Japan Crossword

3. physical and ______ training
4. largely imitated _______ government
7. ritual suicide
9. "Chinese writing"; what the Japanese first used to write
13. In 710, Japan's new capital was ____ until 794
14. "Japanese painting" created by Heian artists
19. beauty and grooming were very important, something considered beautiful was _____ teeth
20. a poem with three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables
21. a form of Chinese court music
24. Japanese warriors
25. Heian period ended through _____ war
26. where Emperor Kammu finally chose to locate his empire after distrusting Buddhist priests
27. ________ Buddhism grew popular in Japan
28. for fun, men played kemari, participated in contests, and watched ____ wrestling

1. trained for ___ ceremonies
2. samurai beliefs influenced ________ pilots in WWII
5. ______ is Japan's folk religion that values nature
6. there were two main types of Buddhism that were practiced, Amida and ___
8. based on Indian stupas; seen on shrines and temples
10. warrior-lords
11. "borrowed letters"; used to write freely in Japanese
12. poem that contains 31 syllables, divided into five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables
15. The Tale of _____ is a Heian novel written by Lady Murasaki
16. chiefs that rule over clans
17. the most important family of nobles during the Heian period
18. samurai's flexible, sharp, and long
19. samurai code
22. in Heian court, the ____ main ranks were determined by birth
23. Japan's military government was led by _______, or commander-in-chiefs
28. a mouth organ in the shape of a phoenix