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1. nori
Death - childbirth - blood
divine decrees- laws
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

2. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
amusing
valiant warrior and romantic hero
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

3. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
government and worshipping
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

4. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Manyoshu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

5. Japanese was standardized during
Warring States period
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Jomon - Yayoi
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

6. Hiragana is used to write...
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
inflections and function words
refined elegance
sense of the mysterious and sublime

7. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
King of Paekche
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

8. Japan's first anthology of poetry
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Manyoshu

9. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
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
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
animism

10. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
the way of the bow and arrow
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
pollution
3rd Shogun

11. Ahikaga period
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
sympathy for the lieutenant
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

12. Who introduced Buddhism
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
King of Paekche
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
pollution

13. Shinto is a form of
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
symbol used to write a morpheme
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
animism

14. minority peoples within Japan
government and worshipping
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

15. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Non persons
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

16. Onin War
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Warring States period
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

17. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Pure Land and Zen
Mizoguchi Kenji
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

18. Ugetsu director
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Mizoguchi Kenji
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
divine decrees- laws

19. Heian period associated with a fear of
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/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
pollution

20. matsuri
3rd Shogun
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
government and worshipping
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

21. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
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
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
sympathy for the lieutenant
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

22. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
general and first shogun of Japan
3rd Shogun
Warring States period
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

23. Taiho Code
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
melancholy at the transience of things

24. Shoen
Non persons
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

25. Logograph
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
symbol used to write a morpheme
Death - childbirth - blood

26. Shinto myth texts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
valiant warrior and romantic hero
3rd Shogun

27. hinin
8th shogun
Non persons
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

28. No drama
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Fujiwara
amusing

29. Aesthetics believed
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

30. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
Non persons
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Manyoshu

31. Yugen
King of Paekche
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
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

32. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
inflections and function words
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

33. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Death - childbirth - blood
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

34. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
8th shogun
amusing
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

35. innovations of Yamato Period
belief in the spirit of words
the way of the bow and arrow
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Jomon - Yayoi

36. 3 things that cause pollution
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Death - childbirth - blood
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

37. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
the way of the bow and arrow
refined elegance
3rd Shogun

38. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
inflections and function words
Mizoguchi Kenji

39. manyogana
amusing
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

40. Katagana is used to write...
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

41. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

42. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Warring States period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Death - childbirth - blood

43. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
government and worshipping
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

44. Ahikaga Takauji
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
sympathy for the lieutenant

45. 2 Archaeological periods
symbol used to write a morpheme
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Jomon - Yayoi

46. yamato-e
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
belief in the spirit of words
symbol used to write a morpheme

47. Creation myth

48. miyabi
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
refined elegance

49. okashi
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
amusing

50. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
refined elegance