6.3 Medieval Japan

True/ False

Before 800 C.E., the Japanese capital had moved from Nara to Heian-kyo.

• True

• False

• I don't know.

• Neither

True/ False

Under the regents, the Japanese government eliminated taxes for farmers and raised them on nobles in the outlying provinces.

• True

• False

• I don't know

• Neither

True/False

The word samurai means “to serve,” and bushido means “the way of the warrior.”

• True

• False

• I don't know

• Neither

True/ False

Although Yoritomo was made shogun in 1192 C.E., it was the emperor who actually ran Japan’s government for the next seven centuries.

• True

• False

• I don't know.

• Neither

True/ False

Noh is a form of Japanese poetry made up of 3 lines and 17 syllables.

• True

• False

• I don't know

• Neither

What did the Japanese emperor do in 1192 C.E. to prevent the Minamoto family from taking the throne?

• He persuaded the Mongols to side with him.

• He declared war against the Minamoto family.

• He declared a state of emergency and shut down the government.

• He gave Minamoto Yoritomo the title of shogun.

Followers of Zen Buddhism discipline their bodies through

• faith.

• martial arts.

• meditation .

• poetry.

The art and architecture of Japan shows the Japanese love of

• complexity.

• columns and domes.

• Korean styles.

• simplicity.

Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote this book about a Japanese prince.

• The Tale of Genji

• The Tale of Heike

• A Shogun Tale

• Samurai Warrior

Japan’s wealth came from its farmers and artisans, and increased

• land.

• shipbuilding.

• taxes.

• trade.