MEDIEVAL JAPAN

MEDIEVAL JAPAN

Society/Social Hierachy
1. Emperor/Shogun
  1. Daimyo/Warrior class
    1. Farmers/peasants
      1. Craftsmen/Artisans
        Merchants
        Hinin
        Outcasts and Nomads
        ethincally not part of society
        thought to be greedy, untrustworthy
        Sold to Merchants/Rich
      2. worked for Daimyo
        Worked in fields
    2. Nobles, rich and Samurai
  2. Military
2. Influence from China
Religon and Belief
1. Buddhism
  1. Buddha
    1. 8 fold path
2. Shintoism
  1. Kami
    1. Sacred nature spirits
      1. Japanese created
3. Confucianism
  1. structured social hierachy
    1. part of everyday life
4. Influence from China
Ancient Japan
1. Jomon Period
  1. 8000-300 B.C.E
    1. 8000 B.C.E pottery
      1. Jomon means 'cord marked'
        Jomons: fishing hunter-gatherers
2. Yayoi Period
  1. 300 B.C.E-300 C.E
    1. Agriculture (rice farms)
      1. Bronze and Iron tools
        weaved cloth (becomes traditional culture)
        Wooden huts in villages
        Influence Korea, China
        Farming made a split society
3. Humans lived 30, 000 years
4. Jomon→Yayoi→Heian
Women and children
1. Wife of Samurai
  1. Never be jealous
  2. Look after whole house
  3. educate children
  4. fend for themselves
  5. Manage harvest
  6. Often without spouse
2. Children
  1. sell as slave
  2. take parents jobs
  3. sometime knew swordsmanship by age 9
The Tokugawa Shogunate
1. Power during instability
  1. 14th-15th C.E
2. 3 Unifiers
3. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  1. Odo Nubanaga's successor
    1. became military leader
  2. Born peasant
  3. laws
    1. Only samurai have weapons
    2. restricts class movement
    3. children have parents jobs
    4. expells christian missionaries
4. In power for over 200 years
5. Ieyasu Tokugawa
  1. First Tokugawa Shogunate 1603 C.E
  2. ended instability
  3. lasted 30 yrs
  4. re-introduced feudalism
  5. collected weapons
    1. made giant Buddha
6. ended conflict
7. helped create modern japan
8. unified the people
9. restricted outside influence
10. restricted outside contact
Similarities with Medieval Europe
1. Emperor (King)
  1. Daimyo (Nobles)
    1. Samurai (Knights)
  2. Royalty was heriditery
2. feudal system
3. Made castles
  1. huts for peasants
4. Religious

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