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The Emergence of Japan and the Feudal Age Directions: Read Chapter 12 Sections 4 (387-396) and answer the following questions.

1. How did geography shape Japan? In what ways did geography benefit or harm Japan?

2. Who were the Yamato? What role did they play in the Japanese government?

3. What are the main beliefs of the Shinto religion? Would Shinto be considered a form of animism? Why or why not?

4. Why do you think Korea is often called the “cultural bridge” between China and Japan?

5. How was Japan’s relationship with China different during and after the Tang dynasty? a. DURING TANG

b. AFTER TANG

6. During the Heian Period, who had the real power over the government?

7. Why did most of the Japanese literature of the Heian Period come from women?

8. Who was Murasaki Shikibu? What is her claim to fame? Do you think she should be more well-known among common people today? Why or why not?

9. Read the excerpt from The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon. What issues were most important to the members of the upper class elite at the Heian royal court? How do you think this differed from the lives of common people?

10. During the Feudal period, who had the real power over the government? What happened to the emperor?

11. Define: a. Shogun-

b. Daimyo-

c. Samurai-

d. Bushido-

12. How did the Japanese interaction with the Mongols differ from Korean interaction with the Mongols?

(Use page 386 for comparison!)

13. How did the Tokugawa Shogunate come to power? How did they keep the Daimyos under his control? Why was this important?

14. How were merchants originally viewed in Japanese society, and how did this change during the Tokugawa Shogunate?

15. What were the main beliefs and practices of Zen Buddhism?