Take Cornell Notes On pgs. 53 & 54 In your journal! Life in Feudal Japan Take Cornell Notes On pgs. 53 & 54 In your journal!

China Influences Japan Around 600 CE, Japan begins adopting Chinese culture Japan needed to develop strong trade relationships & maintain peace with China because it is the most powerful region at the time Confucianism, Taoism, & Buddhism begin influencing Japan Used the Chinese written and spoken language Taika Reforms - the movement to “China-fy” Japan

The Heian Period – Circa 800 CE Buddhist monks became very powerful - they control of the government in Japan The Japanese began rebelling against the Taika Reforms People abandoned their Chinese influences & returned to traditional Japanese social and political control Returned to writing in Japanese Huge focus on loyalty, beauty, grace, good manners Importance in fashion & wealth Very little consideration for protection and control of the people or the island An emperor controlled all of Japan from the capital, and all were to pledge loyalty to him

This perfectly still Spring Day Bathed in the soft light From the spread-out sky, Why do the cherry blossoms so restlessly scatter down? Although I am not sure That he will not be coming In the evening light When the locusts shrilly call I go to the door and wait

Switch to Feudalism Kyoto – Heian Dynasty’s capital city. Beautiful and full of wealth, poetry, art, & fashion, but little attention was given to controlling areas outside Kyoto Daimyos (wealthy families) realized the emperor had no real power at this point Circa 900 CE, Shoguns gain power, and began to build fortresses (Shogunates) & armies to protect their own territories. Refused to continue pledging loyalty to the emperor. Crime became commonplace in the countryside & even in Kyoto as the government declined. Commoners now sought out local rulers to protect them. Unified Japan disappears due to the creation of shogunates and the violence and war between them. Japan now mirrors feudalism in Europe. Shifted from Beauty, Fashion, and Art over to Warriors, Strength, and War