Following the success of the mini series ‘Shogun’, a quiz on the history of the Shogunate, the hereditary military dictatorship of Japan

QUESTION 1

The title ‘Shogun’ is an abbreviation of the highest warrior rank ‘seii taishōgun’ and was later applied to all shogunate leaders. What does ‘seii taishōgun’ mean?

XQUESTION 2

What were the four social classes in Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate?

XQUESTION 3 What is the significance of the Battle of Dannoura

in the history of the Shogunate?

XQUESTION 4

Name the shogun credited with unifying Japan after the Sengoku period?

XQUESTION 5

Name the policy of isolationism, restricting foreign influences and trade with other countries during the Tokugawa Shogunate.

XQUESTION 6

If the first capital of the shogunate was Kamakura, what was the capital of Ashikaga clan and of Ieyasu Tokugawa?

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