| A | B |
|---|
| When did upper-class Japanese women lose the freedoms they had enjoyed earlier? | when Japan became a warrior society |
| During the shogun period, most Japanese had what job? | farmers |
| What was the world's first novel? | The Tale of Genji |
| What did the Zen Buddhist practice? | mediatation |
| A sect of Japanese Buddhism. | Pure Land Buddhism |
| sports that involve combat and self-defense | martial arts |
| the oldest type of Japanese play | Noh |
| a group formed by artisans and merchants to protect and increase profits | guild |
| an unrhymed poem of five lines | tanka |
| a small religious group | sect |
| a femal novelist and poet | Murasaki Shikibu |
| What did most Japanese people believe about religion? | there was no need to choose one religion |
| What crops did Japanese farmers grow? | rice and wheat |
| What is a "haiku"? | a poem that consists of three lines and 17 syllables |
| Durning Prince Shotoku's time, wealthy women could do what? | become rulers |
