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Japan under shoguns

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Shogun The Japanese emperor’s chief military adviser and hereditary commander-in-chief, with the duty to protect Japan from foreign invasion
Samurai The warrior class in Japan, paid military soldiers.
Seppuku A ritual suicide performed by Samurai warriors.
Bushido Strict code of honour followed by Japanese samurai.
Daimyo A great feudal lord of Japan during the Classical and shogunate periods
Katana single-edged sword having a curvature of the blade.
Archipelago a large group or cluster of islands.
Emperor Figurehead without real political power.
Who are the 3 unifiers of Japan? Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyusu.
Who is the ruler of the Mongols during the Mongol invasion? Koblai Khan.
What are the 4 islands of Japan? Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.
Name 7 martial arts Samurai had to learn Archery, the spear, fencing, horse riding, military strategy, use of firearms and jujutsu techniques.
Who was the SHI? Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai and Ronin.
Who was the NO? Peasants.
Who was the KO? Artisans.
Who was the SHO? Merchants.
Regent A person appointed to rule a country if a monarch is too young or ill to do so.
Ronin Ronin is a term used to describe a samurai who no longer had a lord, either through his lord's downfall, or through the loss of his lord's favour.
Why did the Samurai ultimately disappear from Japan? The samurai disappeared due to traditional samurai skills and unarmed combat were no longer effective.
Kamikaze The divine winds that struck the Mongols on their way to invade Hakarta Bay.
What do the Japanese mean by 'divine intervention' The Japanese believed the typhoon and divine winds hat destroyed Mongol vessels/ships were sent by God.
What 2 years were Japanese vessels/boats destroyed? 1274 and 1281.
How many samurai and fighting men did Japan organise to defend Hakarta Bay? 40,000.
Tribute is intended to show gratitude, respect or admiration.
Kote armoured glove like sleeves which extended to the shoulder.
Do a chest armour made up of iron and or leather plates of various sizes and shapes with pendants.
Sunete shin guards made from iron splints connected together by chain armour.
Wakizashe shorter sword worn on the side of the main sword.
What were Samurai's 2 main responsibilities often referred to as? 'the pen and the sword.'
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