Japan Vocab

A large group of islands

• Restoration

• Nara Period

• Colonization

• Archipelago

A political, social and economic system which had a rigid class structure and land was exchanged for military service.

• bushido

• Zen Buddhism

• feudalism

• imperialism

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a daimyo.

• Torii

• Samurai

• daimyo

• bonsai

In the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing syllables. Similar to our alphabet.

• bushido

• Kana

• figurehead

• regent

The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country for military or trade advantages

• feudalism

• industrialization

• Zen Buddhism

• Imperialism

The first novel in any language. Tells the life story of the a son of the Japanese emperor.

• shogunate

• Heian

• Industrialization

• The Tale of the Genji

A tower shaped structure with several stories and upturned tiled roofs.

• Pagoda

• daimyo

• Haiku

• Samurai

Land owning nobles, local war lords

• daimyo

• samurai

• haiku

• pagoda

god or spirit who represents a force of nature in the Japanese religion.

• samurai

• colonization

• kami

• shogun

Local, landowning lord in feudal Japan

• daimyo

• Nippon

• Samurai

• pagoda