Download Medieval Japan and Korea

Trained warriors
 Was hired by landowners to
protect
 Feudal warrior society
developed
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› Feudal state is a local lord holding
land through military force
› Bushido-the way of the warrior
(code of ethics)
› Seppuku-Those who failed
(disembowel)
› Zen Buddhism diffused from China
 Meditation and discipline
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Military leader or General became more
powerful that Emperor
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Storm winds –”Devine Winds”
Sacrifice life for greater good
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Kamakura Shogunate -1192-1300
› Defeated by the Mongols
Tokugawa Shogunate – 1602-1868
Fishing Village Edo become worlds largest
city Tokyo
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fu-ru-i-ke ya (5)
ka-wa-zu to-bi-ko-mu (7)
mi-zu no o-to (5)
Translated:
 old pond . . .
a frog leaps in
water’s sound
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Japanese dance-drama Kabuki theatre is
known for the stylization of its drama and for the
elaborate make-up worn by some of its
performers.
Theater plays includes dance and music with
dialog. Egs Chanhassen Theater, Broadway
 In
1392, powerful
general, Yi Songgye gained control
of Korea
 Established Choson
kingdom (13901910)
• Produced
many cultural achievements,
including creation of Korean alphabet
• Late
1500s, Japan invaded twice
• Koreans
held off Japanese using ironclad
warships with cannons; also received help
from Ming China
• Fighting
• Early
with Japan left Korea in ruins
1600s, Chinese invaded
• By
1640s, Korea had become vassal state
to Qing dynasty in China
• As
result, Choson kings increasingly
isolated Korea, except for trade with
China
• In
West, Korea became known as “Hermit
Kingdom” because of isolation