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1. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
8th shogun
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Jomon - Yayoi

2. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Soga Family
Death - childbirth - blood

3. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
King of Paekche
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
no

4. manyogana
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
melancholy at the transience of things

5. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Mizoguchi Kenji
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Warring States period

6. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
inflections and function words
refined elegance
animism

7. dragons' abilities
sympathy for the lieutenant
no
control the weather - linked to water
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

8. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

9. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
no
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

10. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

11. Shinto myth texts
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
3rd Shogun

12. yamato-e
Non persons
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

13. mappo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

14. matsuri
government and worshipping
King of Paekche
sympathy for the lieutenant
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

15. hagiography
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Death - childbirth - blood
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

16. Benkei
general and first shogun of Japan
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Non persons
sense of the mysterious and sublime

17. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
King of Paekche
compiler of the Manyoshu

18. kotodama
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
belief in the spirit of words

19. Innovations of the Yayoi period
valiant warrior and romantic hero
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

20. 2 Archaeological periods
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Jomon - Yayoi
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

21. miyabi
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
valiant warrior and romantic hero
refined elegance

22. Onin War
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

23. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
King of Paekche
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

24. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
inflections and function words

25. Genres of tales
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
government and worshipping
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

26. hinin
compiler of the Manyoshu
Non persons
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Fujiwara

27. Pure Land Buddhism

28. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

29. makura kotoba
3rd Shogun
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
8th shogun
control the weather - linked to water

30. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Death - childbirth - blood
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
8th shogun

31. Ugetsu setting
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Warring States period
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

32. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
belief in the spirit of words
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
government and worshipping

33. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

34. hogan biiji
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
sympathy for the lieutenant
King of Paekche

35. Taiho Code
amusing
Mizoguchi Kenji
no
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

36. Tengu
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

37. foxes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
amusing
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

38. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Fujiwara
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
3rd Shogun

39. Hiragana is used to write...
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
inflections and function words
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

40. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
belief in the spirit of words
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

41. Yamanoue Okura
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
King of Paekche
Warring States period
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

42. Kami
Fujiwara
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

43. Ahikaga Takauji
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
amusing

44. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
inflections and function words

45. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

46. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

47. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

48. Aesthetics believed
general and first shogun of Japan
animism
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

49. Logograph
King of Paekche
compiler of the Manyoshu
Manyoshu
symbol used to write a morpheme

50. Creation myth