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- 5. highest ranking figure in feudal Japan, although he had little power compared to the shoguns and daimyo
- 7. skilled craftsmen class which ranked below the peasants, but above merchants
- 11. a classical form of Japanese theater that began during the Edo period
- 13. ancient Japanese warrior class
- 15. a Japanese phonetic lettering system
- 17. a specific form of poetry with three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable structure
- 19. military dictators of Japan during the feudal period
- 22. religion that spread to Japan via Korea in the 6th century
- 23. the farmer class which ranked above the artisans and merchants
- 24. military government headed by the shogun
- 25. a line of hereditary rules
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- 1. buddhist warrior monks
- 2. name for distinctly shaped gate that marks the entrance of a shinto shrine
- 3. fuji, an important sacred symbol of Japan
- 4. ritual suicide practiced by samurai for various reasons
- 6. the lowest class in ancient Japan social system
- 8. a samurai without a lord or master
- 9. group of outcasts in ancient Japan
- 10. a great lord who was a vassal of the shogun
- 12. codes of honor that dictated the Samurai way of life
- 14. another ancient theater form it is more music based than Kabuki
- 16. law, Chinese teaching that spread to Japan and governed many aspects of feudal Japan
- 18. a leader who exercises control over a territory by means of military power
- 19. religion that originated in Japan involving many deities
- 20. period, a time of relative peace and stability in feudal Japan from 1600-1868
- 21. system, a social system where people are given land and protection in reutrn for fighting for people of higher rank