Feudal Japan
Essential Questions:
1. How were Japanese and European
Feudalism similar? Different?
2. How has Japan’s geography effected its
history?
Geography
Locate and label the
following (pages 102-103):
Pacific Ocean
p
Sea of Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Mount Fuji
Important Facts:
Japan is an
________________
(made up of _______
main islands).
Japan is covered by
______________ and
______________.
Japan experiences many
_______________ and
________________.
Japanese Feudalism
Weak central control
_________ is just a figure head.
_________ - Supreme Military
Ruler.
Minamoto Yoritomo became first
shogun in 1192
_______ - Lords (landholders)
Often _________ each other for
land/power.
_________ - Vassals/Lesser
lords
Made up Daimyo’s private
_______.
R i d for ilit
Received ________ f military
__________.
Japanese Feudalism (continued).
Samurai followed _________
code.
Similar to chivalry.
Stresses: honor, self-discipline,
bravery, simple living.
Zen Buddhism
Came from __________.
Self discipline and
____________.
Influences ________ and
Japanese _______.
Ex: tea ceremony, calligraphy,
landscape painting, architecture.
Japan Feudal Classes
_______ social
system.
class s stem
P t id taxes t
Peasants paid t to
daimyo in exchange
for protection from the
samurai, who pledged
loyalty to the daimyo
y y y
(Feudalism).
DIFFERENCE!
U lik E
Unlike European
Feudalism,
peasants were
not bound to the
land!
Tokugawa Shogunate
Line of Shogun rulers from
1603 to 1867.
government.
________ central government
Seclusion policy – _________ Japan from the
world.
rest of the world
________ restricted.
Netherlands.
Only China and the Netherlands
Little ____________________.
p p
________ expelled/persecuted/killed.
Create a double bubble map to compare and
Feudal J dF d lE
contrast F d l Japan and Feudal Europe.