Fashion & Costumes of Medieval Japan
Fashion & Costumes of Medieval Japan
Fashion & Costumes of Medieval Japan
Cultural Borrowing
1.Chinese writing.
It is honorable to
die in this way.
Kaishaku – his
“seconds”
Full Samurai Attire
Samurai Sword
Early Mounted
Samurai Warriors
Underpinnings: Basic Steps
in Self Defense
AN EXQUISITE
BROCADE, richly
STURDY worked with a
SHINGUARDS design of peonies,
of cloth or was one of the
leather were extravagant
reinforced with materials used in
strips of iron an armor robe
to give that may have
protection been made for a
from the front 14th Century
imperial prince
Samurai Charging
Modern-Day “Samurai
Warriors”
Feudalism
A political, economic, and social
system based on loyalty, the
holding of land, and military
service.
Europe:
King
Land - Fief Loyalty
vs.
vs.
S
Osaka Castle
Main Gate of
Hiroshima Castle
Caernorfon Castle,
Wales
Warwick Castle, England
R
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The Age of the Warring States:
(1467 - 1568)
Castles built on hills in different
provinces.
Becomes suspicious
of European
territorial ambitions.
Orders all European
missionaries expelled
from Japan.
Tries to invade
Korea, but fails.
First Christian Martyrs
(1597): Shrine in Nagasaki
Today
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
Appointed shogun by
the Emperor.
Four-class system
laid down with
marriage restricted
to members of the
same class!
Warriors.
Farmers.
Artisans.
Merchants.
Tokugawa Shogunate Period
Japan closed off to all trade
[except to the Dutch and Chinese].
The Dutch were restricted to a
small island in Nagasaki harbor.
Japanese Christians persecuted
and Christianity is forbidden.
The government is centralized with all
power in the hands of the shogun.
Domestic trade flourishes.
Towns, esp. castle towns, increase.
Merchant class becomes rich!
New art forms haiku poetry, kabuki
theater.