Across
- 3. one of the lowest social groups in Japan, did work seen as unclean, like butchery and handling the dead
- 4. the family that ruled Japan as shoguns from 1603 to 1868
- 5. a religion from India that spread to Japan, teaching the path to enlightenment
- 7. the ruler who was the symbolic head of Japan, with little real power during the Shogunate
- 8. the powerful military leader who actually ruled Japan
- 9. the “divine wind,” a typhoon that helped Japan defeat Mongol invasions
- 10. the strict code of honour and behaviour that samurai followed
Down
- 1. the system of loyalty and land exchange that structured medieval Japanese society
- 2. the warrior class in feudal Japan, known for their swords, armour and loyalty
- 3. the capital built up by the Tokugawa shoguns, today known as Tokyo
- 6. large landowners who controlled regions and commanded their own samurai armies
- 8. Japan’s traditional religion, based on nature spirits called kami