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Classical vs Feudal Japan What is Chinese? What is Japanese? 300 BCE 300 CE 900 CE 1200 CE Jomon Yayoi Kofun or Yamato Nara Heian 1600 CE Kamakura Muromachi 600 CE Asuka Momoyama Ancient Classical Feudal Major attribute Attempts at integrating Chinese advances into pre-existing Japanese Political/Economic/Religious/Social/Intellectual/Artistic framework Historically, this process ? which occurs in all parts of East Asia (Korea, Japan, Vietnam, etc.) is called Sinification Legacies: Shinto Clan-Structure CLANS Shoen = fief IMPERIAL CLAN Amaterasu ? sun goddess Land of the Rising Sun Centralized Adaptation of Chinese model Cultural importation Indigenous religion of Japan. Its origins lay in ancient custom
