The Heiji rebellion

Harry worth
Mackenzie roddenby
Alyssa Tufi
PAige thomas

During the Heian Period in early japan each samurai
clan build up strength and finally seized of the
whole eastern side of japan.
After building up their armies they then move
out into the open just outside a peasants
village getting ready to fight one the dame’s
land with cuirass armour for the upper body,
wakizushi, katana and husanagi.
Your words here...
After fighting for a couple of days they then
move closer towards the village of peasants..

Destroying each and every
single use, they destroy the
village. After destroying
the village they then move
towards the emperors
palace.
we are
here
Attack!
Soon enough they defeat
them and take all the food
and weapons to use in the
next enemy attack.
While they were preparing a
farmer close by to the
emperor’s palace and also
adjacent from a near by
city, the farmer see’s smoke
and goes to find out what
has happened to the city.

The peasant is in the palace
telling the emperor about the
attack and the emperor tells
his servants to get the samurais
together to gather up the Ronin,
Daimyo, Shogun and get them to
the centre of the palace for
protection.

The peasants gather all the
able people for fighting to
secret cave in a mountain.
They plan to wipe both armies out from the
behind and then making a new order for value
for others in the lower s=class city.

to plan an
attack
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The war starts. The army walks towards the palace to attack the
other territory, the army was not prepared for defence for they had
anyone of the attack.
(Talk about the samurais and what
weapons they used, what they wore
and their code of armour.)

The attacking army
gets ambushed and
fighting in the
palace and the fight
begins.
The lower class people come
from the behind and destroy them.
the lower classes
came from behind
the battle had
ended, the lower
class had won

The lower class people decide to approach the Shogun and discuss the
issue about how the peasants didn’t get protection when the samurai
clans attacked the village and how the peasants had to protect
themselves and fight back.
After many meetings the
shogun came to decision
to not speak to the 90%
of the population, which
are the peasants, to
never respect them as
being worth less

Glossary
lord vassal system - The lord vassal system also know as the Feudal System, it
established a hierarchy where the lord (or king) provided protection for his vassals (lesser lords
and nobles) in return for their providing him with troops when he needed them. This hierarchy
went from king all the way to peasants farming a lord's land. Eventually, it came to mean that the
lord could ask for almost anything from a vassal and it would have to be given him.
shogun & emperor - The Emperor and the Shogun were the highest-­‐ranking nobles.
During Japan's feudal period the Shogun held the most power while the Emperor was more of a
puppet Digure with little actual power. As the Shogun was a military leader his sword, or Nihonto
in Japanese (katana came later in the Mid-­‐Muromachi period), was an important part of his attire.
daimyo - Daimyo were powerful warlords and the most powerful rulers under the Shogun
from the 10th century to the early 19th century. Within their province the Daimyo had complete
military and economic power. Daimyo had vast hereditary land holdings and armies to protect the
land and its workers. The most powerful warlords sometimes achieved the status of Shogun.
Samurai - The Daimyo armies were made up of Samurai warriors. Samurai worked under
Daimyo, but they had additional privileges and held a higher social status than common people.
These privileges included being able to have a surname, a family crest, and carry two swords.
People with Samurai family names are still treated with great respect in Japan today. Although
most samurai were not well educated, they had a strict code of honour or the "way of the
warrior", known as bushido in Japanese. If a Samurai broke the bushido code and brought
dishonour to him/herself they would be expected to commit seppuku, or ritual suicide. Women
were allowed to serve as samurai but always served under a male leader.
peasants - Peasants were divided into several sub-­‐classes. The highest ranking of the
peasants were farmers. Farmers who owned their own land ranked higher than farmers who did
not. Craftsmen, or artisans, were the second highest ranking after the farmers. They worked with
wood and metal and some became well known as expert Samurai sword makers. Merchants were
the lowest ranking because it was felt they made their living off of other people's work. However,
in later times when Japan began to use money more as currency merchants became wealthier.