History of Japanese Culture and Institutions : History 256
Topic Two:  The Impact of Continental Civilization and the Late Yamato
(510-710 CE)
 

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Identifications: Identify and disucss the importance of the following items.
Haniwa, Pimiko, Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, uji, uji no kami, ujigami, miyake, kabane, omi and muraji, be, Paekche, Muraji family of Nakatomi, Mauraji family of Mononobe, Great Omi family of Soga, Suiko, Soga Umako, Shotoku Taishi,Horyji Temple, Twelve-cap Ranking System, Seventeen Article Constituton, Kinmei (540-571 CE), Picotgrams, Ideograms, Analects, jen-li, Gautama Siddhartha, Four Noble Truths, Maitreya, Nakatomi no Kamatari, Fujiwara


 Essay
 Discuss the land organization of Japan during the Yamato Period.  How did this land system assist the Soga family?  Why was there a need for reform?  What was the background of the religious conflict during this period?  Did this religious conflict have a foreign policy implications?

Reading Assignment

Conrad Schirokauer, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, Chapter 1-2
 

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