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- 1ShogunA military dictator of Japan
- 2SamuraiJapanese warriors and members of the military class feudal Japan
- 3HonshuLargest island of Japan
- 4BakufuA government ruled by a shogun
- 5ShoensThe Shoens were called to the governors and they paid no tax and provided protection
- 6JomonFrom the north east and perused in stone craft. They were around in 3000BC and lived in pits
- 7AinuPail men with bushy beards. They fish and hunt for food
- 8KyushuThe most southern island
- 9JitoJito are responsible of maintaining order in shoen
- 10ShugoWere responsible for maintaining order in province
- 11HokkaidoHokkaido is the most northern island of the 4. It has a climate which is cold and holds the Ainu people
- 12ShikokuShikoku is the smallest island of the 4. It is tucked in between Kyushu and Honshu
- 13Minamoto YoritomoMinamoto Yoritomo is the leader of the Kamakura Shogunate. Minamoto became the first ruling shogun of Japan
- 14PortugueseThe Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543 and came to fight battle. The Portuguese were the catholic monks. In 50 years they had 200 churches and 1/4 of a million people converted from Buddhism
- 15CatholicismCatholicism was bought by the Portuguese. In 50 years there was 200 churches and 1/4 of a million people converted from Buddhism
- 16BuddhismBuddhism is the main religion in Japan and still is today. At the Kamakura temple there is a big Buddha where everyone comes every day to pray to him
- 17KamikazeKamikaze is divine winds or in other words a typhoon hit and saved Japan
- 18MerchantsAre people who live in the lowest social class. They grow rice and contributed very little to the society
- 19KamikazeKamikaze is divine winds or in other words a typhoon hit and saved Japan
- 20DaimyoThere social class was below the shoguns. Sometimes they were more powerful than the emperor. They wore armour and lived in a sort of castle.
- 21PeasantsThere social class was below the samurai. They grew rice and trained horses. They wore straw hats and cotton rags. Their houses were made out of straw if you were lucky you got timber flooring.
- 22ArtisansThey were in the lower middle class. Their job was masons, plasterers, cooks, sword makers, weavers, fan makers and Boatwright’s. They wore chef’s attire and sometimes large kimono’s. They live in classical Japanese wooden clothing. They were master cooks, they made knifes, they had strict apprentices, and made samurai swords
- 23MerchantsAre people who live in the lowest social class, They grew rice and contributed very little to the society
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