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1. Kamakura Period
Mizoguchi Kenji
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

2. Yoritomo
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Warring States period
Jomon - Yayoi
general and first shogun of Japan

3. No drama
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

4. Onin War
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Jomon - Yayoi
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
King of Paekche

5. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Non persons
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

6. Shinto is a form of
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
animism
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

7. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
belief in the spirit of words
compiler of the Manyoshu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

8. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
the way of the bow and arrow

9. Zen Buddhism
Soga Family
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

10. 3 things that cause pollution
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Death - childbirth - blood

11. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
divine decrees- laws

12. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

13. Logograph
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
sense of the mysterious and sublime
symbol used to write a morpheme

14. Innovations of the Yayoi period
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
no

15. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Warring States period
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
divine decrees- laws
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

16. Yugen
general and first shogun of Japan
sense of the mysterious and sublime
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

17. makura kotoba
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Pure Land and Zen

18. Pure Land Buddhism

19. innovations of Yamato Period
animism
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
8th shogun

20. Benkei
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

21. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
8th shogun
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

22. foxes
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
government and worshipping
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

23. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
valiant warrior and romantic hero
the way of the bow and arrow

24. kotodama
animism
belief in the spirit of words
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
refined elegance

25. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Manyoshu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
sympathy for the lieutenant

26. Genres of tales
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
animism
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

27. matsuri
government and worshipping
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
King of Paekche
refined elegance

28. Ahikaga Takauji
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
compiler of the Manyoshu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

29. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
8th shogun
general and first shogun of Japan
Soga Family
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

30. Shoen
control the weather - linked to water
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

31. Ugetsu director
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
general and first shogun of Japan
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Mizoguchi Kenji

32. Haniwa figures
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

33. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
animism
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
government and worshipping

34. hinin
Non persons
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

35. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
valiant warrior and romantic hero
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
animism

36. Ugetsu setting
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Warring States period

37. Hiragana is used to write...
sympathy for the lieutenant
valiant warrior and romantic hero
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
inflections and function words

38. Kenmu restoration
government and worshipping
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

39. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
symbol used to write a morpheme
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
animism

40. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
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
Soga Family
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

41. Who introduced Buddhism
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
King of Paekche
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

42. eta
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
control the weather - linked to water
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

43. Tale of the Heiki
pollution
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Manyoshu
symbol used to write a morpheme

44. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Warring States period
inflections and function words
3rd Shogun
general and first shogun of Japan

45. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
melancholy at the transience of things
no
Pure Land and Zen
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

46. Otomo Yakamochi
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
compiler of the Manyoshu

47. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

48. okashi
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
amusing
animism

49. dragons' abilities
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
control the weather - linked to water
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

50. Izumo shrine is dedicated to