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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




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