of Gods
         • Kami are sacred spirits found in all aspects of the natural world
           • Worship can occur in a range of locations- temples, homes workplace or outdoor places

3. vocab

   • Jomon
     • name given to Japan's earliest settlers. They were given this name because of the distinctive cord markings on their poetry
   • Daiymo
     • a lord of Japanese society who gave loyalty to the Shogun and controlled an army of samurai
   • Samurai
     • the warriors of Japan who served their daimyo lords and lived in castle towns
   • Shogun
     • the military head of Japan
   • shogunate
     • the type of government in Japan in which the Shogun had the most power

4. skills

   • chronology and time lines
     • arranging events in chronological order is important because it makes events make more sense

5. Tokugawa Shogunate

   • tells us during the period, Japan was consistently ruled by members of the Tokugawa clan.
   • also called the Edo period because the city the shogunate ruled was called Edo.
   • in 1868CE was when the name Edo was changed to Toyko
   • the Japanese isolated itself from the rest of the world because they feared the possibility of an invasion from European powers.
   • ways they were isolated
     • foreigners/ foreign ideas were not welcome in Japan
     • Trade with foreigners was strictly limited

6. important notes

   • medieval period in Japan 12th-19th
   • japan was governed by the shogun
   • emperor relied on the samurais