Japanese Culture

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1. okashi
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
amusing
government and worshipping
animism


2. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
symbol used to write a morpheme
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
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
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra


3. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
general and first shogun of Japan
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine


4. Taiho Code
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e


5. Benkei
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery


6. No drama
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
control the weather - linked to water
Mizoguchi Kenji
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting


7. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality


8. hagiography
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
refined elegance
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures


9. Sumie
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
the way of the bow and arrow
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine


10. Aesthetics believed
Warring States period
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
general and first shogun of Japan
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki


11. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
sense of the mysterious and sublime
control the weather - linked to water
Soga Family


12. miyabi
animism
refined elegance
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions


13. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon


14. Shoen
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
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
symbol used to write a morpheme
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period


15. matsuri
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
government and worshipping
Warring States period
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra


16. Creation myth


17. hogan biiji
Death - childbirth - blood
sympathy for the lieutenant
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined


18. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Soga Family
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts


19. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
sympathy for the lieutenant


20. Japanese was standardized during
sense of the mysterious and sublime
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests


21. makura kotoba
King of Paekche
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Jomon - Yayoi
deity or awe-inspiring spirit


22. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
belief in the spirit of words
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
sense of the mysterious and sublime


23. nori
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
divine decrees- laws


24. innovations of Yamato Period
Soga Family
belief in the spirit of words
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined


25. Genres of tales
belief in the spirit of words
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
sympathy for the lieutenant
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality


26. dragons' abilities
government and worshipping
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
control the weather - linked to water
sympathy for the lieutenant


27. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
sense of the mysterious and sublime


28. Pure Land Buddhism


29. Ahikaga period
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo


30. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
sympathy for the lieutenant
Pure Land and Zen


31. Onin War
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
valiant warrior and romantic hero
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan


32. Tale of the Heiki
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
no
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan


33. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
amusing
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants


34. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune


35. Izumo shrine is dedicated to


36. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
melancholy at the transience of things
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites


37. Kenmu restoration
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests


38. 2 Archaeological periods
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Jomon - Yayoi
general and first shogun of Japan
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


39. Otomo Yakamochi
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
compiler of the Manyoshu
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality


40. Muso Soseki
symbol used to write a morpheme
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery


41. Japan's first anthology of poetry
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Manyoshu


42. foxes
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
King of Paekche
sympathy for the lieutenant


43. Zen Buddhism
melancholy at the transience of things
Jomon - Yayoi
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality


44. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state


45. manyogana
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
control the weather - linked to water
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words


46. Kinkakuji
Mizoguchi Kenji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
symbol used to write a morpheme


47. 3 things that cause pollution
Manyoshu
control the weather - linked to water
Death - childbirth - blood
general and first shogun of Japan


48. mappo
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
inflections and function words
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu


49. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
no


50. Yoritomo
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
control the weather - linked to water
general and first shogun of Japan
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother