-religion=became art form

-reflected love of elaborate rituals

-no time/money

-Pure land Buddhism=very popular/common ritual

-zen=popular new form of buddhism (arrived from China)

 (How did they use up their free time, what did they do?)

-Late 1100’s= Heian was great center of japanese art/literature

-powerful nobles fought for land

-rebels=fought against imperial officials

(What is Heian?)

-daimyo=Japan’s large landowners (protected land)

-samurai=trained professional warriors

-wore light armor/fought with swords

-samurai meaning in Japanese=”to serve”

-most powerful samurai= land for service

(Who came on to the Japanese on a ship?)

-figurehead-a person who appears to rule even though real power rests with someone else's

-shogun-a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name

-many nobles unhappy with Japan’s government

-two powerful clans in 1150’s= fought for almost 30 years

-destroyed land and property (tearing families apart)

(Who ran the nation of Japan?)

-samurai warriors= most central to Japanese society

-samurais were treated with respect

-couldn’t attend certain types of entertainment (theater)

-disrespected samurai= could be killed

(What did the samurai's clothing influence in japan?)

-all samurais had to follow strict codes (taught them how to behave)

-Bushido-the samurai code of rules (way of the warrior)

-men/women (from samurai families) followed Bushido

-requirements for Bushido in samurai’s= brave/honorable

-samurai families learned how to fight (only men went to war)

-samurais required to be loyal

-obeyed lord=sense of honor

(What is Bushido mean to japan?)

-Bushido=influenced japanese society

-Samurai’s dedication/disciplines admired in Japan

-loyalty/honor=central ideas of samurai code

(What was the samurai code?)