Intro
Geography
- Detached from china 15 mill years ago
- Unstable zone in an intersection of tectonic plates-
active volcanoes,
earthquakes, tsunamis
- The first humans came from Eurasian mainland 30k y a
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Fujiwara Seika-
ends up as a teacher
military families-
see themselves as social leaders and understand the
requirements of being well educated
he is a hired tutor to train them in new philos coming form the
Azuchi-
Momoyama
Azuchi-
Momoyama Period (1573-
1603)
- 1573-
end of final shogun-
some ashikaga supporters believed that he never
abandoned his title, but after he left the kyoto region, he never functionally ruled
Manchuria
single minded sect-
attacked by _ bc of their organizational abilities formed a
potential threat-
theory of the state being wary of other insts that could rise power
and take over
xtan missionaries
th
Muromachi
Muromachi shogunate (1336-
1467/1537)
1. shugo dianyo-
military govs during kamakura period-
derive positions as
military govs-
first dynasty in beginning of period
2. Kitabatake Chikafusa-
author
o book t
Religious
XVII. Christianity
1. early Jesuits
2. First converts
- Sumitada-
not rich enough to be a daimyo-
needed an annual income of 10k
koku of rice-
his domain: Kyushu-
made profits to trade with Portuguese
Practical info
rangaku-
dutch learning-
also at this time, dutch scholars introduced texts of western medicine=-
- dissection-
scholars came to observe-
discovered that the texts from dutch were
more accurate tha
Chinese
prohibitions on foreigners-
stemmed from ieyasus suspicion of Christianity
ban xtianity
series of decrees issued by tokagawa gov-
end up isolating japan than
previously-
locked country-
enchained countr
Lecture 3
Why does the military gov end up in kamakoro?
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it was a natural fortress-
area surrounded by mountains with only a couple of
passes
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jomon artifacts found here-
there was human habitation here-
ve
Lecture 2
Topography
- very mountainous
- leads to great sense of regionalism
- thin islands
- currents-
kuroshio current-
believed to have provoked movement between
islands
- kurishio and oyashio current (mother
NOTES ON PAPER
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which ever way the houses were created, all shared the same desire=-
to found a
dynasty that would carry the name forward into the future,
Lecture 4
Midterm-
- essay-
worth about 60%-
choice of 3 periods-
state building, impact of disease
and climate change-
shifts from what charac a society in one period to another
_which of the following inte
