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Japanese Culture

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1. Yugen
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
sense of the mysterious and sublime
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

2. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
compiler of the Manyoshu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
no

3. Shoen
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

4. Who introduced Buddhism
valiant warrior and romantic hero
inflections and function words
King of Paekche
no

5. Aesthetics believed
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
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

6. Genres of tales
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

7. Shinto is a form of
Non persons
Jomon - Yayoi
animism
inflections and function words

8. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
inflections and function words
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

9. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Pure Land and Zen

10. foxes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

11. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

12. Kamakura Period
belief in the spirit of words
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
3rd Shogun

13. Sumie
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Soga Family

14. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
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

15. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
sympathy for the lieutenant
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

16. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
8th shogun
3rd Shogun
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

17. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
government and worshipping
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

18. Taiho Code
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

19. Onin War
Pure Land and Zen
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
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

20. Creation myth

21. Zen Buddhism
refined elegance
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

22. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
compiler of the Manyoshu
control the weather - linked to water
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
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

23. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
refined elegance
melancholy at the transience of things
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

24. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Manyoshu
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
symbol used to write a morpheme
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

25. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

26. mappo
refined elegance
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Jomon - Yayoi
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

27. nori
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
divine decrees- laws
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

28. hogan biiji
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
control the weather - linked to water
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
sympathy for the lieutenant

29. miyabi
Mizoguchi Kenji
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
divine decrees- laws
refined elegance

30. Yoritomo
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
symbol used to write a morpheme
general and first shogun of Japan
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

31. Katagana is used to write...
melancholy at the transience of things
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

32. Ugetsu setting
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
symbol used to write a morpheme
Warring States period
animism

33. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Pure Land and Zen
divine decrees- laws
8th shogun

34. Haniwa figures
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

35. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Manyoshu

36. yamato-e
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
melancholy at the transience of things
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

37. 2 Archaeological periods
compiler of the Manyoshu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Jomon - Yayoi
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

38. Ahikaga Takauji
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

39. minority peoples within Japan
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Soga Family

40. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
Warring States period
belief in the spirit of words
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
King of Paekche

41. Japanese was standardized during
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
control the weather - linked to water
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

42. Shobogenzo
sympathy for the lieutenant
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Fujiwara

43. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
general and first shogun of Japan
divine decrees- laws

44. Pure Land Buddhism

45. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Non persons
general and first shogun of Japan

46. Tale of the Heiki
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
no
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

47. Elements of Japanese language standardization
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
divine decrees- laws
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
sympathy for the lieutenant

48. matsuri
government and worshipping
control the weather - linked to water
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Non persons

49. Yoshitsune
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
valiant warrior and romantic hero

50. okashi
Manyoshu
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
amusing
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined