WEEK #12 (October 30th-November 3rd)
Monday:  Today began our discussion on the Feudal Structure of Japan HERE
Tuesday:  We discussed the history of Japan HERE
Wednesday.   We brought in our paragraphs and help each other  to improve our writing levels
Thursday:  We continued our presentation from tuesday
Friday: We watched a crash course video on the eventual death of Feudalism and completed our graphic organizers

Turnitin Directions
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Class ID 16693252 World History Period 2  Class Key WHistory2
Class ID 16693266 World History Period 3   Class Key WHistory3
Week #12 Homework: 

Week 12 Notes
Feudalism in Japan

• Emperor (pope)
  • Emperor and imperial family highest on social ladder
  • Born into position
  • Religious leader
    • Direct descendant of Amaterasu Omikami
  • Figurehead (leader in name only)
    • NO political power
  • Under control of shogun’s clan
  • All classes of society provided for emperor and his court
  • Emperor still exists today

*Social and religious are very similar - influenced by Butism*

• Shogun (marshall)
  • Military leader
  • Highest in warrior class
  • Lived under bushi rule ? (Japanese chivalry)
  • Clans fought to acquire this status
  • Political leader
  • Those of other classes under him provided for his needs
  • Shogun gave protection and privileges
    • Portion of land
    • Produce on land
• Daimyo (oldest son)
  • Part of warrior class
  • Means “great names”
  • Shogun’s representatives
  • Ran estates according to shogun's rules
  • Swords most valuable possessions (family sword)
    • Folded in on themselves - DO NOT BREAK
    • Used often to demonstrate loyalty to shogun - killing and fighting
  • Lived in huge castles surrounded by moats
• Samurai
  • Professional warriors
  • Loyal to shogun and daimyos
  • Lived in daimyos castles
  • Fairly high social status but little political power - don’t own land, enforce laws
  • Needs met by lower classes than them

*salary - Romans were paid in salt*

• Ronin
  • Result of death of a samurai’s Daimyo
  • Wandering samurai (masterless)
    • Master of fighting - no clan = no respect
  • Had no daimyo
  • Paid soldiers
  • Worked as
    • Bodyguards for rich merchants
    • Paid soldiers during civil wars
  • Low social class
  • No political power
  • Depended on others for economic well-being
• Peasants
  • Largest class
  • Included farmers and fishermen
  • Low social status
  • No political power
  • Very poor
  • Valued because they produced food for all other classes
  • Often made material for clothing
  • Paid taxes with rice and work
    • Had to pay ⅔ of year’s crop to upper classes
  • Often starved
• Artisans
  • Craftspeople who made variety of products
    • Art
    • Cooking pots
    • Fish hooks
    • Farm tools
    • Theatre
    • Ship anchors
    • Swords
  • Great sword makers highly respected
  • On whole, however, artisands not as respected as peasants because they didn’t produce food
• Merchants
  • Sold goods and produce made by others
  • Very low social status
    • Produced nothing of value and lived off the efforts of others’ work
  • Trade was just not very important - so neither were the people
  • Often made to live in separate locations
  • Not allowed to mix with other classes except to do business
• ETA
  • Means “full of filth”
  • Discrimination because of Buddhist prohibitions against killing and shinto concepts of pollution
  • Originally discriminated against because they were butchers, leatherworkers, grave diggers, tanners, executioners
  • Seen as hereditary
  • Still discriminated against today
  • Major religions of Japan - Shinto - concepts of pollutions
• Hinin
  • Means “nonhuman”
  • Not hereditary, but punitive (punishment)
  • Was very extremely small chance you could get out of this class… if you were pardoned… but this is highly highly unlikely