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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scholar-gentry | an upper or ruling class made up of those who have done advanced studies |
| Dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| Khanate | the state or jurisdiction of a local chieftain or man of rank |
| Neo-Confucianism | a rationalistic revival of Confucian philosophy in the 11th century a.d. that exercised a pronounced influence on Chinese thought for over 800 years |
| Porcelain | a hard, fine-grained, sonorous, nonporous, and usually translucent and white ceramic ware that consists essentially of kaolin, quartz, and a feldspathic rock and is fired at a high temperature |
| Archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| Samurai | a military retainer of a Japanese daimyo practicing the code of conduct of Bushido |
| Bushido | a feudal-military Japanese code of behavior valuing honor above life |
| Shogun | one of a line of military governors ruling Japan until the revolution of 1867–68 |
| Daimyo | a Japanese feudal baron |
| Shinto | the indigenous religion of Japan consisting chiefly in the cultic devotion to deities of natural forces and veneration of the Emperor as a descendant of the sun goddess |