Japan

Japanese Prehistory

The Jōmon people

What does Jomon mean?

Cord marked

Pit house

Jomon

Where did Buddhism originate?

India spread China → Korea → Japan

Earliest work of literature form Japan

The Kojiki

Three parts of Japan

1. Unified

2. Emperor

3. Religion

What was Japan’s indigenous religion that also meant shrines

Buddhism

Shinto

Who was really in charge of Japan?

Emperors

Spirit is of places, mountains, forces of nature, dead ancestors, etc.

Kami

Which emperor moved Japan’s capital city twice?

Emperor Kammu

City Heinz-Kyo now called

Kyoto

If you had a larger plot of land you also had higher BLANK in Kyoto

Status

Emperor Kammu made reforms to the ?

Military

Trained solider

Samurai

Define conscription

A draft/forced

Define Yoroi

Armor

Term for Japan’s golden age

Heian Period

Buddhist temple with the tale of Genji

Phoenix Hall

Who really held power in Japan? (3 options)

1. Emperor

2. Aristocrats

3. Religious figures

Who really held power in japan?

Fujiwara clan

Who was the Fujiwara clan?

Not of royal lineage, marry in family of emperors create official government position (Kampala)

Term for emperors that abdicated and joined Buddhist monastery and act as reagent

Cloistered emperors

The Heiji Disturbance led to?

Genpei War

Limited power than abdicate?

Emperor Go-Sanjō

Power in the hands of the shogun (military dictator)

Shogunate