Yr8

1. By Harrison Pike

2. + The Westerners were first seen as a threat
+ The merchants were allowed to continue
business, but missionaries were not permitted
+ Christian converts who didn’t reject
Christianity were executed

3. Preachers spreading the word of God in Japan

4. Christian converts being executed in Japan

5. + The Shinto religion flourished
+ Western influence increased
+ Christianity was having an impact
+ Tea became much more popular in Japan
+ Zen aesthetics in ink art became influential

6. (From left to right) Shinto gates and the Japanese character for Shinto

7. Japanese ink art using ‘Zen Aesthetics’

8. + Lots of minor wars stimulated growth of
communication and transportation
+ Although an unstable economic period, it was
filled with growth and prosperity
+ Yoshimitsu’s trade policies opened new
horizons such as trading with Ming China

9. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogun of the Ashikage Shogunate

10. Japanese people travelling with goods for trading

11. + The government was, financially, very weak
+ There was distrust within the government
+ The samurai and the peasants were frequently
rioting against the government
+ Trading with China created serious financial
deficiencies

12. Shogun Yoshimitsu, the most prominent shogun during the Muromachi Period

13. (Left) A Japanese peasant and (Right) a Japanese samurai

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