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1. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
melancholy at the transience of things

2. nori
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
divine decrees- laws
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
melancholy at the transience of things

3. 3 things that cause pollution
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Death - childbirth - blood
general and first shogun of Japan

4. hagiography
government and worshipping
amusing
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

5. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
symbol used to write a morpheme
3rd Shogun
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

6. Shobogenzo
valiant warrior and romantic hero
general and first shogun of Japan
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

7. Hiragana is used to write...
inflections and function words
belief in the spirit of words
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

8. matsuri
government and worshipping
no
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

9. Genres of tales
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
general and first shogun of Japan

10. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

11. No drama
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

12. Shoen
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

13. manyogana
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Non persons
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
control the weather - linked to water

14. Otomo Yakamochi
Jomon - Yayoi
compiler of the Manyoshu
animism
King of Paekche

15. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Manyoshu
Soga Family

16. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
general and first shogun of Japan
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

17. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
pollution
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

18. Pure Land Buddhism

19. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
Warring States period
Soga Family
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

20. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

21. Shinto is a form of
Warring States period
King of Paekche
animism
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

22. miyabi
animism
Warring States period
refined elegance
the way of the bow and arrow

23. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Death - childbirth - blood
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
no

24. yamato-e
amusing
Warring States period
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

25. dragons' abilities
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
symbol used to write a morpheme
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
control the weather - linked to water

26. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Mizoguchi Kenji
refined elegance
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

27. Tale of the Heiki
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
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

28. Tengu
no
3rd Shogun
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

29. Aesthetics believed
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Soga Family
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
animism

30. Creation myth

31. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
sympathy for the lieutenant
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

32. Katagana is used to write...
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
government and worshipping
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

33. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

34. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
inflections and function words
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
pollution

35. Yugen
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
sense of the mysterious and sublime
3rd Shogun
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

36. minority peoples within Japan
pollution
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
sense of the mysterious and sublime
valiant warrior and romantic hero

37. Kenmu restoration
belief in the spirit of words
8th shogun
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

38. Onin War
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
melancholy at the transience of things
inflections and function words
the way of the bow and arrow

39. Yoshitsune
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
valiant warrior and romantic hero
divine decrees- laws
Warring States period

40. foxes
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

41. Ahikaga period
symbol used to write a morpheme
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
amusing
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

42. Benkei
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Pure Land and Zen
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

43. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
Non persons
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

44. Who introduced Buddhism
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
King of Paekche
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

45. kotodama
pollution
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
belief in the spirit of words

46. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

47. Ahikaga Takauji
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Fujiwara
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

48. Japanese was standardized during
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

49. hogan biiji
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
melancholy at the transience of things
sympathy for the lieutenant

50. 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
Warring States period
sympathy for the lieutenant