Medieval Japan
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| 235070816 | Heian Court | (794 - 1100) move the capital to Heian; 300 years of developing a new culture; growth of large estates; arts and literature of china flourished; elaborate court life; personal diaries (pillow book and the take of genji); moved away from chinese culture | 0 | |
| 235070817 | The Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any languange; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor's son; evidence for mannered style of the Japanese society. | 1 | |
| 235070818 | Samurai | Literally 'those who serve,' the hereditary military elite in Feudal Japan as well as during the Tokugawa Shogunate. | 2 | |
| 235070819 | Bushido | traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living | 3 | |
| 235070820 | Daimyo | lord of a large agricultural estate in feudal Japan who supported the shogun | 4 | |
| 235070821 | Shogun | in Japanese feudal society, supreme military commander who held more power than the emperor | 5 | |
| 235070822 | Bonsai | The art of growing small trees in japan and its is said to bring peace. Was practiced by the Samurai to achieve inner peace. | 6 | |
| 235070823 | Zen | The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation. It is known in Sanskrit as dhyana, in Chinese as chan, and in Korean as son. | 7 | |
| 235070824 | Shogunate System | the system of government in Japan in which the emperor exercised only titular authority while the shogun exercised actual political power | 8 | |
| 235070825 | Taika Reforms | Appeared in Japan and gave Japan the key features of Tang government, including legal code, variety of Confucianism, and an official reverence for Buddhism. | 9 | |
| 235070826 | Shinto | A Japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits | 10 | |
| 235070827 | Pure Land | The place where Amida Buddha has vowed to have reborn those who call on his name ten times at death | 11 | |
| 235070828 | Kami | gods or nature spirits of Japanese religion, which lived in all things, such as waterfalls, sand, and great trees | 12 |
