Shogunate Japan - Glossary of Terms

a chain, cluster or group of islands

a Japanese medieval warrior; meaning one who serves

the Japanese art of paper folding

a very large wave often caused by earthquakes in the ocean

a Japanese religion which believes in kami

a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in 1684.

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a masterless samurai

a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century

a lord of Japanese medieval society; he gave his loyalty to the shogun

a type of government in Japan that gave all power to the military ruler or shogun

ideas, customs and social behaviour that remains or has been handed down in history

the strict code that the samurai were expected to live and die by

in theory the military head of Japan, but in reality the political ruler of the country

a system of social and political organisation common in medieval times