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• Search Engine Page: http://everyschool.org/u/global/tlai/searchengine.html

GENERAL

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• Resources for Medieval Japan (http://www.southlakems.org/japanProjectbookmarks.htm): incredible list of resources by topic&endash;overview, geography, government/political organization, food, clothing, shelter, art, religion, family
• Medieval Japan Newspaper Webquest (http://school.edmonds.wednet.edu/cpm/japannewspaper.htm) scroll down to the "Resources" at bottom for some great links.
• Medieval/Feudal Japan links from Reference Lessons on the Giannini Library pages: (http://everyschool.org/u/global/tlai/medievaljc.html).
• Japan Timelines with linked information (http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum210/tml/japantml/japantml.htm). Good for Buddhism, Heian period
• Oakland Unified School Resources on Japan (http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/library/japan_china/japan_history.html): many good links are here especially on women, samurai, bushi, culture, diary of Lady Sarashina, feudalism in Japan
  • Resources for Kids (http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/library/japan_china/japan_kids.html)
• Feudal Japan Article Listing (http://www.lisashea.com/japan/articles.html): Bonsai: miniature trees, Bow Weapons in Japan, Boy's Day: May 5^th, Bushido: The Way of the Warrior, Early Japanese Armor, Edo / Tokyo, Girl's Day: March 3^rd, Kabuki: Japanese theater, Reality of Geisha, Sake: Japanese Rice Wine, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world), Zen Buddhism and Sand Gardens
• This is a site from Washington State University:

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/TOKJAPAN/TOKJAPAN.HTM

 

This site has information on Warring States Japan, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Life in Tokugawa Japan, Tokugawa Neo-Confucianism, Kokugaku: Japanese Studies, Motoori Norinaga, Kabuki: Frozen Features in a Floating World

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• Japanese Information Network-- (http://www.jinjapan.org)
  • History index to various periods in Japanese History http://www.jinjapan.org/history.html

     

  • General index http://www.jinjapan.org/jin-index.html

     

  • Kids Web Japan (http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/index.html): Click on the history link. At the bottom of the page is a set of linked history questions. There is information about shogun, ninja.
  • Jin facts (http://www.jinjapan.org/jinfacts.html)
  • Medieval Japan: Key Points (http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/webcourse/key_points/kp_7.htm)
  • Short History by periods (http://wiwi.co.jp/vwakayama/kankou/prefg/060200/kankou/english/history.html)
  • Japanese History Lesson (http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/lost_tribes/japanese_history.html): Historical overview of Japan with a link to Table of events, which is a brief outline of Japanese history.
  • Japanese history (http://www.cyberport.uqam.ca/english/countries/japan/history.htm) authors are Québec college students (17-21 years old). This page is constantly being updated. You can read interesting essays on Japanese geography, history, economy, environment and culture
  • History of Japan from wikipedia (http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Japan): This has a table of contents list that is linked.
  • Encyclopedia: History of Japan (http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-Japan) links to information on various periods with links inside each article.
  • Frommer’s In Depth history (http://www.frommers.com/destinations/japan/0229032975.html)
  • The Shadow of Nippon, is a reflection of Shadow Earth's Japan during the height of it's feudal period, albeit on a much larger scale. (http://www.geocities.com/merovaeus/SB_Hideo/Nippon/nippon.html). Very interesting site. Useful for terms to use for further investigation. Colorful.
  • Timeline (http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/ANCJAPAN/TIMELINE.HTM)
  • Feudal Japan (http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/feudaljapan.html)

SPECIFIC SITES

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• Court Nobles

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  • The structure of feudal Japan (http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/74info1.html): Chart (http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/74handouts1.html#4)
  • Feudal Japan nobles (http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:ST7Yhoy4WF4J:www.htansw.asn.au/teach/juniorhistorydocs/jun_feudaljapan_cloze.doc+COURT+NOBLES,+FEUDAL+JAPAN&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

• Heian Jingu Shrine/Festival of Ages (http://www.heianjingu.or.jp/english/0302.html) scrolls down to get to the earlier history information on nobles.

