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21 relations: Abolition of the han system, Asuka-dera, Budai, Edo period, Firearm, History of Japan, Ikkō-ikki, Jared Diamond, Longbow, Meiji Restoration, Mount Kōya, Nara, Nara, Nobility, Oda Nobunaga, Rōnin, Samurai, Sōhei, Sesshō and Kampaku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Weapon, Westernization.
Abolition of the han system
The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, starting year of Meiji period (currently, there are 47 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa in Japan).
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Asuka-dera
, also known as, is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara.
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Budai
Budai, Hotei or Pu-Tai (Chinese and Japanese: 布袋; Pinyin: Bùdài; rōmaji: Hotei; Vietnamese: Bố Đại) is a semi-historical monk as well as deity who was introduced into the Zen Buddhist pantheon.
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Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.
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Firearm
A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.
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History of Japan
The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times.
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Ikkō-ikki
were mobs of peasant farmers, Buddhist monks, Shinto priests and local nobles who rose up against daimyō rule in 15th- and 16th-century Japan.
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Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American ecologist, geographer, biologist, anthropologist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991); Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); Collapse (2005); and The World Until Yesterday (2012).
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Longbow
A longbow is a type of bow that is tall – roughly equal to the height of the user – allowing the archer a fairly long draw, at least to the jaw.
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Meiji Restoration
The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
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Mount Kōya
In everyday language is the name of a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka.
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Nara, Nara
is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.
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Oda Nobunaga
was a powerful daimyō (feudal lord) of Japan in the late 16th century who attempted to unify Japan during the late Sengoku period, and successfully gained control over most of Honshu.
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Rōnin
A was a samurai without lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan.
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Samurai
were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.
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Sōhei
were Buddhist warrior monks of both medieval and feudal Japan.
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Sesshō and Kampaku
In Japan, was a title given to a regent who was named to act on behalf of either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress regnant.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".
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Weapon
A weapon, arm or armament is any device used with intent to inflict damage or harm.
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Westernization
Westernization (US) or Westernisation (UK), also Europeanization/Europeanisation or occidentalization/occidentalisation (from the Occident, meaning the Western world; see "occident" in the dictionary), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, clothing, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt
