| A | B |
|---|
| torii gate | used in Japan to separate profane from sacred |
| samurai | person who is devoted and willing to die to protect master |
| Shinto | indigenous belief in Japan |
| Coexist with Shinto in Japan | Buddhism and Confucianism |
| Bushido | means "way of the warrior" |
| feudalism | a period where local land owners paid military to protect their land |
| Heian period ended with a rise in __ power | military |
| written language | borrowed from China via Korean monks |
| what art is often based on | love of nature |
| Heian entertainment | noh and kabuki plays |
| figurehead | a powerless but symbolic person |
| shogun | ended up having more power than the emperor |
| Murasaki Shikibu | female author of the Tale of the Genji |
| Tale of the Genji | first novel (about live at court) |
| Sun Goddess (kami) | thought to be ancestor of Japan's imperial family |
| Mongols | tried to conquer Japan and failed |
| daimyo | wealthy and powerful land owner |
| poetry and tea ceremonies | became popular among aristocrats |
| Golden Age | era of refinement, art, and sometimes science |
| Nara | period where Japan learned from the Tang Chinese |
| Tang | the dynasty the Japanese studied in China |
| Korea | the path of much Chinese cultural diffusion to Japan |
| Sea of Japan | also called East Sea |
| Tokyo | today's capital of Japan |
| Kyoto | also called Heian'Kyo, the capital during the Heian Era |
| Heian Period | Golden Age of Japan |
| Shogunate | name for era of military rule |
| aquaculture | culture based on seafood |
| wrote Japan's first Constitution based on Confucianism and Buddhism | Prince Shotoku |
| Largest mountain in Japan | Mt. Fuji |
