Early Japan by Dakota Hogue Brittany Hallum Kyresha Darrough and Summer Balinger

1. By: Summer Ballinger, Dakota
Hogue, Kyresha Darrough, and
Brittany Hallum

2.  Mount Fuji is an important nation
symbol.
 The seas surrounding Japan made it
easier for ships to travel.
 Japan developed its own fiercely
independent society with it own
religion, art, literature, and govenerment.
 The vast ocean, kept Japanese people
insosalated or separated.
 Ancient Greece forced Japanese to turn
to the sea for a living.

3.  Japan-a chain of island that stretches
North to South in the Northern Pacific
Ocean.
 Hokkaido-one of the 4 largest oceans of
Japan.
 Shikoku-one of the 4 largest oceans of
Japan.
 Kyushu-one of the largest oceans in
Japan.
 Shrines-holy places.
 Kamakura-a small see side place.
 Daimyo-areas were headed by powerful
military lords.

4.  Sects-smaller religious groups
 Meditation-followers of Zen Buddhism
 Animism- Believed that all of these
things have their own spirits
 Clans- the early Japanese
 Constitution- a plan of government
 Samurai- Class of warriors in feudal
Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble
in return for land

5.  Heian-Emperor Kammu of Japan
 Minamoto Yoritomo-leader of the
Minamoto
 Ashicaga Takuji-turned against the
emperor and made himself shogun in
1993
 Jimmy-took the title “emperor of
heaven”
 Shogun-Commander of all of the
emperor’s military forces