Japanese Culture

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1. Logograph
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
symbol used to write a morpheme
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality


2. Kenmu restoration
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
divine decrees- laws
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


3. Creation myth


4. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Non persons


5. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Fujiwara
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
8th shogun
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother


6. Yamanoue Okura
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity


7. Kinkakuji
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
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans


8. Izumo shrine is dedicated to


9. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
the way of the bow and arrow
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control


10. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
amusing
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
3rd Shogun


11. Shinto myth texts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
pollution
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
refined elegance


12. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
compiler of the Manyoshu
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world


13. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Pure Land and Zen
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
safe journey - return - long imperial reign


14. Ugetsu director
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Warring States period
Mizoguchi Kenji
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs


15. Ahikaga Takauji
8th shogun
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Non persons


16. matsuri
Death - childbirth - blood
government and worshipping
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs


17. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
symbol used to write a morpheme
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs


18. makura kotoba
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
sympathy for the lieutenant
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts


19. Katagana is used to write...
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Mizoguchi Kenji
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
symbol used to write a morpheme


20. Yoritomo
refined elegance
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
general and first shogun of Japan
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)


21. miyabi
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
symbol used to write a morpheme
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
refined elegance


22. Tengu
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
Fujiwara
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts


23. Otomo Yakamochi
melancholy at the transience of things
compiler of the Manyoshu
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
inflections and function words


24. eta
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
government and worshipping


25. yumiya no narai
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
control the weather - linked to water
the way of the bow and arrow


26. manyogana
Pure Land and Zen
government and worshipping
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu


27. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
general and first shogun of Japan
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon


28. Ahikaga period
Manyoshu
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate


29. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
amusing
inflections and function words
safe journey - return - long imperial reign


30. Pure Land Buddhism


31. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu


32. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
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
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan


33. mappo
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
melancholy at the transience of things
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants


34. Who introduced Buddhism
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
King of Paekche


35. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
control the weather - linked to water
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence


36. Taiho Code
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
belief in the spirit of words
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
symbol used to write a morpheme


37. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
control the weather - linked to water
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals


38. Genres of tales
Soga Family
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
sense of the mysterious and sublime


39. hinin
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Non persons


40. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world


41. Sumie
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
control the weather - linked to water
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song


42. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Manyoshu


43. minority peoples within Japan
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
no


44. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Fujiwara
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
sympathy for the lieutenant


45. Shoen
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
valiant warrior and romantic hero
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Created gardens as contemplative spaces


46. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
refined elegance
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon


47. hagiography
Soga Family
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts


48. nori
belief in the spirit of words
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
divine decrees- laws


49. hogan biiji
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
sympathy for the lieutenant
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography


50. okashi
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
amusing
Death - childbirth - blood