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1. Heian period associated with a fear of
Pure Land and Zen
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
pollution

2. yumiya no narai
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
the way of the bow and arrow
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

3. Haniwa figures
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

4. matsuri
Jomon - Yayoi
divine decrees- laws
government and worshipping
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

5. okashi
Non persons
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
amusing
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

6. Yamanoue Okura
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

7. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
belief in the spirit of words
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

8. eta
Soga Family
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
government and worshipping

9. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Pure Land and Zen
Soga Family

10. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
divine decrees- laws
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

11. Taiho Code
King of Paekche
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
melancholy at the transience of things

12. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Fujiwara

13. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
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

14. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
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
King of Paekche

15. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Manyoshu
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Death - childbirth - blood

16. Ahikaga period
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
no
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

17. Benkei
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Fujiwara
control the weather - linked to water
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

18. Aesthetics believed
pollution
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

19. innovations of Yamato Period
King of Paekche
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

20. Hiragana is used to write...
Soga Family
inflections and function words
Death - childbirth - blood
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

21. Sumie
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
divine decrees- laws
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
valiant warrior and romantic hero

22. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

23. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

24. dragons' abilities
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
control the weather - linked to water

25. Logograph
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
symbol used to write a morpheme
8th shogun
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

26. 2 Archaeological periods
Warring States period
amusing
8th shogun
Jomon - Yayoi

27. Kamakura Period
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
pollution

28. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
King of Paekche
government and worshipping
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

29. hinin
Non persons
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Death - childbirth - blood
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

30. Shinto is a form of
no
animism
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

31. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Pure Land and Zen
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Manyoshu

32. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Warring States period
Pure Land and Zen
Death - childbirth - blood
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

33. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
3rd Shogun

34. hogan biiji
sympathy for the lieutenant
compiler of the Manyoshu
Manyoshu
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

35. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Soga Family
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

36. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
control the weather - linked to water
sympathy for the lieutenant
amusing

37. makura kotoba
melancholy at the transience of things
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Death - childbirth - blood

38. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
general and first shogun of Japan
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Mizoguchi Kenji

39. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

40. mappo
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

41. Onin War
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

42. Genres of tales
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

43. Kenmu restoration
Death - childbirth - blood
Manyoshu
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

44. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
belief in the spirit of words
Jomon - Yayoi
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
3rd Shogun

45. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Manyoshu
King of Paekche
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
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

46. foxes
general and first shogun of Japan
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
sympathy for the lieutenant
3rd Shogun

47. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
the way of the bow and arrow
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

48. Muso Soseki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
amusing
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

49. Pure Land Buddhism

50. Shinto myth texts
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki