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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
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