Ancient Japan

Ancient Japan

Ancient Japan
1. Religion
  1. Shinto
    1. nature
    2. means 'ways of the gods'
    3. sprit beings
  2. Buddhism
    1. Zen
    2. cleanliness
      1. washed often
        unlike the Europeans
  3. creation myth
2. 4 main islands
  1. biggest=Honshu
3. Time Periods
  1. Yamato State
    1. influence came form mainland
    2. importance of military
  2. Johan
    1. pottery
      1. covered in strange markings
  3. Takia Reform
    1. Prince Shotoku
      1. influence from Korea to China
        adoption of Chinese ways
        gave the emperor more power
        taken from land owners
Feudal Japan
1. Emperor
  1. no major part in government
  2. religious leaders
2. Shgon
  1. military dicators
  2. the leader of a clan
    1. most powerful dynamos
Edo
1. monks were trying to convert the Japanese to Christianity
  1. mainly the Western tribes
    1. had been rejected in the Tokugawa's reign
  2. Tokugawa was afraid of growing power
2. 17th century
  1. Closed to Doors
    1. Tokugawa banned all foreign contaact
      1. Only a handful of Dutch traders allowed
        small window to the West
        but Japan was behind (industrial revolution)
        The English opened up China
        American saw what the English, French etc..
        decided to do the same to Japan
        Mathew Perry arrived
        twice
        first time just to let them know that they were their
        wanted change
        coal for ship
        ship wrecked sailors would be saved
        after a time lots of Europeans came
        Shogun was blamed
        there is a young emperor and a young shogun
        and the rival dynamos make to shogun abdicate
        the young emperor is the ruler
        called the Meiji Restoration
        1870's
        the dynamos became is advisors
        modernism of Japan
        to stand up to the West
        took the best of everything
        no more samurai
        along Western lines
        became a Western power
        fought China for Korea and won
        but then Russia took Korea
        Japan and Russia had a war
        Japan won because it is modern
    2. all Christians banned and killed
    3. a little contact with China
  2. Shakuko- closed doors

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