Across
- 3. a Japanese ruler who encouraged cultural diffusion from countries on the Asian mainland
- 9. capital of Japan during the Heian period; modern day Kyoto
- 10. a member of a powerful warrior class in Japan
- 11. a Buddhist sect that became popular among samurai that emphasizes enlightenment through meditation and discipline
- 13. Heian noblewoman who wrote the Tale of Genji
- 14. a local lord in Japan in the era of the samurai
- 16. period of Japanese history characterized by the adoption of many ideas from China
- 17. Native people of Japan
- 18. a tower-shaped structure with several stories and upturned, tiled roofs
- 20. a Japanese religion that expresses love and respect for nature
- 21. Japan's northernmost and second largest island.
- 22. Civil war that resulted in the creation of the first shogunate, ending of the Heian Period, and Japan becoming a feudal society
- 24. daimyo warlord who tried to unite Japan after defeating powerful rival daimyo, but was betrayed by his own samurai
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- 1. the Emperor of Japan was considered a ___ throughout most of the history of Japan because he held little actual power
- 2. decentralized time period where daimyo warlords rose to power and fought each other for copntrol of Japan after the weakening of the shogunate
- 4. Japan's largest island
- 5. daimyo warlord who united Japan, became shogun, and began the Edo period of peace and prosperity
- 6. the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai
- 7. a samurai code that called on warriors to be honest, fair, and fearless
- 8. a Japanese novel and Heian masterpiece written by Murasaki Shikibu; considered one of the great works of world literature
- 12. The first Shogun of Japan
- 15. ritual suicide
- 19. famous female samurai during the Genpei War
- 20. a fief in the Japanese feudal system
- 23. capital of Japan during the Edo period; modern day Tokyo