1. If you had to guess, what kind of animal do you think this is?
2. What type of person is this drawing supposed to represent?
3. How many swords does Usagi Yojimbo have? What are they called and what’s the difference
between them
4. What kind of footwear is Usagi Yojimbo wearing? What is it’s Japanese name?
5. What’s odd about the kimono that Usagi Yojimbo is wearing? Why is it this way?
Ears Katana (long sword)
Guard
Fist
Handle Grip
Arm
SleeveTied and Gathered(A popular style in
Feudal Japan)
Elbow
Scabbard for KatanaBelt
TieScabbard for Wakizashi
HakamaTied and Gathered
(Another popular style)
Rabbit’s toes
Geta(raised wooden Sandal)
WarajiJapanese flip flops
Foot(For Good Luck)
Hakama(17th Century Japanese
Baggy Levis)
Wakizashi(short sword)
Sleeve Mon
Sleeve(Normal)
MonClan crest
Kimonochin
MouthTurf of fur
Mr. Kellner18-2 Reading Guide
Read Chapter 18-2 on pages 393-397 and answer the following questions. Then answer the Questionson the back of this page
1. Put the Japanese social classes on the right in order, starting with the highest. These social classes represent Japanese society from 1600-1868
Daimyo (great samurai)
Commoners
Emperor
Shogun
Lesser Samurai
2. Draw a star next to the most powerful person or group in this society
3. Which country had the greatest influence on Japan?
4. A system of government in which local lords rule the land but are bound by ties of loyalty
to higher lords or the emperor is called what?
5. What city was the capital of Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate? What is that city called today?
6. Even though Japan was isolated from the rest of the world, European traders from what country were
able to keep a trading post in Nagasaki
7. The Japanese emperor is thought to be a direct descendant of what Japanese goddess?
8. The Japanese originally used Chinese writing. Later, this was replaced by a writing system called?
Peasants