Japan under the Shogun Terminology

Define the following term: alternate attendance

• a strict code of regulations aimed at weakening the daimyo (introduced by Tokugawa leyasu)
• a system that forced the daimyo, their armies and families to live in Edo with the shogun every second year
• a policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
• protectors who were responsible for ensuring law and order of an area

Define the following term: bakufu

• the shogun's military government
• a system that forced the daimyo, their armies and families to live in Edo with the shogun every second year
• a strict code of regulations aimed at weakening the daimyo (introduced by Tokugawa leyasu)
• feudal lords who controlled major domains during the shogunate

Define the following term: buke shohatto

• protectors who were responsible for ensuring law and order of an area
• feudal lords who controlled major domains during the shogunate
• a strict code of regulations aimed at weakening the daimyo (introduced by Tokugawa leyasu)
• a system that forced the daimyo, their armies and families to live in Edo with the shogun every second year

Define the following term: bushido

• 'way of the warrior'; the code that all samurai lived by
• a strict code of regulations aimed at weakening the daimyo (introduced by Tokugawa leyasu)
• protectors who were responsible for ensuring law and order of an area
• system of landownership in which a ruler claims ownership of all lands but rewards loyal nobles with control of a domain

Define the following term: conscription

• 'outer lords' under the Tokugawa shoguns
• forced military service of all men between a certain age
• a policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
• feudal lords who controlled major domains during the shogunate

Define the following term: daimyo

• protectors who were responsible for ensuring law and order of an area
• 'outer lords' under the Tokugawa shoguns
• 'inner lords' under the Tokugawa shoguns
• feudal lords who controlled major domains during the shogunate

Define the following term: feudal system

• a policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
• 'inner lords' under the Tokugawa shoguns
• farmers who produce small-scale crops
• system of landownership in which a ruler claims ownership of all lands but rewards loyal nobles with control of a domain

Define the following term: fudai daimyo

• a period of rule by shoguns
• a policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
• 'inner lords' under the Tokugawa shoguns
• 'outer lords' under the Tokugawa shoguns

Define the following term: jito

• land stewards who made sure everyone using the land paid their rent
• a policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
• 'spirits' in the Shinto religion said to inhabit all natural features
• 'one who serves'; samurai were the noble warrior class

Define the following term: kami

• 'spirits' in the Shinto religion said to inhabit all natural features
• a policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate
• protectors who were responsible for ensuring law and order of an area
• 'one who serves'; samurai were the noble warrior class