Puzzle

3. – Skilled Japanese warriors who served their daimyo and followed a strict code of honour called Bushido.
5. – The European knight’s code of conduct, similar to Bushido, with values like honour, loyalty, and protecting the weak.
7. – A social and political system where land is owned by a small number of powerful people, and others serve them in return for protection and the right to work the land. Power is organised in a strict hierarchy.
9. – A farmer or agricultural worker at the bottom of the social hierarchy, who worked the land and provided food for society.
11. – Private estates or pieces of land in Japan that were owned by nobles, temples, or shrines, and often free from government control.
12. – The military government of Japan during the shogunate period. The word means “tent government,” referring to the Shogun’s military camp.
13. – A person of high rank who controlled land and people. In Japan, this would be similar to a daimyo.
15. – The samurai’s code of honour, focusing on loyalty, courage, self-discipline, and respect.

1. – A person who owes loyalty and service to someone higher in the feudal system, often in exchange for land or protection. In Japan, samurai were vassals to their daimyo.
2. – In European feudalism, a piece of land given by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service. The Japanese version would be land controlled by a daimyo.
4. – A person who buys and sells goods for profit. In Shogunate Japan, merchants were low in social status because they did not produce goods themselves.
6. – A European warrior who served a lord in return for land or payment. The Japanese equivalent would be the samurai.
8. – Relating to the Middle Ages (roughly 500–1500 CE). In Japan, the medieval period overlaps with the time of the shoguns.
10. – The military ruler of Japan who held the real power, even though the Emperor was officially the leader.
14. – Powerful Japanese lords who controlled large areas of land and commanded their own samurai armies. They pledged loyalty to the Shogun.