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1. Who introduced Buddhism
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
King of Paekche
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

2. Creation myth

3. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Soga Family
Non persons

4. Kamakura Period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
amusing
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

5. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

6. 3 things that cause pollution
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Death - childbirth - blood
3rd Shogun
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

7. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Death - childbirth - blood
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
no

8. Kinkakuji
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
symbol used to write a morpheme
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

9. Sumie
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

10. Yamanoue Okura
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

11. Ugetsu setting
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Non persons
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Warring States period

12. Japanese was standardized during
Mizoguchi Kenji
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
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
no

13. yumiya no narai
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
the way of the bow and arrow
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

14. 2 Archaeological periods
Manyoshu
pollution
Jomon - Yayoi
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

15. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
symbol used to write a morpheme
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Pure Land and Zen

16. Otomo Yakamochi
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
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
symbol used to write a morpheme
compiler of the Manyoshu

17. Benkei
sense of the mysterious and sublime
sympathy for the lieutenant
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

18. hogan biiji
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
sympathy for the lieutenant
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

19. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
belief in the spirit of words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

20. Kami
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
belief in the spirit of words
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

21. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
the way of the bow and arrow
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

22. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Soga Family
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

23. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
symbol used to write a morpheme
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
amusing

24. Pure Land Buddhism

25. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

26. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Manyoshu
amusing
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

27. Yoshitsune
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
valiant warrior and romantic hero

28. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
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
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

29. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Manyoshu
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
pollution

30. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
the way of the bow and arrow
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

31. yamato-e
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
no
Mizoguchi Kenji
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

32. Shoen
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Pure Land and Zen
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

33. Tengu
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
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

34. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
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
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

35. Shinto is a form of
animism
Non persons
symbol used to write a morpheme
compiler of the Manyoshu

36. Tale of the Heiki
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
general and first shogun of Japan
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

37. Yoritomo
Non persons
general and first shogun of Japan
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

38. Genres of tales
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

39. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Soga Family
Fujiwara
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
sense of the mysterious and sublime

40. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
sympathy for the lieutenant
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

41. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
3rd Shogun
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

42. Hiragana is used to write...
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Manyoshu
inflections and function words
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

43. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
government and worshipping
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
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

44. mappo
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
symbol used to write a morpheme
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

45. No drama
sympathy for the lieutenant
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
divine decrees- laws

46. foxes
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
melancholy at the transience of things
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

47. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Pure Land and Zen
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

48. manyogana
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
King of Paekche
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

49. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
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
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Fujiwara
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

50. Taiho Code
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Non persons
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate