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Japanese Culture

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1. mappo
government and worshipping
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Death - childbirth - blood

2. hinin
general and first shogun of Japan
Non persons
belief in the spirit of words
refined elegance

3. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Soga Family

4. Kenmu restoration
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
refined elegance

5. Onin War
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
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
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

6. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
8th shogun
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
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Mizoguchi Kenji

7. 2 Archaeological periods
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Jomon - Yayoi

8. matsuri
pollution
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
government and worshipping
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

9. okashi
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
amusing
Non persons
the way of the bow and arrow

10. Shoen
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

11. makura kotoba
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Fujiwara
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

12. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
control the weather - linked to water
refined elegance
valiant warrior and romantic hero

13. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

14. Otomo Yakamochi
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
compiler of the Manyoshu
animism
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

15. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

16. Tengu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
no
Jomon - Yayoi
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

17. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

18. yumiya no narai
divine decrees- laws
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
the way of the bow and arrow
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

19. Yamanoue Okura
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
general and first shogun of Japan
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
King of Paekche

20. Aesthetics believed
Mizoguchi Kenji
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

21. Creation myth

22. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
valiant warrior and romantic hero
sympathy for the lieutenant
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

23. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Fujiwara
symbol used to write a morpheme
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

24. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
government and worshipping
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
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
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

25. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

26. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
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
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

27. Hiragana is used to write...
sympathy for the lieutenant
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
inflections and function words
animism

28. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Manyoshu

29. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Soga Family
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Non persons
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

30. Japan's first anthology of poetry
general and first shogun of Japan
3rd Shogun
inflections and function words
Manyoshu

31. yamato-e
control the weather - linked to water
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

32. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Mizoguchi Kenji
Manyoshu
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

33. miyabi
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
refined elegance

34. 3 things that cause pollution
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Manyoshu
Death - childbirth - blood
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

35. Sumie
sympathy for the lieutenant
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

36. dragons' abilities
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
control the weather - linked to water
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

37. kotodama
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
belief in the spirit of words
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

38. Yoshitsune
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
amusing
valiant warrior and romantic hero
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

39. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Death - childbirth - blood
Jomon - Yayoi

40. Pure Land Buddhism

41. Tale of the Heiki
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

42. Innovations of the Yayoi period
general and first shogun of Japan
Jomon - Yayoi
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

43. eta
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
pollution
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

44. nori
divine decrees- laws
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Death - childbirth - blood
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

45. innovations of Yamato Period
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

46. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
control the weather - linked to water
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

47. Haniwa figures
sympathy for the lieutenant
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

48. Japanese was standardized during
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

49. Shinto is a form of
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
animism
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

50. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Mizoguchi Kenji
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
government and worshipping
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state