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feudal japan
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term | Definition |
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bakufu system | A system of the warrior class |
emperor | a ruler of an empire |
shogun | a military dictator who controls everything, emperor still "has power" |
Daimyo | a ruler under the shogun, controls county sized chunks of land |
Samurai | a warrior under the daimyo, hired to protect land and other valuables |
Unification | being unified, under the same rule or set of ideas |
zen Buddhism | a form of Buddhism specific to japan and china focuses on meditation |
Cultural borrowing | taking cultural ideas from another group and blending them with your own |
Amida Buddhism | form of Buddhism, focuses on repetitiveness |
Bushido | code of the samurai; loyalty, courage, veracity, compassion, and honor |