EAST ASIA STUDY GUIDE (chart)

Japan political

Shogun- head warlord/ weak emperor

Bushi/Daimyo- lords

Feudalism slowly develops and

dominates Japan until 1850- - -

ninja

Japan Innovations:

Bushido- code of honor dominates

like Confucianism dominates China

Scholar gentry have some power,

but do not domin

Japan Artistic

Tale of Genji- first novel (woman!)

Japan Enviroment

Isolated archipelago limited contact

with China, allowing for selective

adoption of culture

Japan cultural

Buddhism: Pure Land & Zen

Shinto- combines Buddhism &

local ancestor worship

Japan Economic

Tax system, feudal trade

structures, complex irrigation leads

to agrarian based trade

Guilds form

Japan Social

Women & peasants start with

many rights- lose many as

feudalism grows

Korea Poltical

Chinese bureaucracy,

dynastic rulers (Silla)

Korea Innovations/education

Confucian Schools (China)

Korean Artistic

Pottery/ceramics? Language?

Korea Enviroment

Peninsula connected to heart

of Northern China,

(they had no chance!

Korea Cultural

Buddhism & Confucianism

Korea Economic

Trade with China, mainly.

Korea Social

Culture almost totally adopted

from China.

Patriarchy dominates.

Vietnam Poltical

Frequently invaded by

China,

theocracy

VIetnam Innovation/Education

Low- Feudal dominated

Vietnam Artisitc

Poetry & literature,

esp. anti-Chinese lit.

Vietnaem Enviroment

South of China,

heavy jungles allowed

for some isolation

Vietnam Cultural

Buddhism accepted,

Confucianism rejected

Vietnam Enviroment

Export luxury goods, &

raw materials

Vietnam Social

orrow Chinese ideas, yet

remain defiantly unique.

Women almost totally = to

men. Nuclear (immediate)

family the main focus