Korea and Japan Korea The Korean hereditary elite

Korea The Korean hereditary elite absorbed Confucianism and Buddhism from China and passed them

Japan Japan’s mountainous terrain was home to hundreds of small states that were unified,

Japanese Emperor Japanese utilized Chinese influences to create their government in Kyoto and Nara.

In the mid-seventh century, the rulers of Japan implemented a series of political

Rise of the Samurai Eventually the local warriors became powerful and wealthy. Fought each

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Korea and Japan

Korea The Korean hereditary elite absorbed Confucianism and Buddhism from China and passed them along to Japan The several small Korean kingdoms were united by the Koryo in the early 900 s Borrowed ink making, Chinese writing and woodblock printing.

Japan Japan’s mountainous terrain was home to hundreds of small states that were unified, perhaps by horse-riding warriors from Korea, in the fourth or fifth century The unified state established its government at Yamato on Honshu Island.

Japanese Emperor Japanese utilized Chinese influences to create their government in Kyoto and Nara. Emperor was hereditary and had ruled since the beginning of time. The Fujiwara family protected the emperor and had aesthetic pursuits. Left ruling to local warriors. Emperor was more of a puppet.

In the mid-seventh century, the rulers of Japan implemented a series of political reforms to establish: centralized government legal code national histories The native religion of Shinto survived alongside the imported Buddhist religion.

Rise of the Samurai Eventually the local warriors became powerful and wealthy. Fought each other and a civil war engulfed the Fujiwara. Eventually Kamakura Shogunate takes power in 1156 AD and a series of Shoguns fight for control. This new warrior class is to become the Samurai.