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1. Shinto myth texts
Warring States period
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
belief in the spirit of words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

2. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Soga Family
Non persons

3. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
sympathy for the lieutenant
no
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Warring States period

4. Ugetsu director
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Mizoguchi Kenji
Warring States period

5. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

6. innovations of Yamato Period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

7. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Fujiwara
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
3rd Shogun

8. Kinkakuji
Non persons
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
compiler of the Manyoshu
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

9. nori
Fujiwara
King of Paekche
divine decrees- laws
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

10. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
animism
belief in the spirit of words

11. yamato-e
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

12. 2 Archaeological periods
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Jomon - Yayoi
pollution

13. foxes
Manyoshu
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

14. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

15. Zen Buddhism
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

16. hagiography
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
the way of the bow and arrow
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

17. Shinto is a form of
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
animism
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

18. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
refined elegance
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

19. hogan biiji
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
sympathy for the lieutenant
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

20. Yoshitsune
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
valiant warrior and romantic hero
inflections and function words

21. Yugen
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
the way of the bow and arrow
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
sense of the mysterious and sublime

22. Logograph
Soga Family
symbol used to write a morpheme
Manyoshu
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

23. eta
amusing
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

24. makura kotoba
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
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
the way of the bow and arrow

25. Hiragana is used to write...
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
inflections and function words
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

26. Benkei
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
melancholy at the transience of things

27. Kenmu restoration
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Manyoshu
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

28. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

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29. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Non persons
sense of the mysterious and sublime

30. kotodama
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
belief in the spirit of words
Mizoguchi Kenji
the way of the bow and arrow

31. Taiho Code
compiler of the Manyoshu
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
animism

32. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Jomon - Yayoi
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

33. Otomo Yakamochi
compiler of the Manyoshu
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Jomon - Yayoi

34. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Non persons
Pure Land and Zen
3rd Shogun

35. manyogana
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
sympathy for the lieutenant
sense of the mysterious and sublime
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

36. Kami
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

37. Tengu
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

38. Pure Land Buddhism

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39. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
8th shogun
compiler of the Manyoshu
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

40. Genres of tales
sense of the mysterious and sublime
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
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

41. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

42. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

43. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Manyoshu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

44. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
amusing
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
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

45. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Soga Family
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

46. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

47. Ahikaga Takauji
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
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

48. Tale of the Heiki
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
the way of the bow and arrow
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

49. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
compiler of the Manyoshu
Fujiwara
Soga Family
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

50. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
sense of the mysterious and sublime
animism
8th shogun