Burakumin

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• Rights Activists and Rights Violations: the Burakumin case in Japan (http://www.imadr.org/tokyo/ishikawareport.html) history of the group
• The Burakumin: The Complicity of Japanese Buddhism in Oppression and an Opportunity for Liberation (http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/7/alldritt001.html)

Samurai Warriors

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• Age of Hakkenden (http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~opaku/shogun/samurai.html): Samurai and Shogun information.
• Samurai sisters (http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/sample-08.html) from Women in World History site.
• Feudal Japan: Samurai from the Cleveland Museum (http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/asianodyssey/html/samuraimi.html) also use the PDF file for more information.
• Samurai Archives (http://www.samurai-archives.com/index.html)
• Origins and History of Samurai (http://www.artelino.com/articles/samurai.asp)
• Click on the links in this webquest to access more information (http://edtech.floyd.edu/~lnewby/feudal_japan.htm#japanesefeudalism)
• Scroll down to "resources" to access the linked information (http://school.edmonds.wednet.edu/cpm/japannewspaper.htm)
• Samurai (http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:ST7Yhoy4WF4J:www.htansw.asn.au/teach/juniorhistorydocs/jun_feudaljapan_cloze.doc+samurai+,+FEUDAL+JAPAN&hl=en&ie=UTF-8): The samurai were Japan's warrior class for seven centuries
• The Ashikaga Bakufu (http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/FEUJAPAN/ASHIKAGA.HTM)
• The Warrior Class (http://victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/samurai2.html)
• Warrior Puppets (http://www.samurai-archives.com/wap.html) also has information on peasants
• The Medieval European Knight vs. Feudal Japanese Samurai (http://www.thehaca.com/essays/knightvs.htm)

Zen monks and nuns

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• Timeline of Buddhist history (http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/b_chron-txt.htm)
• Buddhist history and culture (http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/index.htm): Buddhism and women, historical Buddhist sites and more.
• Nuns(http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=nuns&OFFID=se1)
  • Three Zen Masters of the Tokugawa Period (1615-1868) (http://www.elon.edu/sullivan/big3&3zt.htm)

Ainu

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• From Ainu to emperor (http://www.newint.org/issue231/simply.htm)
• Museum at Hokkaido (http://www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp/english/E_jouten/E_theme3/E_theme3.htm)

Peasants

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• (http://www.cowell.org/~yogo/den11.html)
  • Martial Arts Development in the Non-samurai classes of Japan (http://www3.baylor.edu/~Elijah_Beaver/martial.htm)
• (http://www.majesty.org/main/history.html)

Artisans

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• Traditional Crafts (http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/lost_tribes/japanese_history.html) Echizen washi hand made paper for official use.

Merchants

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• Merchants in Feudal Japan (http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art2282.asp) (http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art2282.asp)

Shogun

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• Timeline of Japanese rulership and religion (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/moriyuki/abukuma/moriyukis/japan/jp_timeline.html)
• Kids Web Japan (http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/index.html): Click on the history link. At the bottom of the page is a set of linked history questions. There is information about shogun, ninja.

Haiku

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• Scroll down the page for Haiku sites and other Feudal Japan resources (http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/chrys/chrystg.html)
• Hypertext Haiku (http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/28.html)

Kabuki theatre

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• Kabuki for everyone (http://www.fix.co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html)
• Beauty & Desire in the Edo Period (http://www.wsws.org/arts/1998/jun1998/uki-j27.shtml)

Daimyo estate

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• Diamyo with links to Yoritomo, Ieyasu, shogun, Togugawa (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/d1/daimyo.asp)
  • Shimazu Tadahisa Estate (http://www.minc.ne.jp/kics/eng/eng/kbt/summer00/history.html)
• The Tokaido (http://www2.aia.pref.aichi.jp/voice/no7/time-1.html): Daimyo processions

Castle/Town

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• Japan’s Castles (http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Social_Science/Japan_Visit/Castles.html)
• Webquest on Taj Mahal and Osaka Castle (http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/selling): scroll down for the castle resources
• Towns
  • (http://www.frommers.com/destinations/japan/0229020855.html)
  • (http://www.0465.net/kanko/e.html)

Japanese Feudal laws (http://www.uni-erfurt.de/ostasiatische_geschichte/texte/japan/dokumente/17/tokugawa_legislation/index_files/buke_shohatto_1635.html): Buke shohatto 1635

Calligraphy and Literature (http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/bunkazai/e-syoseki/e-1.htm) letters from feudal era

Japanese Painting (http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/offerings/japan.2.html)

• Art History (http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_art_history.asp)