Across
- 3. Provincial military governors appointed by the shogun (5)
- 4. Elite warrior class serving the daimyo (7)
- 6. Japan’s symbolic monarch during a Shogunate (7)
- 7. An extended family group sharing a common ancestor (4)
- 9. Estate managers of the shogunate (4)
- 12. Samurai government ruling Japan 1185-1868 (9)
- 13. Japan’s classical golden age period starting in 794 (5)
- 15. Scarce but vital resource for agriculture in Japan (8)
- 16. Kamakura shogunate founder Minamoto No ______(8)
Down
- 1. Military ruler who exercised real power in Japan (6)
- 2. Powerful noble family dominating Heian politics (8)
- 5. Japan’s island chain (11)
- 8. One who ruled temporarily for a child emperor (6)
- 10. Fertile agricultural area controlled by the Yamato tribe 300-400 CE (11)
- 11. Term for a noble lord under the shogun (6)
- 14. City that was the imperial capital during the Heian period (5)