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Japan 5-3
Life in Medieval Japan
Japanese Religion & Culture
Great Cultural
Exchange with
China
Shinto- concerned
with daily life
Buddhismprepared people for
the life to comeinspired paintings,
poems, plays
Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhismhappy life after deathfollowed Lord Amidaa Buddha of love and
mercy- have faith and
chant name- oldest
sect
Zen Buddhism- find
inner peace through
self-control, martial
arts, practiced
meditation
Different sects
Art and Architecture
Borrowed many ideas from
China and Korea
Developed into their ownrevealed beauty and
simplicity
Made wood carvings, painted
with lacquer
Created origami
Shinto shrines were built near
a sacred rock or tree- people
entered the one room shrine
through a torii
Buddhists temples were
massive in comparison, thick
wooden pillars and tile roofsgardens built around it to one
find peace
Poems and Plays
Copied Chinese characters,
but added own characters for
their own sounds- pictures
with sounds
Calligraphy- beautiful writingshowed your social status
Tanka- is Japan’s oldest
form of poetry, five lines
unrymed- beauty of
nature, joys and sorrows
of life
Murasaki Shikibu- woman
author wrote The Tale of
Genji- a the adventures of
a Japanese princepossible first novel
Noh- taught Buddhist
ideas- simple bare stage
with masks, elaborate
robes- oldest play
Economy and Society
Under the shoguns, Japan gained in
cultural achievements and wealth
Nobles, the emperor, and military
officials
Peasants remained poor- AKA
farmers
Farmers and Artisans
The growing of rice, millet,
wheat, and barley brought
most of the wealth
Better irrigation increased
more crops
Artisans made more weapons
armor and tools
New roads
Each region focused on its
own goods
Kyoto became a major center
of trade and production
Formed guilds and the local
daimyo protected them from
rivals
Increased trade with Korea,
China, and Southeast Asia
The Role of Women
Family includedgrandparents, parents, and
children
Men headed the family
Women were expected to
obey- father, husband, and
son
Arranged marriages brought
wealth to the family
Farm women had more say in
who they married, but
worked long hours in the
fields
Cooked, made cloth and
helped with businesses
Upperclass women lost
freedoms when a warrior
society began
Women
Despite lack of
opportunities, they
contributed
despite equality
– Fame as artists
– Fame as writers
– Fame as warriorsTomoe- as describe
in The Tale of
Heike