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1. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
control the weather - linked to water
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
8th shogun

2. No drama
Mizoguchi Kenji
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

3. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

4. 3 things that cause pollution
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
control the weather - linked to water
Death - childbirth - blood
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

5. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Soga Family
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
divine decrees- laws

6. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Warring States period
Pure Land and Zen
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

7. foxes
valiant warrior and romantic hero
the way of the bow and arrow
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

8. Taiho Code
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
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

9. kotodama
refined elegance
general and first shogun of Japan
animism
belief in the spirit of words

10. Ahikaga Takauji
sympathy for the lieutenant
control the weather - linked to water
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

11. manyogana
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
symbol used to write a morpheme
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

12. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
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
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

13. mono no aware
divine decrees- laws
inflections and function words
melancholy at the transience of things
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

14. Yugen
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
sense of the mysterious and sublime
the way of the bow and arrow
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

15. makura kotoba
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

16. Muso Soseki
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
3rd Shogun
general and first shogun of Japan

17. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
government and worshipping
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

18. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Jomon - Yayoi
government and worshipping
Soga Family

19. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
compiler of the Manyoshu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

20. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
no
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

21. miyabi
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
general and first shogun of Japan
refined elegance

22. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
no
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
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

23. Kinkakuji
general and first shogun of Japan
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

24. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

25. yumiya no narai
refined elegance
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
the way of the bow and arrow
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

26. Shobogenzo
Manyoshu
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
general and first shogun of Japan
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

27. Pure Land Buddhism

28. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Warring States period
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

29. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Soga Family
symbol used to write a morpheme

30. Yoshitsune
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
valiant warrior and romantic hero
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
divine decrees- laws

31. nori
divine decrees- laws
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
symbol used to write a morpheme

32. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
8th shogun
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

33. Kamakura Period
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

34. Aesthetics believed
melancholy at the transience of things
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

35. Ugetsu director
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Pure Land and Zen
Mizoguchi Kenji
refined elegance

36. minority peoples within Japan
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

37. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
government and worshipping

38. eta
Jomon - Yayoi
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
animism

39. hagiography
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
the way of the bow and arrow
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

40. hogan biiji
sympathy for the lieutenant
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

41. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Pure Land and Zen
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
3rd Shogun

42. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
Soga Family
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
3rd Shogun
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

43. Japan's first anthology of poetry
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Manyoshu

44. Shinto myth texts
government and worshipping
Warring States period
divine decrees- laws
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

45. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

46. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
government and worshipping

47. Katagana is used to write...
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

48. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
8th shogun
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Warring States period
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

49. Ahikaga period
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
symbol used to write a morpheme
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

50. Benkei
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Soga Family