Early Japan Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. System where officials are ranked by importance
  2. 5. Japanese clan that ruled most of Japan in the 500s
  3. 7. A chain of islands
  4. 9. Large island where Tokyo is located
  5. 11. Nature spirits worshipped in Shinto
  6. 12. Japanese capital city built during the Nara period
  7. 15. Philosophy that influenced Prince Shotoku
  8. 16. First emperor of Japan according to legend
Down
  1. 1. Being separated from others
  2. 2. Prince who helped reform Japan’s government
  3. 4. Early group that brought farming and rice to Japan
  4. 6. Religion known as the “Way of the Spirits”
  5. 8. Crust Landform that causes earthquakes in Japan
  6. 10. Period when China strongly influenced Japan
  7. 13. Plan of government created by Prince Shotoku
  8. 14. Belief that spirits live in nature