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1. Shinto is a form of
symbol used to write a morpheme
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
sympathy for the lieutenant
animism

2. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
symbol used to write a morpheme
Death - childbirth - blood
8th shogun

3. Katagana is used to write...
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
animism
inflections and function words

4. Who introduced Buddhism
animism
8th shogun
King of Paekche
belief in the spirit of words

5. Pure Land Buddhism

6. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
compiler of the Manyoshu
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

7. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
control the weather - linked to water
8th shogun
belief in the spirit of words

8. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
amusing
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Fujiwara

9. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
the way of the bow and arrow
symbol used to write a morpheme
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
melancholy at the transience of things

10. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
8th shogun

11. Tale of the Heiki
amusing
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

12. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compiler of the Manyoshu
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Fujiwara

13. Sumie
Non persons
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Jomon - Yayoi
Mizoguchi Kenji

14. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Death - childbirth - blood
Mizoguchi Kenji
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

15. Heian period associated with a fear of
animism
pollution
melancholy at the transience of things
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

16. Shinto myth texts
Death - childbirth - blood
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

17. hagiography
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
refined elegance
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

18. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
general and first shogun of Japan
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Jomon - Yayoi

19. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

20. Onin War
Non persons
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

21. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
general and first shogun of Japan

22. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

23. minority peoples within Japan
refined elegance
valiant warrior and romantic hero
belief in the spirit of words
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

24. okashi
Mizoguchi Kenji
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Manyoshu
amusing

25. hinin
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Non persons

26. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Manyoshu
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

27. Kinkakuji
Warring States period
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
inflections and function words
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

28. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Non persons
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
King of Paekche
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

29. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
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
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

30. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
pollution
no
Pure Land and Zen
8th shogun

31. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
3rd Shogun
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

32. 3 things that cause pollution
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Death - childbirth - blood
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

33. Kenmu restoration
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
the way of the bow and arrow
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
government and worshipping

34. Japanese was standardized during
the way of the bow and arrow
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

35. eta
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
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
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

36. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

37. 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
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

38. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
no
Jomon - Yayoi
symbol used to write a morpheme
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. Shoen
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
government and worshipping

40. manyogana
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

41. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
divine decrees- laws
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

42. 2 Archaeological periods
refined elegance
Jomon - Yayoi
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

43. yamato-e
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

44. Muso Soseki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Warring States period
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
8th shogun

45. Hiragana is used to write...
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Mizoguchi Kenji
the way of the bow and arrow
inflections and function words

46. Creation myth

47. Yugen
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
pollution
sense of the mysterious and sublime

48. foxes
sympathy for the lieutenant
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
the way of the bow and arrow
refined elegance

49. Shobogenzo
control the weather - linked to water
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Death - childbirth - blood
sympathy for the lieutenant

50. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Fujiwara
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Soga Family