JAPAN

GEOGRAPHY

• Only 20 percent of the land is flat in japan.
• They had to rely on the sea for food.

ART IN JAPAN

• Nobles liked to wear elaborate outfits.
• Women wore long gowns with 12 layers of silk that was cut to show many layers at once.
• Painting, calligraphy, and architecture were popular during this period.

MILITARY SOCIETY

• Peasants were the lowest class.
• Smamurai and Daimyo and samurai were second to last.
• Shogun was second to first, but they have more power than the emperor.
• Emperor is the highest, but actually he was being used as a figurehead.
• If someone disrespected a samurai could be killed.

SAMURAI

• Their name means to serve.
• Both men and women learned to fight.
• The women protected their homes from robbers.
• The samurai code was called a bushido.

INVASIONS

• One of the best invaders against the Japanese were the Mongols.
• The mongols attacked again but a huge storm saved them 2.

VOCABULARY SECTION 1

• Clans: extended families.
• Shinto: traditional religion of Japan.
• Prince Shotoku: served from 593 to 621 as a regent
• Regent: a person who rules from someone else.

VOCABULARY SECTION 2

• Court: a group of nobles who live near and serve the ruler.
• Lady Murasaki Shikibu: one of the greatest writers in Japan.
• Zen: Popular form of Buddhism.

VOCABULARY SECTION 3.

• Daimyo: Japan's large land owners.
• Samurai:trained professional warriors.
• Figurehead: a person who appears to rule even though the real power rests with someone else
• Shogun:
• Bushido: