Japanese Civilization 1

Vocab list 1. Made for the state of Michigan's Oakland University class. Textbook: A Study of the Theory About Japanese Society.

縄文 (じょうもん)

straw-rope pattern pressed into pottery

弥生 (やよい)

period of new tech from China (wet rice agriculture, better pottery)

古墳 (こふん)

ancient burial mound/period

飛鳥 (あすか)

period

奈良 (なら)

period/prefecture

陶器 (とうき)

porcelain/earthenware/pottery

埴輪 (はにわ)

ceramic figures found around mounded tombs

古代 (こだい)

ancient times

大和 (やまと)

Ancient Japan

聖徳太子 (しょうとくたいし)

Prince Shoutoku

平安京 (へいあんきょう)

ancient Kyoto/pre-Kyouto capital

藤原 (ふじわら)

powerful clan

関白 (かんぱく)

regents/chief advisor of the Emporer

院政 (いんせい)

cloistered rule/ rule by retired Emperors

源平合戦 (げんぺいかっせん)

civil war between Taira + Minamoto clans

源頼朝・源義経 (みなもとのよりとも・みなもとのよしつね)

1st shogunate of Kamakura; military commander/ 1/2 brother

平清盛 (たいらのきよもり)

Taira leader, Grand Minister (1118-1181)

荘園 (しょうえん)

manor/estate

貴族 (きぞく)

noble; aristocrat/ nobility

勅撰和歌集 (ちょくせんわかしゅう)

Imperially commissioned poetry anthology