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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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Chapter 5 – Medieval Japan
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”
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
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)
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
Kamakura – headquarters of the shogunate military gov’t set up by Yoritomo
Kyoto – capital of Japan & center of production and trade