2. Classical Time Period Political (500-1185)   Started to become a centralized state   Taika Reforms   Strong Japanese state emerges   Structured government   Aristocracy   Imperial court

3. Economy   Had taxes for offices, roads, irrigation systems   Heiji Rebellion   Hogen Rebellion   Had servants for land

4. Religion   Buddhism   Promoted largely by ruling class for own good   Not popular at first   Practice of it led to discontinuing burying dead in kofuns   Chinese culture also spread

5. Culture   Peak of Japanese art, poetry and literature   Tale of Genji   Writing systems emerged like the kana   Chinese influence decreased   Culture started to flower

6. Interactions   Chinese influence spread to Japan   Spread of Buddhism to Japan   Writing systems also spread into Japan   Japan traded with a few countries, but trade was little

7. Kamakura Period (1185-1573) Political   Daimyos   Shogun   Yuan Dynasty   Ming Dynasty   Shogunates

8. Economy   Mostly military concern   Bad economy   Didn't’t really care about people   Spent most of time and money on military

9. Religion   Buddhism was still present in Japan   Confucian values such as loyalty to master   Influence of bureaucracy   Chinese culture making less of an impact

10. Culture   Dynasties are starting to appear   Military is strengthening   Upper class is still in control   Slaves   Landlords   Warrior class

11. Interactions   Mongols try to invade Japan   Mongols tried twice but failed   Japan feared they will invade again   Japanese traded with China before Mongol China tried to invade Japan   Started to trade again with China

12. Edo Period (1603-1868) Political   Daimyos shared administration of company   Tokugawa shogunates carried out many policies   Called “peaceful state”   Laws limiting dress, hairstyles, and accessories

13. Economy   80% were rice farmers   Rice production increased   Merchants prospered but were low in status   Commercialization grew   High profit crops

14. Religion   Christianity started to spread   Buddhism   Shrines   Temples

15. Culture   Emperor on top   Then daimyos and shoguns   Ukiyo-e, woodblock printing   Technology improved, and farmers improved irrigation

16. Interactions   Domestic trade   Japan had rice   Mathew Perry of US went to Japan to persuade them to open their doors   Harris Treaty signed with the US in 1858 (opened ports)

17. Imperial Japan (1868-1945) Political   Became imperial power   Colonized Korea and Taiwan   World War 2   Meji Restoration   Industrial Revolution is 1870

18. Economy   Built railroads, and roads   Textiles appeared (cotton and silk)   Bank of Japan founded in 1877   Used to fund steel and textile factories   Education started to expand

19. Religion   State Shinto became official religion   People forced to practice it and admit that the Emperor was divine   Those who opposed were persecuted   Buddhism still remained

20. Culture   Had shoguns   Different diseases are around   Increased attention to children   Reformers, child experts, and well educated mothers top the upper-class a model of childhood that gave children space for reading, playing etc.

21. Interactions   Wars with Russia and China   Japan participated in World War 1 on Allied side   Japan also bombed Pearl Harbor in the USA   America bombed Japan

22. Postwar Japan (1945-present day) Politcal   Transformed into a democratic state   Constitution of Japan   Became economic power state   US want to Japan to establish democratic self- government   Also wanted Japan to be a peaceful nation

23. Economy   Rice patties   Powerful labor unions   Economy continued to boom   Steel working, car manufacturing, and manufacturing of electronic goods   Had growing trade surplus

24. Religion   Buddhism   Shinto abolished   Christianity   Many missionaries came to Japan

25. Culture   Social reform   Japanese officials   Worked in factories   Had an emperor

26. Interactions   Japan had a surplus of trade   Made an alliance with the USA   Cold War   Treaty of Peace with Japan   Vietnam War

27. Continuity Political   Heian Culture

28. Changes Political   Revolutions   Great China influence to Japan establishing own culture

29. Continuities Economy   Agriculture   Trade

30. Change Economy   Non westernizing to westernizing   Only farming to having factories and farming

31. Continuity Religion   Shintoism   Buddhism

32. Changes Religion   Having only two religions to many different types   From emperors trying to convert people to Shintoism to bringing Christian missionaries

33. Continuity Culture   Art   Literature

34. Change Culture   Push on kids to go to school   Feudalism

35. Continuity Interactions   Trade continued   Ideas of China into Japan

36. Change Interactions   Wars with different countries to trying to be peaceful   From having no alliances to making alliances with countries

37. Japan vs. China Culture Comparison   Both want children to study and do well in school   Both are family oriented

38. Japan vs. China Culture Contrast   Japanese are very quiet because they find it a good manner, and Chinese are loud   Japan more westernized, and industrialized than China

39. China vs. Japan Similarities   Cultures are mostly the same

40. China vs. Japan   China is communist, and Japan is capitalist   China has more ethnic minorities than Japan