Across
- 4. considered the lowest class in society. their job was to trade and sell goods
- 10. traditional long sword of the samurai
- 11. a societal structure based on the exchange of land for service or labor
- 16. the supreme ruler over japan, he was looked up to by all his people, but held very little power
- 17. the importance of connection
- 18. a shoguns government
- 20. the warrior class of japan, which included shoguns, daimyo and samurai
- 21. a quiet way of concentrating and emptying the mind of all thoughts
- 22. generic term for body armor
- 23. a great leader who was the most powerful under the shogun
- 24. ritual suicide: the act of killing one's self by slitting open his belly
- 25. military ruler of japan
- 26. a place of worship
- 28. the spirits in living and non living things
Down
- 1. japans indigenous religion
- 2. bow, a weapon of choice used by the samurai
- 3. short sword carried with the katana by the samurai
- 5. a formal procedure
- 6. the place in which the great battle between kojiro and musashi commenced
- 7. a worker skilled in a certain trade, eg.clothes-making or swords-making
- 8. a military commander
- 9. the traditional helmet of the samurai
- 12. "one who serves" the traditional warrior class of japan until 1876
- 13. early military governors of provinces in kamakura period
- 14. a worker who provided food for the community eg.Farmer or fisherman
- 15. a warrior code of honor
- 17. an amount of rice equal to the amount one man eats in a year
- 19. a close-fitting cover for the katana
- 21. expert Japanese swordsman who's last battle was with kojiro
- 27. a master less samurai