Japan Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. form of poetry
  2. 5. warrior who agreed to fight for nobles
  3. 8. the oldest type of play
  4. 9. head of a group
  5. 10. powerful military lords
  6. 13. chain of islands
  7. 16. wrote The Tale of Genji
  8. 19. Yamato prince who ruled on behalf of his aunt
  9. 20. commander of military forces
  10. 21. Japanese capital city in the early 700ADs
  11. 24. class of people holding exceptional rank and privilege
  12. 25. mental exercise to reach greater spiritual awareness
  13. 26. belief that humans, plants, rocks, rivers all have a spirit
  14. 28. one of the major Buddhist sects
Down
  1. 2. general who resisted Kamakura emperor and named himself Shogun
  2. 3. book describing the romances and adventures of a Japanese prince
  3. 4. samurai code of conduct
  4. 5. "way of the spirits"
  5. 6. group of merchants or craftspeople during medival times
  6. 7. of or relating to a god
  7. 11. typhoons or "divine winds"
  8. 12. Japanese warrior women
  9. 14. nature spirits
  10. 15. commander of the Minamoto forces
  11. 17. religious groups
  12. 18. bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
  13. 22. person under the protection of a lord
  14. 23. simple wooden building built for religious purposes
  15. 27. lengthy fiction book