Global Assessment - E. Feudal Japan (Post Mongol Era)

Samurai:

Military officer of Japan

Bushido:

Ethical code focusing on honor and loyalty

Shogun:

A military director held actual power, ruling in the name of the empire

Daimyo:

Powerful Feudal lords who were vassals of the Shogun

Seppuku:

Ritual suicide practiced by samurai

Shinto:

Religion of Japan centered on Kami (Spirtis)

Kamakura Shogunate:

First military government that repelled the Mongols

Tea Ceremony:

A ritualized practice of drinking tea influenced by Zen

Peasantry:

The largest social class. providing agricultural labor

Artisans:

Skilled workers, produced weapons and luxury goods

Merchants:

The lowest social class in the traditional hierarchy

Shogunate:

The administration or rule of a shogun