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Japanese Culture

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1. Genres of tales
the way of the bow and arrow
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

2. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
inflections and function words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

3. Tale of the Heiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Non persons
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

4. Haniwa figures
general and first shogun of Japan
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Fujiwara

5. matsuri
the way of the bow and arrow
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
government and worshipping

6. Katagana is used to write...
amusing
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

7. Ugetsu director
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Mizoguchi Kenji

8. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
sympathy for the lieutenant
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
belief in the spirit of words

9. Logograph
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Death - childbirth - blood
symbol used to write a morpheme

10. Yoshitsune
refined elegance
sense of the mysterious and sublime
valiant warrior and romantic hero
control the weather - linked to water

11. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
divine decrees- laws
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
3rd Shogun
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

12. 2 Archaeological periods
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Jomon - Yayoi

13. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Manyoshu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Pure Land and Zen
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

14. Yoritomo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
general and first shogun of Japan
control the weather - linked to water

15. Tengu
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

16. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
Warring States period
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

17. eta
divine decrees- laws
belief in the spirit of words
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

18. Muso Soseki
sympathy for the lieutenant
compiler of the Manyoshu
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

19. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
3rd Shogun
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

20. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
Death - childbirth - blood
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Manyoshu

21. Pure Land Buddhism

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22. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

23. hogan biiji
melancholy at the transience of things
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
sympathy for the lieutenant
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

24. Ugetsu setting
general and first shogun of Japan
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Warring States period
sense of the mysterious and sublime

25. No drama
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
compiler of the Manyoshu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

26. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
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'
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

27. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
melancholy at the transience of things
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

28. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
divine decrees- laws
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
inflections and function words

29. hinin
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Non persons
belief in the spirit of words
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

30. manyogana
Death - childbirth - blood
symbol used to write a morpheme
Mizoguchi Kenji
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

31. Elements of Japanese language standardization
symbol used to write a morpheme
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Mizoguchi Kenji
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

32. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

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33. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

34. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
symbol used to write a morpheme
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

35. Yamanoue Okura
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
pollution
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

36. Japan's first anthology of poetry
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Manyoshu
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

37. 3 things that cause pollution
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Death - childbirth - blood
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

38. Who introduced Buddhism
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
King of Paekche
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

39. Shoen
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Pure Land and Zen
Manyoshu
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

40. Creation myth

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41. foxes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

42. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
the way of the bow and arrow
valiant warrior and romantic hero

43. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
amusing
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

44. miyabi
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
pollution
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
refined elegance

45. dragons' abilities
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
control the weather - linked to water

46. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Pure Land and Zen
refined elegance

47. Otomo Yakamochi
compiler of the Manyoshu
the way of the bow and arrow
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
divine decrees- laws

48. Ahikaga Takauji
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Pure Land and Zen
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

49. Aesthetics believed
compiler of the Manyoshu
melancholy at the transience of things
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

50. Onin War
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
valiant warrior and romantic hero