1. Aim: How did feudalism shape Japanese society?
DO Now: Copy Vocabulary
Shogun = military and political leader of Japan; “great general”
Daimyo = high-ranking samurai lords who provided the shogun with warriors in exchange for land
Samurai = lower-ranking warriors who served their daimyo in exchange for small manors
Peasants = lowest class; most taxed; worked the land for their lord.

2. Feudal Japan
“Land of the Rising Sun”

3. Terms to Know
Shogun = military and political leader of Japan; “great general”
Daimyo = high-ranking samurai lords who provided the shogun with warriors in exchange for land
Samurai = lower-ranking warriors who served their daimyo in exchange for small manors
Peasants = lowest class; most taxed; worked the land for their lord.

4. Japanese Feudal Pyramid

5. Japanese Feudal Pyramid
Shogun = military and political leader of Japan; “great general”
Daimyo = high-ranking samurai lords who provided the shogun with warriors in exchange for land
Samurai = lower-ranking warriors who served their daimyo in exchange for small manors
Peasants = lowest class; most taxed; worked the land for their lord.

6. Play
5 student volunteers to act out play in front of the classroom. At conclusion of the play, student write the names of characters next to appropriate title.
Complete questions 1-7 in writing.

7. Summary
See handout. Answer Document #1

8. Aim: How can we compare and contrast Japanese and European Feudalism?
Do Now: What you have inscribed on your own Samurai sword?
Write it on your sword on the Do-Now sheet.

9. JAPANESE FEUDAL PYRAMID
Can it be compared to Europe’s during the Middle Ages?

10. Oh, that’s right…

12. Comparing and Contrasting
Feudal Japan and
Feudal Europe
Japan
Europe

13. Student Activity: Pairwork
Document Based Questions
Working with a partner, please answer documents 1-4 on Japanese and European Feudalism.

14. Take Notes!-Please copy
Draw a table in your notebook
Make 6 Boxes down
See next 2 slides for notes

15. Compare and Contrast Area: Feudal Europe Feudal Japan
Chain mail (links,) heavy plates of steel
Iron, leather, and silk held together with leather straps
Armor
Most knights on foot, some on horses
Most samurai on foot, some on horses
Styles of battle
Sword, mace, bow and arrow, etc
Weapons
Sword mainly; some bamboo guns
“Chivalry” (courtesy, protecting serfs, loyalty to lord)
“Bushido” (give life to protect daimyo, set good examples)
Codes of Honor
Make six boxes down…

16. Compare and Contrast Latin; Clergy were literate, most others were not
Japanese; Shoguns forced most Samurai to learn
Literacy
Why did Feudalism die here?
Died around People moved off manors and into growing towns
Died in late 1800s. Shoguns adopted new technologies; Samurais were no longer needed

17. Summary
Answer the Aim

18. Rise of the Shogun Question: What was Japan like before Shoguns?
From AD, mostly peaceful and stable, and refined
Buddhism encouraged, (2 types)
Few other clans were allowed to share power
Emperor most powerful
Japanese Buddhist Temple

19. Question: Why did the Shoguns rise? By 1150, there was…
The leading clan became corrupt
Wars broke out between competing clans.
By 1185, after many exhausting wars, one leader, Yoritomo Minamoto, proved most powerful and became 1st Shogun
Emperors became just figureheads

20. A cartoon Shogun Yoritomo, 1st Shogun

21. Shoguns still have influence in Japanese culture today…