Ancient Japan

Who was the first true novelist?

• Jimmu Tenno

• Murasaki Shikibu

• Shotoku

• Wang Xizhi

Who is the father of calligraphy?

• Yoritomo

• Jimmu Tenno

• Wang Xizhi

• Shotoku

Who was the first shogun?

• Wang Xizhi

• Jimmu Tenno

• Yoritomo

• Murasaki Shikibu

The first emperor thought to have descended from the sun goddess.

• Jimmu Tenno

• Murasaki Shikibu

• Wang Xizhi

• Toritomo

The prince who developed a constitution to establish a strong system of government.

• Shotoku

• Yoritomo

• Jimmu Tenno

• Wang Xizhi

The art of fine handwriting.

• feudalism

• haiku

• kofun

• calligraphy

A poem about nature with seventeen syllables.

• kami

• kofun

• haiku

• archipelago

A large group of scattered islands.

• calligraphy

• feudalism

• haiku

• archipelago

A giant circular, square, or key-shaped burial mound.

• kofun

• kami

• caliigraphy

• feudalism

The gods or nature spirits of Shintoism.

• kami

• feudalism

• calligraphy

• archipelago