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Year 8 HASS - Japan
Japan
Term | Definition |
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Shoen | a large rural estate |
Shogun | military commander |
Shogunate | government system |
Emperor | figurehead leader with no real power |
Daimyo | Noble |
Samurai | Warrior |
Bakufu | tent (temporary) government |
Kami | sacred spirits from the Shinto religion |
Oda Nobungaga | powerful daimyo who attempted to unify Japan |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi | powerful ruler who separated Japan from the rest of the world |
Confucianism | philosophy stolen from China |
Edo | Toyko |
Kanji | writing (male) |
Kana | writing (female) |
Heian | Kyoto |
Bushido | the rules Samurai lived by |
Seppuku | ritual suicide |