Religious Civilizations Interacting: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, 550–1500 CE
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A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the Mesolithic era.

Having thin lines or bands.

The government, rule, or office of a shogun.

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

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

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

In linguistics, the family of languages descended from that spoken by inhabitants of the region of the Altai Mountains in central Asia. Examples include the Turkish languages, Mongolian, and Manchu.

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

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

A social system in which the mother is head of the family.

Traditional alcoholic drink brewed from rice.

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

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