feudal Japan

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Feudal Japan was a hierarchical, warrior-dominated period of Japanese history characterized by samurai rule, powerful regional lords (daimyo), and a rigid social structure under a shogunate government.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
feudal Japan canonical 9
medieval Japan 4
Feudal Japan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
beganWith rise of the Kamakura shogunate ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalPractice Noh theatre ⓘ
castle building ⓘ
kabuki theatre ⓘ
tea ceremony ⓘ
dominantEthic bushido ⓘ
dominantReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
land tax ⓘ
endedWith Meiji Restoration ⓘ
hasCharacteristic decentralized political power ⓘ
land-based vassalage system ⓘ
rigid social hierarchy ⓘ
samurai military class dominance ⓘ
warrior-dominated society ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment feudalism ⓘ
shogunate ⓘ
hasSocialClass artisans ⓘ
daimyo ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
outcast groups ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
samurai ⓘ
shogun ⓘ
influencedBy Confucianism ⓘ
landOwnershipSystem fiefs granted to vassals ⓘ
legalCode buke shohatto ⓘ
house codes of daimyo ⓘ
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
militaryElite samurai ⓘ
militaryTechnology bows ⓘ
matchlock firearms ⓘ
spears ⓘ
swords ⓘ
nominalRulerTitle emperor of Japan ⓘ
powerStructure emperor held symbolic authority ⓘ
shogun held de facto power ⓘ
regionalLordTitle daimyo ⓘ
socialNorms filial piety ⓘ
loyalty to lord ⓘ
strict class boundaries ⓘ
socialRestriction sumptuary laws ⓘ
travel controls ⓘ
timePeriod late 12th century to 19th century ⓘ
topRulerTitle shogun ⓘ
vassalageRelation daimyo pledged loyalty to shogun ⓘ
samurai served daimyo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

47 Ronin → setting → feudal Japan ⓘ
Kamakura period → partOf → feudal Japan ⓘ
Kumano Sanzan → periodOfSignificance → medieval Japan ⓘ
linked to: feudal Japan
Hojo (abbot’s quarters) → timePeriodOfDevelopment → medieval Japan ⓘ
subject linked to: hojo (abbot’s quarters)
linked to: feudal Japan
Kai → settingOfFiction → feudal Japan ⓘ
Inuyasha → setting → Feudal Japan ⓘ
linked to: feudal Japan
Dokuganryū Masamune → hasSubject → feudal Japan ⓘ
rakuichi-rakuza → appliedInPeriod → feudal Japan ⓘ
Udaijin → category → Government of feudal Japan ⓘ
subject linked to: Udaijin (Minister of the Right)
linked to: feudal Japan
Murakami Genji → historicalPeriod → medieval Japan ⓘ
linked to: feudal Japan
Nakamura, Owari Province → partOf → feudal Japan ⓘ
Mariko → portrayedIn → feudal Japan ⓘ
Engen → historicalEraClassification → medieval Japan ⓘ
subject linked to: Engen era
linked to: feudal Japan
shogun → governedSystem → feudal Japan ⓘ