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1. Tengu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Fujiwara
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
refined elegance

2. Muso Soseki
no
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
inflections and function words

3. Tale of the Heiki
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
general and first shogun of Japan
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
melancholy at the transience of things

4. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
general and first shogun of Japan
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

5. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
animism
8th shogun
refined elegance
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

6. Shinto myth texts
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

7. Kinkakuji
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
animism
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

8. Haniwa figures
belief in the spirit of words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

9. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
King of Paekche
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
refined elegance

10. Kamakura Period
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Death - childbirth - blood

11. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

12. Benkei
divine decrees- laws
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

13. Pure Land Buddhism

14. mappo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

15. Genres of tales
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Jomon - Yayoi

16. Ahikaga Takauji
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
animism
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

17. Hiragana is used to write...
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
inflections and function words
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

18. Katagana is used to write...
control the weather - linked to water
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
general and first shogun of Japan
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

19. Creation myth

20. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

21. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
3rd Shogun
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
animism

22. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

23. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
belief in the spirit of words
the way of the bow and arrow

24. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Jomon - Yayoi
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

25. Heian period associated with a fear of
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
symbol used to write a morpheme
pollution

26. Onin War
government and worshipping
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

27. Aesthetics believed
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

28. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

29. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

30. hagiography
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Soga Family
Manyoshu

31. No drama
refined elegance
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
sense of the mysterious and sublime
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

32. eta
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

33. Ahikaga period
inflections and function words
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
amusing
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

34. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

35. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Warring States period
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

36. mono no aware
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
1. Life is full of sorrow 2. the cause of this sorrow is desire 3. the only way to break this cycle is to free oneself from desire 4. the way to accomplish this is through the eightfold pasth
melancholy at the transience of things
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

37. miyabi
inflections and function words
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
refined elegance
Manyoshu

38. matsuri
Jomon - Yayoi
government and worshipping
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

39. yumiya no narai
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Warring States period
the way of the bow and arrow
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

40. Japanese was standardized during
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
King of Paekche
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

41. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Jomon - Yayoi
belief in the spirit of words
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

42. dragons' abilities
control the weather - linked to water
divine decrees- laws
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

43. innovations of Yamato Period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
control the weather - linked to water
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

44. manyogana
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

45. Who introduced Buddhism
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
King of Paekche

46. Logograph
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
symbol used to write a morpheme
Death - childbirth - blood
Warring States period

47. foxes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
amusing

48. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Soga Family
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Manyoshu

49. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
melancholy at the transience of things
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

50. hogan biiji
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
sympathy for the lieutenant