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1. miyabi
refined elegance
government and worshipping
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

2. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
sympathy for the lieutenant
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Jomon - Yayoi
8th shogun

3. Katagana is used to write...
inflections and function words
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

4. Genres of tales
the way of the bow and arrow
Mizoguchi Kenji
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

5. hagiography
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
sense of the mysterious and sublime
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

6. hogan biiji
Soga Family
3rd Shogun
divine decrees- laws
sympathy for the lieutenant

7. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
pollution
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

8. makura kotoba
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
refined elegance
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

9. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
sympathy for the lieutenant
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Soga Family

10. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
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
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

11. kotodama
Jomon - Yayoi
belief in the spirit of words
no
Death - childbirth - blood

12. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
no

13. eta
King of Paekche
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
inflections and function words
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

14. nori
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
divine decrees- laws
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

15. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
3rd Shogun
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

16. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
3rd Shogun

17. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
government and worshipping

18. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
sense of the mysterious and sublime
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
no

19. Shinto myth texts
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
no
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

20. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

21. Aesthetics believed
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

22. Yamanoue Okura
sympathy for the lieutenant
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
control the weather - linked to water

23. Tengu
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
King of Paekche
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
valiant warrior and romantic hero

24. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
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
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

25. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

26. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Non persons
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Fujiwara

27. Kamakura Period
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Soga Family
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

28. dragons' abilities
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
control the weather - linked to water
compiler of the Manyoshu
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

29. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Manyoshu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
symbol used to write a morpheme

30. Pure Land Buddhism

31. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
refined elegance
pollution
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

32. mono no aware
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
melancholy at the transience of things
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
amusing

33. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
symbol used to write a morpheme

34. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Pure Land and Zen
sympathy for the lieutenant

35. Yugen
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

36. Yoritomo
Death - childbirth - blood
general and first shogun of Japan
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

37. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Pure Land and Zen
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

38. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Pure Land and Zen
control the weather - linked to water
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

39. Kenmu restoration
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Fujiwara
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

40. Japanese was standardized during
3rd Shogun
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

41. Zen Buddhism
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
melancholy at the transience of things
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

42. yumiya no narai
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Soga Family
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

43. Yoshitsune
inflections and function words
valiant warrior and romantic hero
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

44. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
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

45. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Warring States period
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

46. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
3rd Shogun

47. Hiragana is used to write...
8th shogun
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
inflections and function 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

48. minority peoples within Japan
belief in the spirit of words
the way of the bow and arrow
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
symbol used to write a morpheme

49. mappo
Manyoshu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

50. innovations of Yamato Period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined