Shintos
Buddhists
Fujiwara clan
The Sui clan
The Sogas
The Chinese
Prince Shotoku
Who were ousted in 645 AD by Nakatomi Kamatari?
Chinese
Northern Europe
Mediterranean
China
Hong Kong
Philipines
The main country that influenced Japan in the region
645 a.d
645 AD
1,260 b.c
604 AD
1260
19th century
660 BC
660 b.c
What year is known as the year of Japan's foundation?
The Sui Dynasty
Fujiwara Clan
The militarily strongest family
Sonas
The Sogas
Sobas
Fujiwara
Who was the economically strongest family in Japan's early history?
Nakatomi Kamatari
Japanese monks
Scholars
Fujiwara clan
Artists
The Sogas
Sui Fuijiwara
An outstanding figure of seventh and eighth centuries
Prince Shotoku
Who helped the Japanese imperial court develop Chinese patterns of centralized government?
Hinduism
Christianity
Shinto
Jainism
Chinese Buddhism
Buddhism
Taoism
The religion brought to Japan from China
Prince Shotoku
The Sogas
Fujiwara clan
Who did Nakatomi Kamatari oust in a.d. 645?
Nakatomi Kamatari
Japanese monks
Scholars
Fujiwara clan
Artists
The Sogas
Sui Fuijiwara
An outstanding figure of seventh and eighth centuries
Prince Shotoku
Who helped influence the Japanese imperial court to develop Chinese patterns of centralized government?
Chinese Calendars
Northern Europe Christians brought Buddhism to Japan
Chinese laws
Chinese patterns of centralized government
Japanese monks, scholars, and artists brought it back to Japan for further development
Japanese monks, scholars and artists went west to study in China and then returned to Japan with what they had learned
How did Buddhism bring Chinese culture to Japanese society?
Chinese calendar
Music, sports, and dance
Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting
Christianity
Religion
Shinto
History
Music
Religion, history, music, literature, and painting
Sports and art
The sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism
Chinese customs
Literature
Buddhism
What parts of Chinese culture were brought into Japanese society?
Nakatomi Kamatari
Japanese monks
Scholars
Fujiwara clan
Artists
The Sogas
Sui Fuijiwara
An outstanding figure of seventh and eighth centuries
Prince Shotoku
Who established relations with the Sui dynasty in China?
Nakatomi Kamatari
Japanese monks
Scholars
Fujiwara clan
Artists
The Sogas
Sui Fuijiwara
An outstanding figure of seventh and eighth centuries
Prince Shotoku
Who established relations with China's Sui Dynasty?
Nakatomi Kamatari
Shotoku
The Prince of Japan
Tao
Buddha
Prince Shotoku
Sui
Which Japanese figure established relations with the Sui dynasty?
Korea
Prince Shotoku
Nakatomi Kamatari
Who established relations with the Sui dynasty?
604
7th Century
661
660 A.C
700 BC
604 BC
660 BC
What year was Japan founded
Chinese Influences: The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism. Just as Christianity introduced Mediterranean culture into northern Europe, so Buddhism brought Chinese culture into Japanese society. Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries numerous Japanese monks, scholars, and artists made the perilous trip west across the Sea of Japan to study Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting — later to be brought back for further development in Japan. An outstanding figure of this time was Prince Shotoku, who in 604 developed the "Seventeen-Article Constitution," outlining a code of human conduct and the ideals of state as a basic law for the nation. He also established relations with the Sui dynasty in China. Through him, the Japanese imperial court developed Chinese patterns of centralized government, with its formal bureaucracy of eight court ranks. The Chinese calendar was used to calculate the year of Japan's foundation by counting back the 1,260 years of the Chinese cosmological cycle. Thus, 660 b.c. is still the official date celebrated nationwide. At this early stage in its history Japan was already (for the most part) only nominally ruled by the emperor. De facto power was exercised by the militarily and economically strongest family. The Sogas had promoted Buddhism as an imperially sanctioned counterweight to the native Shinto religion, along with the new Chinese customs, to weaken the influence of their more conservative rivals. But they in turn were ousted in a.d. 645 by Nakatomi Kamatari, founder of the great Fujiwara clan, which was to rule Japanese affairs for hundreds of years and provide prominent advisers to the emperor even up to the 19th century. 