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1. eta
no
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

2. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
the way of the bow and arrow

3. Hiragana is used to write...
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
inflections and function words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

4. nori
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
belief in the spirit of words
divine decrees- laws

5. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
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
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
8th shogun

6. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
amusing
Fujiwara
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

7. Benkei
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
divine decrees- laws
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

8. Elements of Japanese language standardization
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
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)

9. 3 things that cause pollution
Non persons
Death - childbirth - blood
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

10. Yoritomo
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
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

11. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
8th shogun
animism
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

12. yamato-e
pollution
Mizoguchi Kenji
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

13. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
8th shogun
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

14. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

15. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
melancholy at the transience of things
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

16. mappo
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Death - childbirth - blood

17. Creation myth

18. Yoshitsune
refined elegance
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
valiant warrior and romantic hero

19. Ahikaga Takauji
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

20. Kamakura Period
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
government and worshipping
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

21. Yugen
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
general and first shogun of Japan
sense of the mysterious and sublime
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

22. dragons' abilities
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
control the weather - linked to water
belief in the spirit of words

23. Kinkakuji
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
sense of the mysterious and sublime

24. Aesthetics believed
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
general and first shogun of Japan
Pure Land and Zen
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

25. matsuri
government and worshipping
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

26. Otomo Yakamochi
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
compiler of the Manyoshu

27. hagiography
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
sense of the mysterious and sublime
symbol used to write a morpheme
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

28. miyabi
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
refined elegance
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

29. Muso Soseki
government and worshipping
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Manyoshu
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

30. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

31. manyogana
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

32. Pure Land Buddhism

33. Kami
melancholy at the transience of things
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

34. Tengu
inflections and function words
8th shogun
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

35. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
8th shogun
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

36. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
3rd Shogun
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
melancholy at the transience of things

37. makura kotoba
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
inflections and function words
Pure Land and Zen
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

38. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Manyoshu
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Death - childbirth - blood

39. Shinto myth texts
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
sympathy for the lieutenant
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

40. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
amusing
Death - childbirth - blood
general and first shogun of Japan

41. Ugetsu setting
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Warring States period
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

42. Logograph
inflections and function words
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
symbol used to write a morpheme

43. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Mizoguchi Kenji
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
refined elegance

44. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
no

45. Kenmu restoration
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

46. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade 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
Pure Land and Zen
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

47. mono no aware
belief in the spirit of words
melancholy at the transience of things
amusing
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

48. Sumie
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Non persons

49. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
compiler of the Manyoshu
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

50. okashi
amusing
sense of the mysterious and sublime
melancholy at the transience of things
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world