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Chapter 5 – Medieval Japan

Chapter 5 Medieval Japan. First settlers / People to meet Yayoi ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C. Yamato clan that

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Akihito – current Japanese emperor, descended from Jimmu Shotoku – prince who used Chinese gov’t as model for Japan’s & created a constitution Minamoto Yoritomo – leader of the Minamoto family; first Japanese Shogun

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Page 1: Chapter 5  Medieval Japan. First settlers / People to meet Yayoi  ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C. Yamato  clan that

Chapter 5 – Medieval Japan

Page 2: Chapter 5  Medieval Japan. First settlers / People to meet Yayoi  ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C. Yamato  clan that

First settlers / People to meetYayoi – ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C.Yamato – clan that became rulers of Japan during AD 500’s; claimed to be descendants from the sun God Jimmu – Yamato chief that founded a line of Japanese rulers that has never been broken; took title “Emperor of Heaven”

Page 3: Chapter 5  Medieval Japan. First settlers / People to meet Yayoi  ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C. Yamato  clan that

Akihito – current Japanese emperor, descended from JimmuShotoku – prince who used Chinese gov’t as model for Japan’s & created a constitutionMinamoto Yoritomo – leader of the Minamoto family; first Japanese Shogun

Page 4: Chapter 5  Medieval Japan. First settlers / People to meet Yayoi  ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C. Yamato  clan that

Ashikaga Takauji – general who made himself Shogun in 1333 & set up the Ashikaga Shogunate

Murasaki Shikibu – Japanese woman who wrote “The Tale of Genji” (first novel)

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Places to locateJapan – chain of more than 3,000 islands in Northern Pacific Ocean

Hokkaido / Honshu / Shikoku / Kyushu – one of Japan’s 4 largest islands

Heian – capital city of Japan established by Emperor Kammu

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Kamakura – headquarters of the shogunate military gov’t set up by Yoritomo

Kyoto – capital of Japan & center of production and trade