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1. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
inflections and function words

2. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Fujiwara
Death - childbirth - blood

3. Yoritomo
pollution
general and first shogun of Japan
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

4. Tale of the Heiki
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
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
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

5. 2 Archaeological periods
Jomon - Yayoi
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

6. Onin War
compiler of the Manyoshu
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
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

7. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

8. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Mizoguchi Kenji
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
valiant warrior and romantic hero

9. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
sympathy for the lieutenant
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

10. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Non persons
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
animism

11. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Soga Family

12. Kamakura Period
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
King of Paekche
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

13. Otomo Yakamochi
compiler of the Manyoshu
refined elegance
sympathy for the lieutenant
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

14. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Manyoshu

15. hogan biiji
divine decrees- laws
sympathy for the lieutenant
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

16. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
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
3rd Shogun
general and first shogun of Japan
valiant warrior and romantic hero

17. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Manyoshu
the way of the bow and arrow
3rd Shogun
8th shogun

18. miyabi
compiler of the Manyoshu
sympathy for the lieutenant
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
refined elegance

19. hinin
Non persons
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
animism
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

20. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
sympathy for the lieutenant
8th shogun
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

21. Haniwa figures
inflections and function words
Jomon - Yayoi
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

22. Pure Land Buddhism

23. Taiho Code
divine decrees- laws
amusing
Soga Family
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

24. Shinto myth texts
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Manyoshu
Death - childbirth - blood

25. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
valiant warrior and romantic hero
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
inflections and function words

26. Shobogenzo
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

27. 3 things that cause pollution
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Death - childbirth - blood

28. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
inflections and function words
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

29. Creation myth

30. Innovations of the Yayoi period
the way of the bow and arrow
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Jomon - Yayoi
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

31. Ugetsu setting
Non persons
Warring States period
melancholy at the transience of things
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

32. dragons' abilities
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
control the weather - linked to water

33. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
control the weather - linked to water

34. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Death - childbirth - blood
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

35. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
the way of the bow and arrow
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Fujiwara
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

36. Yugen
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
inflections and function words
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

37. Heian period associated with a fear of
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
King of Paekche
pollution
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

38. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
King of Paekche
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

39. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

40. Aesthetics believed
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
the way of the bow and arrow
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

41. Japanese was standardized during
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
government and worshipping
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

42. okashi
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
amusing
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

43. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

44. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
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
general and first shogun of Japan

45. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
pollution
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

46. mono no aware
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
melancholy at the transience of things
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

47. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

48. Ugetsu director
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Mizoguchi Kenji
Non persons

49. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

50. hagiography
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures