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8.1 Early Japanese Society
Created by Michael Cahill, Jeremy
Dinkin, Zaid Crawford
3/2/08
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Ainu
Culture
developed in Japan= Ainu
Thought they came from Siberia
Language= different from all of Asia
Fought for land= lost fights and own
land
Driven back onto a single island,
Hokkaido
Eventually culture disappeared
Ainu Culture
Clans
Early
Japanese lived in small farming
villages= ruled by clans
People= obeyed and respected
members of the clan
Each clan had a chief
Clan chief= descended from nature
spirits called Kami
Honored their Kami ancestors
Farming Village
Shinto Religion
Shinto
teaching= everything in
nature has a Kami
Kami= help people live and keep
them from harm
Built shrines to Kami
Did ceremonies= asking Kami to
bless them
Shinto Shrine
Yamato Clan
Most
powerful clan= lived in Yamato
region
Family history= thought to be
glorious
Believed descendents of most
powerful Kami= Goddess of the Sun
Extended control= onto most of the
Honshu Island
Yamato Clan= emperors of Japan
Conclusion
In
the next section you will learn
how Japan learned from China and
Korea
THE END