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Japan Vocab
Vocab about Japan
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nobles | The people who led Japan |
| Nara | A Japanese City based upon the chinese city of Chang'an |
| Shinto | The Japanese religion based around nature spirits |
| Buddhism | A religion that the Japanese adopted that teaches to be a good person |
| Kana | The main form of Japanese writing. Based on chinese Kanji |
| Tanka | A form of Japanese poetry. It has a patern of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. |
| Buddha Sculpture | There were many different buddha sculptures. They came from India to China to Korea, and finally to Japan |
| Pagoda | A building with a slanted roof. It usually had 3, 5, 7, or 9 roofs. |
| Sho | This instrument, along with others, came to Japan from China. It is a mouth organ that was shaped like a phoenix. |
| Prince Shotoku | A leader in Japan who caused many things from other countries to be adapted in Japan. |
| cultural diffusion | sharing certain aspects of one culture with another culture. |
| elements of culture | objects ideas and customs |
| regent | one who rules in the name of another |
| imperial | belonging or related to an emperor |
| aristocracy | a ruling class of noble families |