Religious Civilizations Interacting: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, 550–1500 CE
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A social system in which the mother is head of the family.

The chief military official of Japan. The office was hereditary under the Tokugawa family from 1603 until 1867.

School of Buddhism in which adherents follow an experienced master and seek to achieve satori, a flash of enlightenment signaling the recovery of one's Buddha nature.

Having thin lines or bands.

The government, rule, or office of a shogun.

A system of written symbols representing the sounds of syllables, rather than individual consonants and vowels.

A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the Mesolithic era.

Korean phonetic script, introduced in the middle of the fifteenth century.

Japan's indigenous religion, which emphasizes reverence for nature and the importance of "vitality".

Traditional alcoholic drink brewed from rice.

Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line.

A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.

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