JAPANESE SOCIETY

FOOD SUPPLY

• The geography of Japan made them eat
• food.
• They ate fish and rice. They ate fish because
• they were surrounded by water. They ate rice
• because their soil and climate, like China.

NATURE

• One of their forms for expressing their tradition is
• Shinto. Shinto means "way of the gods". According
• to Shinto, rocks, trees, rivers, and other natural objects
• are home to divine spirits. Mount. Fuji is one of their
• most honored objects. They also had disasters like....

JANESE SOCIETY

• Early Japan was divided into clans.
• They were made up of family related by blood/ marriage.
• These clans fought for the land because so little was available.
• The clans were lead by nobles. Shinto religion was a strong
• unifying force in the society.

RELIGION

• Shokotu founds Buddhism interesting.
• He started promoting it. Later, it blended with
• their customs. It became one of their aspects.

EMPERORS

• The Yamato clan is where the first emperors came from.
• Since rarely changed emperors, the country appeared stable.
• One of the most important emperors was Prince Shotoku.