A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (122 page)
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Authors: Kenneth Henshall
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senry | | humorous form of 17-syllable poetry popular in Tokugawa period |
| seppuku | | harakiri |
| shamisen | | three-stringed lute-like instrument |
shi-n -k-sh | | ‘warrior-peasant-artisan-merchant’, hierarchical social structure in Tokugawa period |
| shinpan daimy | | related to Tokugawa house |
| shinp | | see kamikaze |
| shizoku | | former samurai, from early Meiji period |
| shen | | medieval estate |
| shgun | | military ruler |
| shshika | | the trend of declining childbirth |
| shugo | | medieval protector or constable (of land) |
| shunga | | sexually explicit prints of Tokugawa period |
| sonnji | | ‘revere the emperor, expel the barbarians’, slogan popular in late Tokugawa period |
| soto | | outside |
| tameshigiri | | ‘trial cut’ of samurai sword on corpses or sometimes live criminals |
| tatemae | | front or pretext, often ‘lip service’ |
| tennsei | | emperor-system, used especially of emperor-centred nationalistic indoctrination of mid Meiji to World War Two |
| terakoya | | schools for commoners in Tokugawa period, originally in temples |
| tjseikatsusha | | the homeless who sleep on the street |
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