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1. mappo
sympathy for the lieutenant
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
divine decrees- laws

2. Creation myth

3. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

4. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Mizoguchi Kenji
Pure Land and Zen

5. innovations of Yamato Period
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

6. Katagana is used to write...
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
sense of the mysterious and sublime
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

7. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
sense of the mysterious and sublime
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Pure Land and Zen

8. Ahikaga Takauji
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Pure Land and Zen
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

9. Japanese was standardized during
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Death - childbirth - blood
belief in the spirit of words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

10. Kinkakuji
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
sympathy for the lieutenant
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

11. matsuri
government and worshipping
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Warring States period

12. Japan's first anthology of poetry
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
pollution
Manyoshu

13. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
animism
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

14. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
compiler of the Manyoshu
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

15. Yoritomo
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
general and first shogun of Japan
Pure Land and Zen

16. miyabi
refined elegance
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

17. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Manyoshu
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Mizoguchi Kenji
Pure Land and Zen

18. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

19. Tengu
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Non persons

20. Elements of Japanese language standardization
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

21. Yoshitsune
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

22. hinin
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Fujiwara
Jomon - Yayoi
Non persons

23. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
belief in the spirit of words
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
melancholy at the transience of things

24. Kami
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Fujiwara
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

25. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

26. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
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
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Fujiwara

27. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
symbol used to write a morpheme
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

28. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
no
Non persons
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

29. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
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
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

30. Sumie
no
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

31. Shinto is a form of
the way of the bow and arrow
animism
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

32. nori
belief in the spirit of words
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
divine decrees- laws

33. makura kotoba
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Manyoshu
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

34. Hiragana is used to write...
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
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
inflections and function words

35. Tale of the Heiki
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Jomon - Yayoi
Manyoshu
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

36. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
general and first shogun of Japan
belief in the spirit of words

37. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
animism
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
8th shogun

38. Onin War
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

39. Aesthetics believed
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

40. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Death - childbirth - blood
Soga Family
symbol used to write a morpheme
animism

41. eta
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
animism
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

42. hagiography
Mizoguchi Kenji
amusing
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
government and worshipping

43. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
Soga Family
Death - childbirth - blood
Warring States period

44. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Mizoguchi Kenji
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

45. Ugetsu setting
no
inflections and function words
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Warring States period

46. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
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
control the weather - linked to water
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

47. kotodama
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
general and first shogun of Japan
Non persons
belief in the spirit of words

48. Who introduced Buddhism
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
King of Paekche
3rd Shogun

49. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
general and first shogun of Japan

50. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
no
King of Paekche