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Feudal Japan: emperors, Fujiwara, and the rise of the shogun
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- 1-Archipelago-made up of 1000's of islands -call it Nippon-Land of the Rising Sun -Part of Ring of Fire-earthquakes and volcanoes -Very little farm land-most food from oceansGeography of Japan
- 2500 AD-borrowed Chinese writing system-only educated Japanese learned it -552 AD-Korean King sent gift to Japan of Buddhist scripture and Buddha statue -Confucian ideas lead to concept of consensusInfluence of China and Korea
- 3Served as a regent for his aunt the Empress -Limited clan leaders power-united Japan -Promoted Buddhism -After his death the Taika Reform passed=all land and people controlled by emperorPrince Shotoku
- 4-Taika Reform called for a capital to be built -Nara-modeled after Changan=checkerboard roads, became center of culture and learning -Nara had no wall-Japan surrounded by water -Buddhist influence began to dominate Nara and the governmentImperial Capitals
- 5-800's the emperors power began to fade=Fujiwara pulling strings of puppet emperor -married their daughters and sisters in royal family -once baby born they became emperor and leader of Fujiwara served as regentFujiwara Clan
- 6-Fujiwara paid little attention to their country -Rival clans created armies loyal to their clans not emperor -Taira and Minamoto joined their armies and overthrew Fujiwara -Taira became ruling clan but Minamoto turned on themRival clans challenge Fujiwara
- 7-1185-Minamoto and Taira fight a battle on the sea -rather then being captured, 7 yr old emperor is drowned along with grandmother with the royal sword, mirror, and jewel -Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Shogun and introduces a feudal systemRise of Feudalism in Japan
- 8-1268-Kublai Khan sends representatives to Japan demanding tribute=Shogun refused -1274-Mongols send an armada carrying 25000 troops=massive storm comes and wipes out Mongol forces -1281-Kublai Khan sends a 2nd armada of 140000 troops=Japanese prayed for miracle and typhoon wiped out MongolsMongol Invasions
- 9-1500s-three great rulers took over Japan -Oda Nobunaga-worked his whole life to unite Japan and succeeded in limiting warlords power -Toyotomi Hideyoshi-unified Japan in 1590 but when he died peace fell apartUnified Japan
- 10-invented kana-made Japanese language easier -Novels=Tale of Genji-Murasaki Shikibu-story about court life -poetry=anthology and haiku (17 syllables, 3 lines)Literature
- 11-Buddhist monasteries became major centers of art -Chinese architecture had great influence on Japan=pagota -Noh drama=plays with simple stages, colorful costumes, and masks, topics=gods, warriors, beautiful women, mad people, ghosts and devilsArt and Architecture
- 12-Tendai Sect=founded by monk Saicho who taught Buddhism should be open to everyone -Nichiren Sect=taught that you get to enlightenment through the original Buddhist text the Lotus Sutra -Zen Sect=reach enlightenment through meditation-(appealed to samurai)Japanese Buddhism
- 13-Nature full of spirits called kami -family loyalty -leaders should be concerned with welfare of group not oneselfShinto Beliefs
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