Ancient Japan and Korea Terms & People

The earliest people in Japanese history who were good at making pottery and liked fishing

• Jomon

• guilds

• sects

• Sejong

Group of families in early Japan that were related by blood or marriage

• guild

• sect

• clan

• tribute

Warriors hired by nobles to protect their land and in return they were granted land

• tribute

• samurais

• daimyo

• guilds

Group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs from people within a larger group

• sect

• shogun

• feudalism

• guilds

A group of islands

• peninsula

• archipelago

• guilds

• clans

A person that was responsible for all of the Japanese emperor's military

• daimyo

• shamanism

• shogun

• tribute

A military lord that declared loyalty to Japan's emperor but was also permitted to rule their land as an independent kingdom

• sect

• shogun

• guild

• daimyo

A social system that existed in which nobles had people work and fight for them in exchange for land and protection

• tribute

• shamanism

• feudalism

• archipelago

A form of concentration where people sit cross legged to clear the mind from thoughts and desires

• Buddhism

• shamanism

• meditation

• calligraphy

A method of controlling the body in order to have combat and self-defense strategies

• meditation

• shamanism

• marital arts

• shogun