Across
- 4. Japanese era from October, 1868 to July, 1912 [MAY-jee]
- 6. ritual suicide (also hara kiri)
- 7. location of ‘White Heron’ castle in Hyogo Prefecture [him-MEH-ji]
- 8. a samurai who had no daimyo lord, a mercenary [roh-neen]
- 10. the territory ruled by a daimyo
- 12. outcasts in Medieval Japan
- 13. the Emperor’s chief military advisor. His duty was to protect Japan from foreign
Down
- 1. warrior who served a daimyo lord [sam-oo-RYE]
- 2. “way of the Warrior”. Rules that set out correct behaviour for samurai [BU-shi-doh]
- 3. ruler of Japan who was seen as a living god
- 5. the feudal lord in charge of a domain [dye-me-oh]
- 9. samurai spy
- 10. a strongly defended castle
- 11. First shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate [me-na-maw-taw]