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7.4 Early Japan.notebook 1 November 05, 2014 Nov 195:32 PM Geography of Japan Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean China and Korea are the closest countries Japan is an Archipelago = series of islands Four main Islands = Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, & Kyushu Japan consists of over 4,000 smaller islands Japan's Coastline is Irregular It has many natural harbors Nov 196:14 PM Geography of Japan More than 50% of Japan is covered in mountains Less than 15% of the land is good for agriculture Japan developed Terrace Farming to adapt to their mountainous geography Most of the Japanese population is located on the 4 main islands; the majority of the population live along the coast Nov 196:14 PM Geography of Japan Throughout Japan's history earthquakes & tsunamis have been a problem 2011 Tohoku 9.0 magnitude earthquake over 15,000 deaths led to serious accidents at 4 nuclear power plants Tsunamis over 33 feet Tsunami & Earthquake Nuclear Reactor Nov 197:06 PM Early Japanese Culture Shintoism Polytheistic Religion that believes all living and nonliving things in nature have a spirit or kami Also focuses on worshipping ancestors; people become kami after they die Often compared to Animism and Taoism/Daoism because they were all naturebased belief systems Amaterasu = sun goddess; most important kami Japanese Emperors were believed to be descendents of the sun goddess Amaterasu Ema Shimenawa Torii Gate Nov 197:32 PM The Japanese Adapt Chinese Ideas Around 500 AD, Japan came into contact with Korea and China The Japanese people began to adopt Chinese ideas about culture and government Buddhism in Japan In the mid700's Korean travelers brought Buddhism to Japan Buddhism was accepted by the Japanese Emperors and began to influence the culture of Japan Cultural Borrowing from China Japanese writing was modeled after Chinese writing Japanese artists painted landscapes in the Chinese style For a while, Japan tried to model its government after the Chinese style Strong Central Government (Emperor has absolute power) Introduced an examination system (CivilService Exams) Nov 198:05 PM Japanese Feudalism (1100's 1800's) Feudalism = system of government that is based on exchanging land for military or economic service & protection Emperor of Japan = figurehead (spiritual leader) Shogun = Political and Military leader of Japan (true power) Samurai = warriors of Japan who served the Daimyo Bushido Code "way of the warrior" Rules that the Samurai had to live their lives by Emphasized bravery, honesty, loyalty, and generosity Failure was not an option (suicide rather than face defeat)
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November 05, 2014
Nov 195:32 PM
Geography of Japan Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean China and Korea are the closest countries Japan is an Archipelago = series of islandsFour main Islands = Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, & Kyushu
Japan consists of over 4,000 smaller islands
Japan's Coastline is Irregular It has many natural harbors
Nov 196:14 PM
Geography of Japan More than 50% of Japan is covered in mountains Less than 15% of the land is good for agriculture Japan developed Terrace Farming to adapt to their mountainous geography Most of the Japanese population is located on the 4 main islands; the majority of the population live along the coast
Nov 196:14 PM
Geography of Japan Throughout Japan's history earthquakes & tsunamis have been a problem 2011 Tohoku 9.0 magnitude earthquake over 15,000 deaths led to serious accidents at 4 nuclear power plants Tsunamis over 33 feet
Tsunami & Earthquake
Nuclear Reactor
Nov 197:06 PM
Early Japanese CultureShintoism Polytheistic Religion that believes all living and nonliving things in nature have a spirit or kami Also focuses on worshipping ancestors; people become kami after they die Often compared to Animism and Taoism/Daoism because they were all naturebased belief systems Amaterasu = sun goddess; most important kami Japanese Emperors were believed to be descendents of the sun goddess Amaterasu
Ema
Shimenawa
Torii Gate
Nov 197:32 PM
The Japanese Adapt Chinese Ideas Around 500 AD, Japan came into contact with Korea and China The Japanese people began to adopt Chinese ideas about culture and government
Buddhism in Japan In the mid700's Korean travelers brought Buddhism to Japan Buddhism was accepted by the Japanese Emperors and began to influence the culture of Japan
Cultural Borrowing from China Japanese writing was modeled after Chinese writing Japanese artists painted landscapes in the Chinese style For a while, Japan tried to model its government after the Chinese style
Strong Central Government (Emperor has absolute power) Introduced an examination system (CivilService Exams)
Nov 198:05 PM
Japanese Feudalism (1100's 1800's)Feudalism = system of government that is based on exchanging land for
military or economic service & protectionEmperor of Japan = figurehead (spiritual leader)Shogun = Political and Military leader of Japan (true power)Samurai = warriors of Japan who served the Daimyo
Bushido Code
"way of the warrior" Rules that the Samurai had to live their lives by Emphasized bravery, honesty, loyalty, and generosity Failure was not an option (suicide rather than face defeat)
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Nov 198:26 PM Jan 77:50 PM
Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan In 1467 a civil war broke out in Japan, and rival Daimyo (warlords) competed against one another for political power and land By 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu emerged victorious and centralized the military power of Japan From 1603 1868 Japan was controlled by the "Shoguns"; all were descendents from Tokugawa Ieyasu
"Shogun" = military dictatorship
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Tokugawa Society and Culture Under the Tokugawa Shoguns, Japan experienced 200 years of prosperity Japanese culture flourished during this time; even though Japan shifted from a rural to an urban society (Edo = capital; +1 million)
Culture under the Tokugawa ShogunateKabuki Theater =
Japanese dramas/plays about daily life in the cities
Haiku = Japanese poetry that does not rhyme Written using the 575 format Typically focus on nature and the changing of the seasons
Kabuki
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Contact between Europe and Japan The first contact between Europe and Japan took place in 1543, when shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of Japan Soon after, merchants from Portugal and Europe started to trade with the Japanese; firearms, tobacco, eyeglasses, clocks, etc... Along with merchants, Christian Missionaries began to travel to Japan to convert the Japanese
** These interactions with Europe began to challenge the traditional culture of Japan (Warfare, Religion, etc...)
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The Closed Country Policy Since the European ideas were challenging the traditional culture of Japan, the Tokugawa Shoguns decided to exclude any foreigners from their country By 1639, all of the ports in Japan were closed to foreign ships, except the port city of Nagasaki
Only Chinese & Dutch traders were allowed into the port
** Not until the Industrial Revolution of the 1800's will Japan be 'opened' back up to Western Countries
