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Feudal Japan Directions:Readpages516-521in“NewAsianEmpires”fromtheHoltWorldHistoryonlinetextbook.YouwillfindthelinkonPupilPathandMrCaseyHistory.comunderthattitle.Answerthequestionsbelowbasedonthatreading,andbereadytoshowyoursamuraiskillsduringthenextclass!
1. WhoweretheSamurai,andwhatmotivatedlandownerst0hirethem?
2. IdentifysimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheFeudalismofJapanandthatofEurope.YouMUSTincludeATLEASTTHREEexamplesforEACHside,thoughmorearewelcome.Intheprocess,definethetermsbushidoandseppuku,andifpossible,mention“chivalry.”
Similarities
Differences
3. Describetheconditionofthecentralgovernment,orthelackthereof,bothbeforeandaftertheriseoftheMinamotoclan.(Note:“Nominally”meansinnameonlybutnotinactualpractice.)Intheprocess,definethetermshogun.
Before Minamoto
After Minamoto
4. TRUEORFALSE:“TheMongolsinvadedJapan.”Explainyourchoice.
5. Describetheconditionofthecentralgovernment,orthelackthereof,firstaftertheMongolinvasionsandthenaftertheriseoftheTokugawas.Intheprocess,definethetermdaimyo.
After the Mongols
Under Tokugawa
6. Drawadiagram(itcanbeinpyramidformifyoulike,althoughpagodaformwouldbenicetoo)showingthesocialstructureofFeudalJapan,showingthesocialstratificationofthetime.
7. HowdidcontactandinteractionwithEuropeansimpactJapan?
8. WriteaHaikupoemaboutanythingrelatedtoJapanesefeudalism.