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-Shinto Religion
-stone age
-hunter-gatherer
-nomadic
-agriculture
-rope-pattern pottery
-”Jomon” means rope pattern
-malnutrition led to transition to Yayoi Period
-3 Korean Kingdoms (Paekche, Silla, and Koguryo) were fighting and immigrated to Japan
Jomon Period
-started wet-rice agriculture
-population growth
-social hierarhcy (imperial system was introduced); moral and ethic codes
-bronze (bells=ritual purposes)
-Korea brought technological advancements
-beginning of written laws
-Yamato Clan rising
Yayoi Period
Included Kofun and Asuka
Yamato Period
-Kofun means “keyhole shape”
-tomb period; showed social heirarchy
-imperial line is established
-centralization (influenced from Chinas centralization)
-emergence of a dominant clan
Kofun Period
-rise of Soga period (new clan from Korea Paekche)
-adopted examination from China
-Taiga Reforms (centralization)
-accepted Chinese character
-Risturyo (examinations, censuses, confucianism)
-Buddhism (in the individual)
-Confucianism (in politics)
-written laws and ethics, etc.
Asuka Period
-changed capital to Nara (1st permanent capital)
-centralized power (successfully)
-Buddhism
-emperor mixed Buddhism with politics (emperor Shomu); built temples (tadai ji)
-women status went down because of the acceptance of confucianism
-sent people to China to study Buddhism and examinations, etc.
Nara
-emperor changed captial again to what is modern day Kyoto (didn’t want Buddhist influence)
-Fujiwara clan (regents)
-Sheon landshares (threatened centralization)
-Buddhism taught to commoners
-introduced chinese language read phenologically in Japanese (Kana)
-3 main languages with combinations (hiragana, Kanji, etc.) (hiragana written mostly by women (Tale of Genji))
-first works of literature
-Kusuko incident brought down women status
-ended with the rise of the warrior class
Heian
-Jomon:
nomadic
stone age
limited agricultural practices
-Yayoi:
wet-rice cultivation
bronze age
increased population
introduced imperial system
Yayoi and Jomon differences
hallow sculptures mounted around Kofun tombs of Japanese elite; proved the presence of heirarchy
Haniwa
Keyhole shaped tombs; showed evidence of imperial presence and hierarchy
Kofun Tomb Period
-daughter of emperor Suinin, chosen as empress by the Yayoi people when fighting the Wa (represented women in power)
Himiko
-regent in Asuka period; implemented Chinese philosophy of moral society and government called confucianism
-rewrote constitution and reorganized the government
Prince Shotoku
-emperor that consolidated imperial power, land reform, and promoted cultural exchanges with Korea and China
-helped introduce more technological influences from China and Korea
Ojin
-a symbol of the nation and control the cultural life of Japan
Japanese Emperor
-implemented reforms that strengthened the central government in accord with the Chinese model and restored power to the emperor
Tenji Emperor
-managed manors; levying taxes
Jito
-established his own capital in Asuka
-first emperor to attempt to implement Chinese culture and administrative structures in Japan
Tenmu Emperor
-based on confucianism
-emperor was top of the hierarchical society
-central government was run by the council of state and office of dieties
-nobles passed examinations
-land was distributed entitled men and women to land
-household registers were made and updated
-intercaste marriage was not allowed
-divided into counties (kuni) and further divided into districts (gun)
Ritsuryo System
-extended direct dominion of the emperors family over the whole of Japan with an orderly and fair system modeled off the Tang Dynasty
Taika Reforms
-first established set of legal codes
-contained penal and administrative code
Taiho Code
