Japan,+Korea,+and+Vietnam

The Japanese relie a lot on peasant labor and agriculture. The Japanese society was dominated by aristocratic moving class and elite warrior class. Japan in the postclassical era expierenced a shift from a highly centralized beurocratic to a highly decentralized feudal state. Japanese culture, art, literature, philosophy was heavily influcenced by Chinese ideas. Pesants reduced to a subjected class and belived in Buddhism Japanese articheure continued to flurished throughout the post classical era. Japanese new agriculture developments such as soybeans increased the Japanese agriculture
 * ESPIRIT Chart on Japan:**
 * E || **Economic:**
 * Major cash crop was rice
 * A large fishing industry
 * Manufacture of silk, pottery, and paintings
 * Peasants taxed in rice
 * Taxes reached up to 50-60% of the farmer's ||
 * S || **Social:**
 * Japan moved - a feudal social class much like western Europe
 * Men + women of aristocratic classes followed strict codes of behavior and were always polite, under the constant scrutiny from their peers.
 * Heian members of the imperial household + family;
 * Heian members = lived in fancy complex palaces and gardens.
 * Samurai dominated in the social class
 * Samurai = highly respected
 * Samurai = artisans + farmers had to bow down to them
 * Samurai = lived in castles
 * Peasants were separated from the warriors elite
 * Warrior code developed (seppuku) = stated family honor + death rather than retreat/defeat
 * Daimyos were warlords of the 300 little kingdoms
 * Women roles differed from their classes
 * Wives + daughters of warrior elite knew how to use a bow an arrow and joined in the hunt
 * Women in merchant + artisan class = independent and often helped in the business management
 * Women of elite = didn’t receive land or income
 * Women = had to please their warrior husbands
 * Slay themselves instead of dishonoring their families ||
 * P || **Political:**
 * Emperor + advisors introduced the taika reforms.
 * Meant to remap the imperial administrations along Chinese lines.
 * Tried to transform the Japanese monarchy into a Chinese like emperor.
 * Emperor abandoned the reforms + passed the power of the aristocrats. ||
 * I || **Interactions:**
 * Gempei wars = went on for 5 years + were in the heart of Honshu ||
 * R || **Religion:**
 * Buddhism became popular
 * Buddhism appealed to the peasants (salvation to escape)
 * Buddhist shrines + images = famous for pilgrimage
 * Buddhist shrines + images = objects of veneration ||
 * I || **Cultural & Intellectual:**
 * Japanese homes = have sliding panels, matted floors, wooden walk ways, fish ponds, artificial lakes, and fine gardens.
 * Writing verse was valuable art
 * Poems = written on painted fans, scented paper, or sent down the streams (little boats)
 * Simplified Chinese scripture to be more compatible for them to speak.
 * Famous = Lady Mariachi’s -> The Tale of Genji ||
 * T || **Technology and demographic changes****:**
 * Great stone castles became routine
 * Tax collection, regular public works projects, and irrigation projects
 * New tools and crops (soybeans) ||

//Main Idea for Korea:// Korea willingly submitted because with it they could have easier access to Chinese learning. But later they extended and made their own unique culture. (Ranked #1) //Main Idea for Vietnam:// ﻿Although Vietnam barrowed heavily from Chinese political, social, and cultural models, resentment of Chinese control and fear of losing their distinctiveness and individuality lead to Vietnamese rebellions agaisnt Chinese authorities. (Ranked #2) Key Terms for Vietnam: Khmers (today's Cambodians), Red Ruver, Trung Sisters, Le Dynasty, Chams, Trinhs, and Nguyen. //Main Idea for Japan:// Japan borrowed aspects from China such as bureacrotic system and the adoptiong of the CHinese monarch from the Tang dynasty, painting skills and structures. (Ranked #3)
 * ** Chart on Japan, Korea, and Vietnam ** || **Barrowed From China** || **Unique! Not Barrowed** ||
 * ** Japan ** || * Paid tribute to Chinese
 * Attempts to centralized bureaucracy
 * Women lose power + influence
 * Buddhist persuade
 * Chinese written language
 * Artistic techniques + symbolism
 * Trade
 * Chinese architecture || * Manorial system
 * Japanese feudal system unique of Chinese/Confucian ideals
 * No social mobility
 * Distinct poetry + literature
 * Emergence of the warrior elite class + ruling class
 * Wealthy + artificial lives of people (imperial court)
 * Rise power of the aristocratic elite
 * Warrior code/etiquette ||
 * ** Korea ** || * Chinese style bureaucracy
 * Paid tribute to Chinese
 * Had access to Chinese learning, art, manufactured goods, and scholar trips
 * Adopted Chinese language
 * Han conquered Choson kingdom
 * Spread of Buddhism
 * Political + economic dealings w/ China
 * Artistic pursuits
 * Artistic techniques || * Different forms of dress/cuisine
 * Improved Chinese ceramic work
 * Social class(aristocrats + everyone else)
 * Improved Chinese printing, devising a way to use honey as a sort of glue to keep printing types in good condition
 * Unique class system
 * Own racial uniqueness
 * Buddhism as a replacement for Confucianism ||
 * ** Vietnam ** || * Chinese approach of bureaucracy
 * Paid tribute to Chinese
 * Spread of Buddhism
 * Trade w/ China
 * Under Chinese control, Vietnamese forced to attend Chinese style school
 * Chinese text of Confucius + Mencius
 * Civil service exams
 * Produce techniques
 * Irrigation technology
 * Style of military control
 * Architecture
 * Wrote in Chinese script + reading classical || * China + Vietnam geographically divided
 * Resentment of Chinese control
 * Fear of losing individuality
 * Vietnamese language= Chinese language
 * North/South cultural + political shift
 * Village unit of organization
 * Skirts vs. pants, cockfighting, betel nut, blackened teeth
 * Different art + literature
 * Judged poetry
 * Chinese control + domination
 * Women given a major role in society
 * Social class
 * Intermarriage w/ other peoples ||