2. This is a introductory discussion of Japan up to 1300.
Matthew R. Whipple AP World History / Russian History Glenbrook South High School
Early Japan. 
This is a introductory discussion of Japan up to 1300.

3. The Origins of Japan
Agriculturally Based / Wet-Field Rice by 350 B.C.E.
Use of Iron
Connections to China - Han Dynasty objects found in Japan
Clan Based Warrior Aristocracy - Tribal Chiefs

4. Yamato Period (300-700) Imperial Family establishes Hegemony @300
Emperor as a Religious Figure - Amaterasu the Sun-God
Adoption of Chinese Writing / Record Keeping
Religious Expansion
Amaterasu & Shintoism
Buddhism

5. Shintoism: Kami No Michi
Shin - Gods / Tao - the Way = Shinto
Kami No Michi = The Way of the Kami
Indigenous / No Founder / No “Torah”
Kami are Japanese Deities
Sun-Goddess Amaterasu
Divinized Souls of Great persons / warriors, etc
Spirits of Places: woods, springs, rocks, mtns
Forces of Nature: fert, growth, production

7. Shintoism: The Practice
Worship at Shrines - Pass through the Torii
Purify - wash hands, rinse mouth
Make offering, call on deity, utter prayer
Special times:
Life Cycles of Individuals (Bir, Marr, Sch Exams)
Festivals / New Year, Seasons

8. The Buddha meets Shintoism
Basic Optimism about human nature / world
Kami as Bodhisattvas
Buddha as Kami
Coexistence
No Christian comparison - Wrath of God/Sin

9. Shinto Philosophy Humanity = Children of the Kami /All Sacred
Seek sincerity or “true heart”
Morality as benefits the group
Right practice, sensibility, attitude
Tradition and Family
Love of Nature / with nature is with Kami
Physical cleanliness
Desire for Peace (WWII is exception)
40% adults / 50 mil Shinto
86% Shinto and Buddhist = 107 million

10. Prince Shotoku (574-622) Pro-Buddhist / Defeats Anti-Buddha forces
The 17 Article Constitution
Rights of Ruler / Responsibilities of Ruled
Bureaucracy modeled upon China
Promoted Buddhism
Established relations with Sui
Letter "from the Emperor of the Sunrise country to the Emperor of the Sunset country”
“All is Illusion, The Buddha Alone is Real”

11. The Taika Reforms - (645)
Complete Imperial and Bureaucratic System - Tang model
Absolutist Rulers - Sons of Heaven
Outlaw Private Ownership of Land
Equal-Field System / Income Taxation
Chinese Language reinforced - dynastic histories, literature
Buddhist Construction Projects

12. The Horyuji Temple
Temple of the Flourishing Law of Buddhism

13. The Horyuji Temple

14. Nara Period (710-794) Modeled on Chang'an - No Walls!!
7 missions to China - Skilled Craftsmen
Small Pox / 30% of population
A Buddhist Monastery in every Province
Poetry
Japanese Language with Chinese characters for sound

15. Todaiji Temple

16. Daibutsu - The Great Buddha

17. The Great Buddha is Guarded

18. Heian / Fujiwara Period (794-1185)
@900 - Shift capital to Heian (Kyoto)
Tang decline = less dependence on China
Rejection of Taika / Shift back to Aristocracy
Clans Take Power /Emperor & Bureau ceremonial
Estate Building / Local Militia development
Luxury / Social Status / Acquisition of Wealth
The First Novel: Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji
In Japanese!!!

19. Medieval Japan Decentralized / Equal Field System fell into disuse
Failure to keep accurate records / Reallocate land
Chinese style bureaucracy wasn't useful tool -
Shoen - Newly Established Privately controlled estates / free from taxation
Local Lords Commended Land / Received it back as Tenants
Local Lords wielded effective power and authority in local regions
Raised Samurai armies

20. Samurai: Bushi - The Warrior Leaders Samurai - Private soldiers
Did not work - Ag surplus and peasant work paid for them
Bushido Code: The Way of the Warrior
Absolute loyalty
Honor the Gods
Fair / Generous / Sympathy for Weak and Helpless
strength, courage, aggression
Seppuku - ritual suicide / Hara-kiri - Belly slicing
Hunting, riding, archery, martial arts

21. Kamakura Shogunate / Feudal Period (1185-1333)
Emperor had no Police Force - Samurai assert power
Civil War between Taira and Minamoto clans - Gempei Wars -
Yoritomo Minamoto becomes Shogun (General in Chief)
Serve in the name of the Emperor
Bakufu- "Tent" or Military Government
Kamakura - City near Tokyo - Seat of Minamoto power
Mongols 1274 & Kamikaze