1. AIM: HOW CAN JAPANESE FEUDALISM BE COMPARED TO EUROPEAN FEUDALISM
AIM: HOW CAN JAPANESE FEUDALISM BE COMPARED TO EUROPEAN FEUDALISM? MOTIVATION
WRITE, TURN, & DISCUSS DESCRIBE YOUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF JAPAN

3. I. KAMAKURA PERIOD C.E.
a. Minamoto Yoritomo: founder, considered beginning of Medieval Japan. Chinese influence declined, increased influence of court system, and development of Feudalism emerged in Japan.

4. III. JAPANESE FEUDALISM
a. Political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, land holdings, & military serve/protection.
b. Samurai warriors lived by a CODE OF BUSHIDO which demanded courage, loyalty, deity, fairness, & honor.
1. Code also stressed self-discipline and death over life, and loyalty to shogun and emperor.
c. The Samurai also performed SEPPUKU: Ritual suicide that allowed death with honor.

5. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS PROMPT:
IN GROUPS OF 2/3 MEMBERS THOROUGHLY ANSWER (WITH SUPPORTIVE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT) THE FOLLOWING PROMPT:
“From the 9th to the 15th centuries, Japanese and European society was increasingly feudal in nature. Analyze the similarities and differences in the nature of feudalism in these two regions.”
2. YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR ANALYSIS TO YOUR PEERS.