Across
- 1. leader of the clans
- 5. one of the first things that Japan learned about from China and Korea
- 6. Japan didn't have what
- 8. Countries that Japan learned about
- 10. the traditional religion of Japan
- 14. served as a regent from 593 to 621 for his aunt, the empress
- 15. culture that Shotoku admired
- 17. rulers of Yamato; claimed to have a glorious family history, and they believed that they were descended from the goddess of the sun
- 18. religion brought to Japan by Korea; Shotoku was this religion
- 19. person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule
- 20. Shotoku wanted Japan's to be like China's
Down
- 2. largest island; mainly took over by the Yamato
- 3. large group of islands located east o the Asian mainland
- 4. nature spirits
- 7. most powerful kami
- 8. extended families
- 9. culture that developed in Japan; thought that they came from Siberia; looked different from other people in Japan
- 11. people who lived south of the Ainu; lived in small farming villages
- 12. taught that fathers should rule their families, wives should obey the husband, children should obey their parents, and younger brothers should obey older brothers
- 13. where the Ainu were driven to
- 16. what the Japanese lived on
