HEIAN JAPAN

LEARNING TARGET: HOW WAS HEIAN JAPAN

INFLUENCED BY CHINA?

DO-NOW: TAKE A HANDOUT AND TAKE OUT YOUR

HOMEWORK!

HOMEWORK:

• 280-285 DUE TOMORROW.

• DUE ON MONDAY: 285-290

• DUE ON TUESDAY: 293-297 (SKIP OVER BOXES)

• TEST ON THURSDAY.

GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAN

Directions: Complete the questions below

based on the reading, map, and your knowledge

of geography.

• How do you think Japan’s geography will

affect its development as a civilization?

• Do you think Japan will be open to

influences from mainland Asia? Explain. What

kind of influences could become part of

Japanese culture?

• Compare Japan’s geography with another

civilization’s geography. Describe the

similarities and differences.

HEIAN JAPAN

Directions: Complete the questions below based

on the reading.

• Describe the Teika Reforms and its impact on

Japan’s government and culture.

• Describe life during Heian Japan.

• What is the Tale of Genji? Is this a reliable source

for a historian studying Heian Japan? Explain.

TALE OF GENJI

This painting illustrates one of the episodes in

the Tale of Genji. It captures the inward-looking

character of court life that became increasingly

isolated from the warriors, townspeople, and

peasants they ruled.

GENDER ROLES IN JAPAN

This artist’s impression of the elaborate dress and

studied pose of a Heian courtier, one can gain a

vivid sense of the formality and attention to

aesthetic pleasures that dominated the lives of the

Japanese. The Heian court provided a tiny minority

of Japanese women with outlets for expressing

emotion and creativity that have been denied to

most women throughout much of civilized history.

LIFE IN HEIAN JAPAN

• Most of what we know about life in Japan comes from literary works, poetry, and art. You

will be completing a gallery walk on the following topics:

• Women’s Fashion

• Poetry and Language

• Chinese Influence on Japan

• Japanese Art

• Shintoism and Zen Buddhism