The document summarizes key periods and developments in feudal Japan. It describes the Yamato period from 300-710 CE when Japanese rulers began adopting Chinese culture, including Confucianism, language, Buddhism, art, and government structure. Prince Shotoku from 573-621 CE further promoted these adoptions and created a new government and 17 Article Constitution. The Heian period from 794-1156 CE saw the growth of estates and refinement of court life, as well as the development of literature and arts influenced by China. The Kamakura period began in 1185 CE with the establishment of a shogunate under Minamoto Yoritomo and a feudal system similar to Europe developed.

2. Feudal
Japan

3. Yamato Period: 300-710
“Great Kings” era

4. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
“Great Kings” era

5. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
“Great Kings” era

6. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
“Great Kings” era

7. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
a Buddhist sects.
“Great Kings” era

8. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
a Buddhist sects.
a Chinese art & architecture.
“Great Kings” era

9. Yamato Period: 300-710
Began promoting the adoption
of Chinese culture:
a Confucianism.
a Language (kanji characters).
a Buddhist sects.
a Chinese art & architecture.
a Government structure.
“Great Kings” era

10. Prince Shotoku: 573-621

11. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.

12. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.
a Buddhist sects
allowed to develop.

13. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.
a Buddhist sects
allowed to develop.
a Created a new
government
structure:

14. Prince Shotoku: 573-621
a Adopted Chinese
culture and
Confucianism.
a Buddhist sects
allowed to develop.
a Created a new
government
structure:
 17 Article
Constitution
in 604. 

15. Heian Period: 794-1156

16. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:

17. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.

18. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.

19. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]

20. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
 ETIQUETTE. 

21. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
 ETIQUETTE. 
a Personal diaries

22. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
 ETIQUETTE. 
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]

23. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
 ETIQUETTE. 
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
a Great novel

24. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
 ETIQUETTE. 
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
a Great novel
e The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
Shikibu [1000 pgs.+] 

25. Heian Period: 794-1156
Characteristics:
a Growth of large landed estates.
a Arts & literature of China
flourished.
a Elaborate court life [highly refined]
 ETIQUETTE. 
a Personal diaries
e The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon [10c]
a Great novel
e The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
Shikibu [1000 pgs.+] 
a Moving away from Chinese models in
religion, the arts, and government. 

26. Heian Period:
Cultural Borrowing

27. Heian Period:
Cultural Borrowing
1.Chinese writing.

28. Heian Period:
Cultural Borrowing
1.Chinese writing.
2.Chinese artistic styles.

29. Heian Period:
Cultural Borrowing
1.Chinese writing.
2.Chinese artistic styles.
3.Buddhism [in the form of
ZEN].

30. Heian Period:
Cultural Borrowing
1.Chinese writing.
2.Chinese artistic styles.
3.Buddhism [in the form of
ZEN].
4.BUT, not the Chinese civil
service system! 

32. Heian Court Dress

33. The Pillow Book
by Sei Shonagon (diary)

34. The Pillow Book
by Sei Shonagon (diary)

35. Tale of Genji (first novel)

36. Tale of Genji Scroll
(first novel)

37. Lady Murasaki Shikibu
She contributed much to the Japanese script known as kana,
while men wrote with Chinese characters, kanji.

38. Minamoto Yoritomo
Founded the Kamakura Shogunate:
1185-1333

39. Feudal
Society

40. The emperor
reigned, but did
not always rule! Feudal
Society

41. Feudalism

42. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system
based on loyalty, the holding of land,
and military service.
Japan:
Food

43. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system
based on loyalty, the holding of land,
and military service.
Japan:
Shogun
Land - Shoen Loyalty
Land - Shoen Daimyo Daimyo Loyalty
Samurai Samurai Samurai Food
Protection
Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

44. Code of Bushido

45. Code of Bushido
* Fidelity

46. Code of Bushido
* Fidelity
* Politeness

47. Code of Bushido
* Fidelity
* Politeness
* Virility

48. Code of Bushido
* Fidelity
* Politeness
* Virility
* Simplicity

49. Seppuku:
Ritual Suicide
It is honorable to
die in this way. Kaishaku – his
“seconds”

50. Full Samurai Attire

51. Samurai Sword

52. Early Mounted
Samurai Warriors

53. Underpinnings: Basic Steps
in Self Defense

54. Underpinnings: Basic Steps
in Self Defense
A COTTON BREECH CLOUT
that extended up over the
chest was the basic
undergarment of a samurai’s
costume

