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1. Sumie
Warring States period
amusing
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

2. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Non persons
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

3. Yamanoue Okura
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

4. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Jomon - Yayoi
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
general and first shogun of Japan
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

5. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Fujiwara
Mizoguchi Kenji
inflections and function words

6. Ugetsu director
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
government and worshipping
Mizoguchi Kenji
Warring States period

7. Shoen
Warring States period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

8. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
amusing
the way of the bow and arrow
Manyoshu

9. hagiography
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

10. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
valiant warrior and romantic hero
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

11. minority peoples within Japan
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
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
symbol used to write a morpheme

12. Ahikaga period
compiler of the Manyoshu
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
refined elegance
Soga Family

13. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
pollution

14. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
the way of the bow and arrow

15. Creation myth

16. Kami
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
sympathy for the lieutenant

17. Who introduced Buddhism
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
King of Paekche
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

18. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
divine decrees- laws
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

19. kotodama
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
compiler of the Manyoshu
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
belief in the spirit of words

20. Japanese was standardized during
refined elegance
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

21. Taiho Code
sympathy for the lieutenant
animism
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

22. Shinto myth texts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Pure Land and Zen

23. Hiragana is used to write...
King of Paekche
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Non persons
inflections and function words

24. matsuri
amusing
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
government and worshipping

25. Onin War
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
the way of the bow and arrow

26. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Death - childbirth - blood
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Pure Land and Zen
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

27. Elements of Japanese language standardization
the way of the bow and arrow
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

28. Otomo Yakamochi
refined elegance
government and worshipping
compiler of the Manyoshu
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

29. manyogana
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
8th shogun
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

30. Ugetsu setting
Non persons
Warring States period
Pure Land and Zen
control the weather - linked to water

31. Innovations of the Yayoi period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Jomon - Yayoi
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

32. hogan biiji
sympathy for the lieutenant
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
control the weather - linked to water

33. mono no aware
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
melancholy at the transience of things

34. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
pollution
3rd Shogun

35. Muso Soseki
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
inflections and function words
government and worshipping

36. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
refined elegance
Death - childbirth - blood
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

37. Shinto is a form of
amusing
animism
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

38. dragons' abilities
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
pollution
control the weather - linked to water

39. yamato-e
King of Paekche
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
inflections and function words
Mizoguchi Kenji

40. Tengu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
control the weather - linked to water
amusing

41. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Manyoshu
3rd Shogun
no
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

42. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

43. miyabi
compiler of the Manyoshu
amusing
refined elegance
Jomon - Yayoi

44. Aesthetics believed
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
animism
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

45. Yugen
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Mizoguchi Kenji
sense of the mysterious and sublime

46. Shobogenzo
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
refined elegance
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

47. 3 things that cause pollution
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Death - childbirth - blood
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

48. No drama
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

49. Logograph
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
no
sense of the mysterious and sublime
symbol used to write a morpheme

50. Heian period associated with a fear of
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
pollution
deity or awe-inspiring spirit