Feudal Japan

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Feudal Japan
By Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
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Collapse of Courtier Culture Genpei War 1180-1185

• Fought between the Minamoto (Genji) ?? Taira
  (Heike) ??
• Battle takes its name from the parties involved
  Genji and Heike

• Memorialized in literature as the Tale of the
  Heike (Heike monogatari) and also becomes source
  material for many medieval Noh plays.

• ??

• Detail, The burning of the Sanjo palace

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Minamoto Yoritomo
Founded the Kamakura Shogunate 1185-1333
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The emperor reigned, but did not always rule!
Feudal Society
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Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on
loyalty, the holding of land, and military
service. Japan
Shogun
Land - Shoen
Loyalty
Daimyo
Daimyo
Land - Shoen
Loyalty
Samurai
Samurai
Samurai
Food
Protection
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
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Code of Bushido

• Fidelity
• Politeness
• Virility
• Simplicity

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Full Samurai Attire
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Samurai Sword
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Early Mounted Samurai Warriors
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Underpinnings Basic Steps in Self Defense
A COTTON BREECH CLOUT that extended up over the
chest was the basic undergarment of a samurais
costume
A SHORT SLEEVED KIMONO, or armor robe, was
tied snugly at the waist with a special knot
(lower right)
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BILLOWING PANTALOONS,worn over the armor robe,
fitted loosely in the legs to allow freedom of
movement
AN EXQUISITE BROCADE, richly worked with a design
of peonies, was one of the extravagant materials
used in an armor robe that may have been made for
a 14th Century imperial prince
STURDY SHINGUARDS of cloth or leather were
reinforced with strips of iron to give protection
from the front
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Samurai Charging
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Modern-Day Samurai Warriors
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Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on
loyalty, the holding of land, and military
service. Europe
King
Land - Fief
Loyalty
Lord
Lord
Land - Fief
Loyalty
Knight
Knight
Knight
Food
Protection
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
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Code of Chivalry

• Justice
• Loyalty
• Defense
• Courage
• Faith
• Humility
• Nobility

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Medieval Warriors
vs.
European knight
Samurai Warrior
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Medieval Warriors
vs.
Knights Armor
Samurai Armor
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Zen Buddhism

• A Japanese variation of the Mahayana
  form of Buddhism, which came from India
  through China.
• It reinforced the Bushido values of mental
  and self-discipline.

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MongolInvasionsof Japan
4,400 ships and 140,000 men, but kamikaze winds
stopped them.
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Ashikaga Age 1338-1573

• Shoguns fought for power.
• Laws are unclear.
• Less efficient than the Kamakura.
• Armies of samurai protected the country. ?

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CASTLES
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Osaka Castle
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Main Gate of Hiroshima Castle
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R O E N S
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The Age of the Warring States(1467 - 1568)

• Castles built on hills in different
  provinces.
• Power shifts from above to below.
• Europeans arrive in Japan ? bringing
  firearms Christianity.
• Christianity foreign trade flourish.