55. Underpinnings: Basic Steps
in Self Defense
A COTTON BREECH CLOUT A SHORT SLEEVED KIMONO,
that extended up over the or “armor robe,” was tied
chest was the basic snugly at the waist with a
undergarment of a samurai’s special knot (lower right)
costume

57. BILLOWING
PANTALOONS,
worn over the
armor robe,
fitted loosely in
the legs to
allow freedom
of movement

58. BILLOWING
PANTALOONS,
worn over the
armor robe,
fitted loosely in
the legs to
allow freedom
of movement
STURDY
SHINGUARDS
of cloth or
leather were
reinforced with
strips of iron
to give
protection
from the front

59. BILLOWING
PANTALOONS,
worn over the
armor robe,
fitted loosely in
the legs to
allow freedom
of movement
AN EXQUISITE
BROCADE, richly
STURDY
worked with a
SHINGUARDS design of peonies,
of cloth or was one of the
leather were extravagant
reinforced with materials used in
strips of iron an armor robe that
to give may have been
protection made for a 14th
from the front Century imperial

60. Samurai Charging

61. Feudalism

62. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on
loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.
Europe:

63. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on
loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.
Europe:
King
Land - Fief Loyalty
Land - Fief Lord Lord Loyalty
Knight Knight Knight Food
Protection
Peasant Peasant Peasant Peasant

64. Code of Chivalry

65. Code of Chivalry
* Justice

66. Code of Chivalry
* Justice
* Loyalty

67. Code of Chivalry
* Justice
* Loyalty
* Defense

68. Code of Chivalry
* Justice
* Loyalty
* Defense
* Courage

69. Code of Chivalry
* Justice
* Loyalty
* Defense
* Courage
* Faith

70. Code of Chivalry
* Justice
* Loyalty
* Defense
* Courage
* Faith
* Humility

71. Code of Chivalry
* Justice
* Loyalty
* Defense
* Courage
* Faith
* Humility
* Nobility

72. Medieval Warriors
vs.
European knight Samurai Warrior

73. Medieval Warriors
vs.
Knight’s Armor Samurai Armor

74. Zen Buddhism
a A Japanese
variation of the
Mahayana form
of Buddhism,
which came from
India through
China.
a It reinforced the
Bushido values of
mental and
self-discipline.

75. Mongol
“Invasions”
of Japan
4,400 ships and 140,000 men, but kamikaze
winds stopped them.

76. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573

77. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.

78. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.
a Laws are unclear.

79. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.
a Laws are unclear.
a Less efficient than the
Kamakura.

80. Ashikaga Age:
1338-1573
► Shoguns fought for power.
a Laws are unclear.
a Less efficient than the
Kamakura.
a Armies of samurai protected
the country. 

81. C
A
S
T
L
E
S

82. Osaka Castle

83. Main Gate of
Hiroshima Castle

84. Caernorfon Castle,
Wales

85. Warwick Castle, England

86. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)

87. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.

88. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
a Power shifts from above to
below.

89. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
a Power shifts from above to
below.
a Europeans arrive in Japan 
bringing firearms & Christianity.

90. The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
a Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
a Power shifts from above to
below.
a Europeans arrive in Japan 
bringing firearms & Christianity.
a Christianity & foreign trade
flourish.

91. Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)
a Banishes the last Ashikaga shogun.
a Unifies a large part of Japan.

93. Catholic Jesuits in Japan
St. Francis Xavier
[First Catholic Missionaries in Asia]

94. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)

95. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)
a Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.

96. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)
a Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.
a Orders all European
missionaries expelled
from Japan. 

97. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1536-1598)
a Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.
a Orders all European
missionaries expelled
from Japan. 
a Tries to invade
Korea, but fails.

98. First Christian Martyrs
(1597): Shrine in Nagasaki
Today

99. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)

100. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.

101. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class! 

102. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class! 
 Warriors.

103. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class! 
 Warriors.
 Farmers.

104. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class! 
 Warriors.
 Farmers.
 Artisans.

105. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
a Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
a Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class! 
 Warriors.
 Farmers.
 Artisans.
 Merchants.

106. Tokugawa Shogunate Period

107. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 

108. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.

109. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.

110. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.

111. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.

112. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
a Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.

113. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
a Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
a Merchant class becomes rich! 

114. Tokugawa Shogunate Period
a Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese]. 
 The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
a Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
a The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
a Domestic trade flourishes.
a Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
a Merchant class becomes rich! 
a New art forms  haiku poetry, kabuki
theater.