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Clara and Amanda Directions: Click on the website and answer the questions about the shogun and samuari

Japanese Feudalism 1.What is a Shogun? The hereditary commander of the Japanese army who until 1867 exercised absolute rule under the nominal leadership of the emperor.

2.What is the fighting style of the Samurai? Samurai were members of the hereditary warrior class in Japan. The early samurai defended the aristocrats' estates in the provinces. The samurai wore a protective helmet & armor. They used two curved swords, one long and one short. 3.Is there a code of honor of the Samurai? Yes there is a code called Bushido 4.What is Seppuku? is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai.

1.You need to find out the general history of the Ninja Ninja were in the Chinese culture, they were during the 16th century; know as the "Golden Age of Ninjitsu.", In Japan they were having constant war, The Emperor decided to take elites samurai and give them special training to protect him from invasions.

2. Fighting style of the ninja
 * -Bottou Jutsu- An all offensive style used by bigger men, or men that attack without defense. A very powerful style to learn.
 * -Gangu Hieriy-An all defensive stance that is used to fight of attackers. The user defendes until the time is right but has low grade attacks. Very useful.
 * -Tekki Shuzu- A mid-leveled stance that mixes defense with attack.

3.Weapons of the ninja
 * blow darts
 * Nunchakus
 * shuriken
 * makibishi (small metal spikes placed on the ground)
 * katana
 * kusarigama
 * sai
 * black eggs (eggs filled with crushed glass to blind the opponent)



4. Famous ninja in history Sasuke Sarutobi: //Sarutobi// (Monkey Jump) was a ninja renowned for his acrobatic abilities and absolute loyalty. It was said that he lived in the trees with monkeys, and his athletic ability was such that he could dodge the fastest warrior, ducking and jumping around a sword slash. One famous story was when he was sent by his master to spy on the shogun, who had declared his master a rebel.

Hattori Hanzou Masashige, who was a ninja loyal to the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu saw the death of Sarutobi,

5. Yin and Yang represent the two opposite principles in nature. Yin characterizes the feminine or negative nature of things and yang stands for the masculine or positive side. Yin and yang are in pairs, such as the moon and the sun, female and male, dark and bright, cold and hot, passive and active, etc. But yin and yang are not static or just two separated things. The nature of yin yang lies in interchange and interplay of the two components.

Directions: Click on the website and answer the activity questions 1.Give a general definition of Feudalism? A political system in which nobles are granted to the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty military service and protection of the people who live on the land. 2. How did Japans isolation affect its feudal system?Did it prolong or shorten it? Why or why not? Japan was by itself or isolated. By it being alone, they weren't open to seeing different ideas in society therefore, prolonging their ideal system, feudalism. 3. What does Bushido mean? What is the Bushido philosophy? How is it similar to European Chivalry? Bushido stressed courage and loyalty, self discipline and simple living. It meant the way of warrior. The Japanese Samurai warriors were well known for valuing their honor above all things in the same way as medieval knights of Europe who valued their honor. 5.Give the class structure of both cultures during feudalism, Explain the duties of each class. They both had a rigid class structure. Peasants were farm workers. Knights did the fighting, nobles helped the king run the country and the king had total power over the country. Japanese- Merchants sell things.

Japanese Feudal System

4.Describe the relationship between the warrior class and the ruling class in Japan and Europe. Both had a rigid class structure. Warriors job was to protect each estate just like the knights in Europe. The ruling class had total power over all the citizens. 6. Now that you have a good over view of of feudalism in both cultures, you need to judge of them, which one had a greater negative effect on the culture? why ? Feudalism in both cultures both had a negative effect on the cultures because the king or the shogun had total power over the estate and all the lower class. The citizens had no rights, no money, they could not travel without consent. There was no real education or inventions happening the system because all they ever did was fight and farm. Nothing positive came out at this time period.

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