Learning Target: I can describe Feudal Japan using PIRATES.

The Shogun Begins Minamoto Yoritomo Shogun means: Commander in Chief Shoguns hired Samurai for ______ Samurai were rewarded with _________

Full Samurai Attire Samarai boys and girls were highly trained from a young age in the art of war focused on archery

Enter the Daimyo Daimyo were Warrior-Lords who expected to be rewarded with food and land for loyalty

Feudalism A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service. Japan: Shogun Land - Shoen Loyalty Land - Shoen Daimyo Daimyo Loyalty Samurai Samurai Samurai Food Protection Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

Feudalism A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service. Europe: King Land - Fief Loyalty Land - Fief Lord Lord Loyalty Knight Knight Knight Food Protection Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

Samurai Sword

Early Mounted Samurai Warriors

Medieval Warriors vs. Knight’s Armor Samurai Armor

Underpinnings: Basic Steps in Self Defense A COTTON BREECH CLOUT that extended up over the chest was the basic undergarment of a samurai’s costume A SHORT SLEEVED KIMONO, or “armor robe,” was tied snugly at the waist with a special knot (lower right)

BILLOWING PANTALOONS,worn over the armor robe, fitted loosely in the legs to allow freedom of movement AN EXQUISITE BROCADE, richly worked with a design of peonies, was one of the extravagant materials used in an armor robe that may have been made for a 14th Century imperial prince STURDY SHINGUARDS of cloth or leather were reinforced with strips of iron to give protection from the front

Military Training and Fighting Archery Sword Prepare mentally and physically Control breathing People would attack from 100 yards Learned to make the opponent attack first Extreme defense Martial Arts Many battles were settled in one on one duels.

Samurai Charging

Medieval Warriors vs. European knight Samurai Warrior

Modern-Day “Samurai Warriors”

Mental Training Self Control Endure pain and suffering March barefoot in the snow and other torture Never fear death: Meditation on death show be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, riffles, spears and swords being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightening…

Training Preparedness Mental Training Training Preparedness Never relax- 6th sense Teachers would wack students in the head with 2 X 4 Use anything as a weapon…ink, paper…

Training in Writing and Literature Calligraphy Haiku- 3 lines of 5,7 and 5 syllables An ancient pond A frog jumps in The splash of water

Zen Buddhism A Japanese variation of the Mahayana form of Buddhism, which came from India through China. It reinforced the Bushido values of mental and self-discipline.

Code of Bushido Fidelity Politeness Virility Simplicity

Seppuku: Ritual Suicide It is honorable to die in this way. Kaishaku – his “seconds”

Code of Chivalry Justice Loyalty Defense Courage Faith Humility Nobility