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Japanese Culture

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1. yamato-e
Mizoguchi Kenji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

2. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
inflections and function words
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

3. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Jomon - Yayoi
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
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

4. Creation myth

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5. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

6. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
8th shogun

7. Muso Soseki
Pure Land and Zen
government and worshipping
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

8. Shinto myth texts
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

9. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
sympathy for the lieutenant
the way of the bow and arrow
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

10. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
symbol used to write a morpheme
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
no

11. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
amusing
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
belief in the spirit of words

12. Ahikaga period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
belief in the spirit of words
no
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

13. nori
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
divine decrees- laws
belief in the spirit of words
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

14. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

15. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

16. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
amusing
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

17. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
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

18. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Fujiwara
Death - childbirth - blood
no

19. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
melancholy at the transience of things
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

20. Otomo Yakamochi
animism
compiler of the Manyoshu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
refined elegance

21. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Soga Family

22. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
8th shogun
Warring States period
general and first shogun of Japan

23. dragons' abilities
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Warring States period
control the weather - linked to water
compiler of the Manyoshu

24. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Jomon - Yayoi

25. yumiya no narai
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
the way of the bow and arrow
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Warring States period

26. Kinkakuji
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

27. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Fujiwara
divine decrees- laws

28. Shoen
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
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
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

29. Tengu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Warring States period
divine decrees- laws
valiant warrior and romantic hero

30. Tale of the Heiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Mizoguchi Kenji
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

31. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

32. Who introduced Buddhism
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
inflections and function words
King of Paekche

33. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
compiler of the Manyoshu
Mizoguchi Kenji

34. Kenmu restoration
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Warring States period
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

35. foxes
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
valiant warrior and romantic hero

36. 2 Archaeological periods
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Jomon - Yayoi
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

37. innovations of Yamato Period
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
amusing
3rd Shogun
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

38. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
the way of the bow and arrow

39. Yoritomo
animism
general and first shogun of Japan
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

40. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Pure Land and Zen
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

41. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

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42. makura kotoba
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
no
amusing
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

43. hinin
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
inflections and function words
Non persons
no

44. Onin War
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

45. 3 things that cause pollution
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Death - childbirth - blood
amusing
Soga Family

46. Yoshitsune
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Non persons
King of Paekche

47. okashi
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
amusing
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

48. Japan's first anthology of poetry
the way of the bow and arrow
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Manyoshu
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

49. hogan biiji
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
sympathy for the lieutenant
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

50. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
valiant warrior and romantic hero