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Tokugawa era

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1603-1868 period following the Sengoku era. Power consolidated in the hands of the samurai shogunate

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Sengoku era

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1467-1603 a chaotic period of constant war among competing factions.

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Daimyo

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Local military lord in pre modern Japan

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Samurai or bushi

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A warrior who serves a daimyo

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Wakazashi and Katana

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Short sword and long sword. Only worn by samurai. Special permission to wear short by commoners

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Yamato Family

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The current and only dynasty of Japan, founded in 660 B.C.

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Tennō

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Translated to emperor in English. Head of the imperial family. Sometimes ceremonial, sometimes powerful.

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Amaterasu Ōmikami

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The Sun Goddess. All emperors of Japan are considered to be her direct descendant.

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Heian

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Present day Kyōto.

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primogeniture

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The law or custom whereby the first-born (often male) inherits the family estate.

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Minamoto Yoritomo

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The founder of the first shogunate 1192-99

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Seii tai shōgun

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Great Barbarian Subduing Field Marshall: Shōgun

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Bakufu

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Tent government: the shogunate.

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Ōnin War

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1467-1477 A civil war that would see Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu unite Japan.

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The Three Unifiers

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Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Battle of Sekigahara

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1600 decisive battle that saw Tokugawa come out as the shogunate and led to the Tokugawa Era.

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classes of daimyo

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Shinpan, fudai, tozama
cadet families: descended from Ieyasu
house or allied: took field with Ieyasu at Sekigahara
outside: swore to house Tokugawa after 1600

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Sankin Kōtai

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Alternative attendance. Daimyo must spend every other year in Edo and leave principal family there all the time.

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Edo

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Tokyo, seat of power in the Tokugawa era

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bushi

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samurai. Bushido= way of the warrior

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Stipend

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samurai’s salary from his daimyo, paid in rice.

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Yi Sun-sin

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Korean naval commander famous for his victories against Japan during the Imjin War with Japan.

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Turtle Ships

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Korean warship used during the Joseon dynasty. Heavily fortified, like a turtle in its shell.

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Shanks Mare

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Novel by Jippensha Ikku around 1800

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Yaji and Kita

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the two main characters in Shanks Mare.

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Kanji

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Chinese ideographic characters

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hiragana

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syllabic characters for grammar and Japanese content

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katakana

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syllabic characters for transcribing foreign words from languages other than Chinese

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Romaji

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European characters

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Chinese Confucian Class System

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Officials, farmers, artisans, merchants

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Japanese Tokugawa Class System

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Samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants

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Sword Hunts

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Confiscating the weapons from enemies of the new ruling regime to prevent uprising.

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Koku

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A Japanese unit of volume: enough to feed an adult male for a year. The measure of land producing this amount of rice.

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Edo

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Largest city in the world by 1700 - over 1 million. Now called Tokyo.

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Chōnin

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Townspeople. A social class in Tokugawa Era. Mostly merchants, some craftsmen.

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Nihonbashi

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Japan Bridge. Central point in Edo. The bridge itself was completed in 1603 of wood. The current bridge was built of stone in 1911.

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Genroku Period

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1688-1703. Golden Age of the Edo period. Relative economic stability, arts and architecture flourish.

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Kabuki

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Theatre with live actors. The art of singing and dancing. Established 1603

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Bunraku

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Puppet theatre. Founded in 1684. Involves puppeteers, chanters, and muscians.

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Chikamatsu Monazemon

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Regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist both in kabuki and bunraku.

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geisha

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Traditional Japanese entertainers who specialize in music, games, dance, and conversation.

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Ginza

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Silver Mint. Now the main shopping area of Tokyo