Across
- 3. System where officials are ranked by importance
- 5. Japanese clan that ruled most of Japan in the 500s
- 7. A chain of islands
- 9. Large island where Tokyo is located
- 11. Nature spirits worshipped in Shinto
- 12. Japanese capital city built during the Nara period
- 15. Philosophy that influenced Prince Shotoku
- 16. First emperor of Japan according to legend
Down
- 1. Being separated from others
- 2. Prince who helped reform Japan’s government
- 4. Early group that brought farming and rice to Japan
- 6. Religion known as the “Way of the Spirits”
- 8. Crust Landform that causes earthquakes in Japan
- 10. Period when China strongly influenced Japan
- 13. Plan of government created by Prince Shotoku
- 14. Belief that spirits live in nature