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FlashCards por lucycrowther, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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| Questão | Responda |
| Yamato Clan | -This clan dominated Japan's largest Island, Honshu -Set up Japan's first and only dynasty -Current Japanese emperors still root to them |
| Shinto | "the way of Kami" -the worship of the forces of nature -did not evolve into an international region, but many shrines cover the Japanese countryside |
| selective borrowing | -the act of the Japanese keeping some Chinese ways, but discarding or modifying the others i.e. Japan never did the civil service exam, they maintained their tradition of inherited status through family positions |
| The Tale of Genji | -author is Murasaki Shikibu -the world's first full length novel -recounts the adventures and loves of the fictional Prince Genji and his son |
| Samurai | "those who serve" -lesser warriors -the fighting aristocracy -heavily armed and trained in fighting -developed their own code of values, called the Bushido |
| uji | -each Japanese society was divided into these clans -had its own chief and special god or goddess who was seem as the clan's original ancestor -women could be clan leaders |
| Zen | -a Buddhist sect from China -emphasized self-reliance, meditation, and devotion to not-knowing -Zen taught compassion for all -Monks were sought to experience absolute freedom |
| Bushido | -the code of values developed by the Samurai -"the way of the warrior" -emphasized honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty to one's lord |
| Kamikaze | -divine winds -the Japanese credited the destruction of the Mongol invasion to these |
| archipelago | -where the Japanese were located -the chain of islands about 100 miles off the Asian mainland |
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