Japan Review

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Across
  1. 3. A golden age of art and culture in Japan
  2. 5. Person who was able to finally unite Japan following ending its warring period
  3. 8. Gates that mark the entrance of a shrine or sacred space
  4. 11. Current capital of Japan
  5. 13. system of government where there is an order of allegiance
  6. 15. Japanese warriors, name means “to serve”
  7. 17. Supreme military leader
  8. 18. Capital of Japan during the Heian Period
  9. 22. The medieval name for Tokyo
  10. 24. Traditional gowns worn by Japanese women
  11. 27. The spread and sharing of culture between interacting civilizations
  12. 28. Natural disaster caused by Japan’s location on the “Ring of Fire”
  13. 29. Nature spirits
  14. 30. This religion gains popularity in Japan and mixes with tradition
  15. 31. Largest island in Japan
Down
  1. 1. Japanese writing system that used simplified Chinese characters
  2. 2. Japanese demon or monster spirit
  3. 4. World’s first novel
  4. 6. A string of islands
  5. 7. Person responsible for bringing Chinese and Korean influences to Japan
  6. 9. Japan’s traditional religious belief
  7. 10. A popular type of Japanese theater performance
  8. 12. Japanese warlord who started the reunification of Japan
  9. 14. Warring period of Japan was called
  10. 16. Divine wind which helped Japan repel Mongol invasions
  11. 19. Type of Japanese Poetry - 5 syllables/ 7 syllables/ 5 syllables
  12. 20. First Japanese writing system that used Chinese characters
  13. 21. Giant waves that are caused by earthquakes
  14. 23. Landowning warlords who pledges loyalty to a Shogun
  15. 25. Code of conduct which samurai lived by
  16. 26. Tallest mountain in Japan