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WHAP CH 13

Chapter 13 Terms

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Taika reforms Attempt to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.
Heian Japanese city later called Kyoto; built to escape influence of Buddhist monks.
Tale of Genji Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society.
Fujiwara Mid-9th-century Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.
Bushi Regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies.
Samurai Mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor.
Seppuku Ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor.
Gumpei wars Waged for five years from 1180 on Honshu between the Taira and Minamoto families; ended in destruction of the Taira.
Bakufu Military government established by the Minamoto after the Gumpei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai.
Shoguns Military leaders of the bakufu.
Hojo A warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated the Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of emperor.
Ashikaga Takuaji Member of Minamoto family; overthrew Kamakura regime and established Ashikaga Shogunate (1336-1573); drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino.
Onin War Struggle between rival heirs of Ashikaga Shogunate (1467-1477); led to warfare between rival headquarters and Kyoto and destruction of old capital.
Daimyo Warlord rulers of small states following Onin War and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded ministates.
Choson Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by the Han in 109 B.C.E.
Koguryo Tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula; adopted cultural Sinification.
Sinification Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions.
Silla Korean kingdom in the Southeast; became a vassal of the Tang and paid tribute; ruled Korea from 668.
Yi Korean dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence.
Trung sisters Leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 C.E.; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society.
Khmers and Chams Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by Northern government at Hanoi.
Nguyen Southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinhdynasty with center at Hanoi.
Kami Nature spirits of Japan.
Fujiwara Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.
Taira Powerful Japanese family in 11th and 12th centuries; competed with Minamoto family; defeated after Gempei Wars.
Minamoto Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government in 12th-century Japan.
Tribute system System in which people surrounding China sent emissaries who offered tribute to the Chinese emperor and acknowledged the superiority of the emperor and China.
Trinh Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in South.
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