Earth and Its Peoples Ch10 Med Japan Flashcards

Medieval Japan

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