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People Flashcards

1
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Taira

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head of bushidan

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Yoritomo

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Minamoto Clan

First Shogun of Japan

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Hojo Masako

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Wife of Yoritomo

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Emperor Go-Shirakawa

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Granted Yoritomo authority to collect taxes, make official appointments in all provinces

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5
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Minamoto

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clan during Heian Period

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6
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Ukemochi-no-kami

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Goddess of Food

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Emperor Antoku

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Death by Drowning

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Emperor Go-Shirakawa

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Granted Yoritomo authority to collect taxes, make official appointments in all provinces

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Kublai Khan

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requested diplomatic recognition of Mongol Empire

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Rōnin

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Floating People

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Emperor Go-Daigo

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refused to step down (abdicate)
1288-1339
established southern court

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12
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Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏

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Minamoto’s direct descendant

Sent to attack Go-Daigo’s HQ

Moved HQ to Kyoto

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Prince Morinaga

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Was captured and sent to Kamakura and executed

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14
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Daimyō

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as independent warlords with no ties to Shogun or Emperor

had their own armies

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15
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Han Yu

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Post-An Lushan Tang dynasty official

Reaction against Buddhism

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Cheng Yi

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Confucianism philosopher

17
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Cheng Hao

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Brother of Cheng Yi

Recovered teachings after death of Mencius

18
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Zhu Xi

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1149 - Passed Jinshi exam

Convinced of superiority of Confucian Way and cultivation

Sought to restore vitality of China’s cultural heritage as a Confucian society

19
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Emperor Wudi

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Established Imperial Academy

20
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Myōan Eisai 明菴栄西 (1141-1215)

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monk, spread zen buddhism

21
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Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長

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Son of the deputy shugo

Conquered Kinai region (Kyoto)

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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real commoner to rise up the ranks to the top,

rose ranks from humble origins

unified Japan

wanted to take over korea and china but failed

23
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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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introduced shinto = emperor

24
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Hayashi Razan

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  • served the Shoguns
  • confucian philosopher
  • drafted the Buke shohatto
  • consulted by Ieyasu with regards to King Wu of Zhou’s overthrow of the Shang dynasty was “regicide” or permissible
  • it was a legitimate action
  • Chinese historiography
    ( study of history, history of history )
25
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Hagakure

Way of the Samurai Warrior (Bushido 武士道) is found in death

26
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Emperors Gaozu & Taizong

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Beginning of Civil Service Exam

27
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Xu Gan

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harmonious blend of a fine dish is not the product of just one flavour

28
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Keichū

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Shinto Priest

29
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Motoori Norinaga

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one of the greatest Japanese scholars

Coined the term mono no aware 物の哀れ
“A sensitivity to things”

30
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Amaterasu

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Sun god

31
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Hirata Atsutane

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In Japan, they were automatically observed and never violated, therefore it was unnecessary to teach them. What need was there for a Way?”

32
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Sugita Genpaku

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Japanese physician

Outcast does the dissections

33
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Mencius

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Daoism

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