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Nara and Heian Period Japan
  • Centralization of Japan, Cultural Diffusion from
    China, and the breakdown to the Feudal Period

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Nara Period
  • Japan ruled by the Yamato Clan/capital at Nara
  • Longest ruling family in the world
  • Native religion Shinto
  • Shinto animistic/nature spirits
  • Emperor divine/descendent of the Sun
  • Taika Reforms show influence of China, although
    NO Confucian bureaucracy
  • Buddhism and Shinto were not opposed. Syncretism.

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Heian Period
  • Government decentralized
  • Culturally, a Golden Age/many women had prominent
    cultural roles
  • Woman wrote the worlds first novel, about court
    life among the nobility
  • Spiffy culture Origami, tea ceremony, haiku,
    sumo
  • Zen Buddhism

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Feudal Period
  • Noble families fought increasing
    decentralization
  • Emperor figurehead. Shogun powerful
    ruler/warlord
  • Daimyo equivalent to European Lords
  • Samurai warriors in vassal position to daimyo
  • Bushido Samurai code of ethics
  • Samurai failure Seppuku (belly-splitting)

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