First Samurai Government

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Across
  1. 1. Kamakura and its warriors were bound by a _____ system.
  2. 5. The vassal gives his loyalty to the lord, and the lord gives back _____ and rewards such as land.
  3. 10. Each Shugo took care of a _____.
  4. 11. The Imperial Family had the most _____ blood of all.
  5. 12. Each _____ was given a piece of land.
  6. 13. The _____ Court was in Kyoto.
  7. 16. The Shugo were _____ governors.
  8. 17. Shogun became the title of the _____ of Kamakura, and for the rest of the Kamakura Period.
  9. 18. Yoritomo was the only shogun that held real _____ and used it.
  10. 20. A jitō could break local laws and the _____ could do nothing about it except open a lawsuit.
  11. 22. Jitō _____ their powers and broke laws and bullied the locals all the time.
  12. 24. If you came from a ____ status house, the sky was the limit, you could marry into the Imperial Family.
  13. 25. The _____ tried to stay out of the Court’s hair unless it was really necessary.
  14. 27. Most of _____’s influence was in the west.
  15. 28. The _____, or the Board of Administration, was the most important.
  16. 29. People sent endless _____ to Kamakura.
  17. 31. The _____ was the Bureau of Investigation.
  18. 33. Jitō collected taxes, managed the land, and served as local _____.
  19. 35. The lord-vassal relationship was supposed to be a relationship that _____ both sides.
  20. 36. The samurai _____ was the Board of Samurai.
  21. 38. Yoritomo never intended for the shogun title to be the symbol of _____.
  22. 40. Direct vassals of the shogun were very high _____.
  23. 41. The shogunate rewarded its _____ with Jitō positions, giving them land to manage and collect income from.
  24. 43. If you listen to your heart and work hard, you too can become _____.
Down
  1. 2. The _____ and Shugo had a lot of the same duties.
  2. 3. It was a _____ marketing network of samurai leaders and vassals, with the shogun at the top.
  3. 4. The Hōjō clan ruled as regents to mostly _____ shoguns.
  4. 6. The man who came out the winner in the war was _____ no Yoritomo.
  5. 7. It was the Hōjō clan that _____ the title of shogun with gold.
  6. 8. When you hear the word _____, you automatically think of powers passed down within a family.
  7. 9. The first _____ government in Japan was founded in 1185, after a civil war.
  8. 14. Yoritomo was legitimate because he came from the main branch of the _____.
  9. 15. The shogun eventually became a _____.
  10. 16. The jitō were land _____.
  11. 19. The Hōjō realized that the next best thing was being _____.
  12. 21. Why did _____ agree to share power?
  13. 23. The military _____ was in Kamakura.
  14. 24. At some point, the Hōjō clan sneaked in the _____, or the Board of Councillors.
  15. 26. When the boy grew old enough to learn _____, they kicked him out of office and found another boy.
  16. 30. The _____ was the head of this new military government.
  17. 32. Which _____ you were born to pretty much determined your life and your career.
  18. 34. Now this chart makes it look like there was clear _____ of powers between the different parts of the government.
  19. 37. Most of _____’s influence was in the east.
  20. 39. If you came from a low status house, you married into some other _____ house.
  21. 42. The lord-vassal relationship was a _____ contract that both sides had to honor.