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Medieval Japan
Feudal Japan
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History
7th Grade
07/11/2013

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Term
Bakufu
Definition
Military government.
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Bushido
Definition
A way of the samurai, rules a samurai was expected to follow.
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Daimyo
Definition
Feudal lords.
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Donjon
Definition
A tower of Japanese castle.
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Doshin
Definition
A type of police.
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Fujiwara
Definition
A family that controlled Japan from 794-1192.
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Heian period
Definition
Time of the rule of the Fujiwara during which Heian was the capital of Japan.
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Ikko ikki
Definition
A group of peasants and samurai who challenged the power of the daimyo.
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Jitte
Definition
Sticks carried by do shin that were designed to catch the sword of an attacker.
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Jokamachi
Definition
'Under castle towns'-communities that lived near a castle.
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Kamakura Bakufu
Definition
Rule (government) of the Minamoto family 1192-1338.
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Ninja
Definition
A samurai spy
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Ronin
Definition
A samurai who did not have a master.
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Royshu
Definition
A lord or local landowner.
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Samurai
Definition
Japanese warriors.
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Sanju
Definition
An ideal that Japanese women were expected to follow.
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Seppuku
Definition
A ritual suicide.
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Shoen
Definition
A system if land ownership in feudal Japan that meant the nobles owned all the land.
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So
Definition
A local community organisation.
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Yamajiro
Definition
Mountain castles.
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Zen
Definition
A type of Buddhism.
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Zokuji
Definition
Taxes paid by peasants.
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