Japan

Japan

social strutcure
1. emperor
  1. shogun
    1. samuri & dimyo
      1. peasants
        artisans
        merchants
        ex samuri
        could be richer than the dimyo
        lived in one storey building made of paper
      2. highly respected
      3. practised Bashido
    2. politically powerful
    3. most powerful clan leader
  2. isolated
  3. related to the gods
Religion
1. Shinto and Buddhism combined into one religion
  1. zen buddhism
    1. influenced japanese gardens
    2. encouraged bonsai
2. Confucianism
  1. taught great respect for elders
  2. arrived 3rd century
  3. influenced social structure
Environment
1. 20% used for farming
  1. causing severe deforestation
    1. 1666 policies refrained people from cutting timber
  2. very mountaineous
2. Japan was a group of islands
3. lots of earthquakes
  1. houses were made in paper
4. castles strategically built
  1. made of stone
5. 4 islands
  1. Shikoku
  2. honshu
  3. hokkaidu
  4. kyashu
Tokugawa Shogunate
1. 1603 - 1854
2. art emerged during this peaceful period
  1. haiku
  2. woodblock printing
  3. Japanese gardens
    1. bonsai
  4. tea ceremonies
  5. stories emerged
3. introduced isolation
  1. causing Japans technology to fall behind
  2. trade was limited and strictly observed
legacies
1. anime
2. haiku
3. wood block printing
4. sumo wrestling
5. martial arts
Jomon People
1. earliest evidence of people
2. archeological evidence
  1. pottery
3. moved from china in 1000 BCE
Clothing
1. reflected your class
2. elabourate armour for samuri
3. silk was valuable
4. peasants & artisans wore practical clothes

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