6. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
“Great Kings” era
7. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
a Buddhist sects.
“Great Kings” era
8. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
a Buddhist sects.
a Chinese art & architecture.
“Great Kings” era
9. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
a Buddhist sects.
a Chinese art & architecture.
a Government structure.
“Great Kings” era
12. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.
a Buddhist sects
allowed to develop.
13. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.
a Buddhist sects
allowed to develop.
a Created a new
government
structure:
14. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.
a Buddhist sects
allowed to develop.
a Created a new
government
structure:
17 Article
Constitution
in 604.
20. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE.
21. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE.
a Personal diaries
22. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE.
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
23. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE.
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
a Great novel
24. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE.
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
a Great novel
e The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
Shikibu [1000 pgs.+]
25. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
ETIQUETTE.
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
a Great novel
e The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
Shikibu [1000 pgs.+]
a Moving away from Chinese models in
religion, the arts, and government.
43. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system
based on loyalty, the holding of land,
and military service.
Japan:
Shogun
Land - Shoen Loyalty
Land - Shoen Daimyo Daimyo Loyalty
Samurai Samurai Samurai Food
Protection
Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant
54. Underpinnings: Basic Steps
in Self Defense
A COTTON BREECH CLOUT
that extended up over the
chest was the basic
undergarment of a samurai’s
costume
55. Underpinnings: Basic Steps
in Self Defense
A COTTON BREECH CLOUT A SHORT SLEEVED KIMONO,
that extended up over the or “armor robe,” was tied
chest was the basic snugly at the waist with a
undergarment of a samurai’s special knot (lower right)
costume
58. BILLOWING
PANTALOONS,
worn over the
armor robe,
fitted loosely in
the legs to
allow freedom
of movement
STURDY
SHINGUARDS
of cloth or
leather were
reinforced with
strips of iron
to give
protection
from the front
59. BILLOWING
PANTALOONS,
worn over the
armor robe,
fitted loosely in
the legs to
allow freedom
of movement
AN EXQUISITE
BROCADE, richly
STURDY
worked with a
SHINGUARDS design of peonies,
of cloth or was one of the
leather were extravagant
reinforced with materials used in
strips of iron an armor robe that
to give may have been
protection made for a 14th
from the front Century imperial
63. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on
loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.
Europe:
King
Land - Fief Loyalty
Land - Fief Lord Lord Loyalty
Knight Knight Knight Food
Protection
Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant
74. Zen Buddhism
a A Japanese
variation of the
Mahayana form
of Buddhism,
which came from
India through
China.
a It reinforced the
Bushido values of
mental and
self-discipline.
75. Mongol
“Invasions”
of Japan
4,400 ships and 140,000 men, but kamikaze
winds stopped them.
78. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.
a Laws are unclear.
79. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.
a Laws are unclear.
a Less efficient than the
Kamakura.
80. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.
a Laws are unclear.
a Less efficient than the
Kamakura.
a Armies of samurai protected
the country.
87. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
88. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
a Power shifts from above to
below.
89. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
a Power shifts from above to
below.
a Europeans arrive in Japan
bringing firearms & Christianity.
90. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
a Power shifts from above to
below.
a Europeans arrive in Japan
bringing firearms & Christianity.
a Christianity & foreign trade
flourish.
95. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)
a Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.
96. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)
a Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.
a Orders all European
missionaries expelled
from Japan.
97. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)
a Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.
a Orders all European
missionaries expelled
from Japan.
a Tries to invade
Korea, but fails.
101. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class!
102. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class!
Warriors.
103. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class!
Warriors.
Farmers.
104. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class!
Warriors.
Farmers.
Artisans.
105. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class!
Warriors.
Farmers.
Artisans.
Merchants.
108. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
109. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
110. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
111. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
112. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
a Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
113. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
a Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
a Merchant class becomes rich!
114. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
a Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
a Merchant class becomes rich!
a New art forms haiku poetry, kabuki
theater.