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A chain of islands
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archipelago
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A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
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tsunami
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A chain of islands
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A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
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A Japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits
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a divine being in the Shinto religion.
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a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative
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Japan's first capital city, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an.
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adopting or adapting some cultural traits but discarding others
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in the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing syllables
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a tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western Pacific
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The 'divine wind,' which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away from their shores in 1281.
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The era in Japanese history from A.D. 794-1185, arts and writing flourished during this time
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Perhaps Japan's greatest author, a woman active at the Heian court who is best known for The Tale of Genji, which she wrote around 1000 C.E.
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written by Murasaki Shikibu
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famous work written by Murasaki Shikibu
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society in Japan led by an emperor but power in the hands of the shoguns
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In feudal Japan, a noble similar to a duke. They were the military commanders and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries while the Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure.
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The Japanese system of centralized government under a shogun, who exercised actual power while the emperor was reduced to a figurehead.
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A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
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Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.
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The Feudal Japanese code of honor among the warrior class.
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local military rulers
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The second of Japan's military governments headed by a shogun (a military ruler). Sometimes called the Muromachi Shogunate.
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united under the leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi after the Ashikaga Shogunate
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General under Nobanga; suceeded as leading military power in Japan; continued efforts to break power of daimyos; constucted a series of military alliances that made him the military master of Japan in 1590; died in 1598.
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was a semi-feudal government of Japan in which one of the shoguns unified the country under his family's rule. They moved the capital to Edo, which now is called Tokyo. This family ruled from Edo until 1868 when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.
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a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition.
