Edo Japan Review Crossword

2. The military ruler who actually held the most power in Edo Japan.
6. The Indigenous people of northern Japan who had conflict with Japanese rulers.
7. The large landowning lords who controlled regions of Japan.
9. The Japanese writing system borrowed from Chinese characters.
10. The religion in Japan that emphasizes harmony, respect for hierarchy, and fulfilling duties.
11. The sacred spirits believed to live in nature in Shinto beliefs.
12. The Japanese religion that worships nature spirits and has no founder or sacred text.
13. Farmers who produced rice and were important in the Edo economy.
15. Continued use of this item for payment in most transactions held the economy back.
16. European traders allowed limited contact with Japan during isolation.
17. The sense of duty and obligation to one’s parents (two words).

1. The policies that isolated Japan from most of the outside world (two words).
3. Warrior class that followed a strict code of honour and served a master.
4. The ancient religion from India that focuses on spiritual development and the Four Noble Truths.
5. The artificial island where the only European traders allowed in Japan were confined.
8. The group at the very bottom of the Edo social hierarchy.
14. This group was established to find dissenters and punish them (two words).