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Japanese Culture

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1. Sumie
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
refined elegance
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

2. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Pure Land and Zen
Fujiwara
divine decrees- laws

3. okashi
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
amusing
belief in the spirit of words
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

4. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
3rd Shogun
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Soga Family

5. 3 things that cause pollution
control the weather - linked to water
inflections and function words
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Death - childbirth - blood

6. mappo
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
divine decrees- laws
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

7. dragons' abilities
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
control the weather - linked to water
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

8. Haniwa figures
Jomon - Yayoi
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

9. minority peoples within Japan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
pollution
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

10. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
belief in the spirit of words
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

11. hagiography
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

12. Heian period associated with a fear of
King of Paekche
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
pollution
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

13. Ugetsu director
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Mizoguchi Kenji
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

14. Tengu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

15. Shinto myth texts
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Mizoguchi Kenji

16. Creation myth

17. nori
divine decrees- laws
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
melancholy at the transience of things
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

18. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Soga Family
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

19. Katagana is used to write...
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

20. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
melancholy at the transience of things
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

21. Genres of tales
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
government and worshipping
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

22. Tale of the Heiki
no
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

23. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

24. Hiragana is used to write...
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
inflections and function words

25. Yamanoue Okura
3rd Shogun
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
pollution
belief in the spirit of words

26. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
divine decrees- laws
compiler of the Manyoshu
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

27. Muso Soseki
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

28. No drama
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

29. Shoen
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
pollution

30. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
pollution
Soga Family
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Death - childbirth - blood

31. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

32. hogan biiji
Death - childbirth - blood
sympathy for the lieutenant
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Jomon - Yayoi

33. 2 Archaeological periods
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Jomon - Yayoi
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
valiant warrior and romantic hero

34. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
valiant warrior and romantic hero
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

35. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Manyoshu
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
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

36. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Manyoshu
8th shogun
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

37. yamato-e
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
symbol used to write a morpheme
Mizoguchi Kenji

38. Kamakura Period
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

39. Ahikaga Takauji
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Death - childbirth - blood
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

40. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
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
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
pollution

41. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
belief in the spirit of words
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

42. Zen Buddhism
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

43. Aesthetics believed
compiler of the Manyoshu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

44. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Jomon - Yayoi
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
inflections and function words

45. matsuri
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
government and worshipping
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

46. Shinto is a form of
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
animism
8th shogun
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

47. Yoshitsune
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
valiant warrior and romantic hero
control the weather - linked to water
sympathy for the lieutenant

48. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
8th shogun
amusing
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

49. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
the way of the bow and arrow

50. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
amusing
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments