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1. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
the way of the bow and arrow
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
amusing

2. Kami
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Soga Family

3. mappo
Non persons
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

4. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Fujiwara
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

5. miyabi
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
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
refined elegance

6. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
3rd Shogun

7. Zen Buddhism
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
King of Paekche
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

8. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
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
sympathy for the lieutenant
Jomon - Yayoi
Pure Land and Zen

9. Heian period associated with a fear of
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
pollution
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

10. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
general and first shogun of Japan
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
sympathy for the lieutenant
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

11. okashi
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
amusing
melancholy at the transience of things
sense of the mysterious and sublime

12. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
sympathy for the lieutenant
melancholy at the transience of things
no
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

13. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
the way of the bow and arrow
Manyoshu

14. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Jomon - Yayoi
Soga Family
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

15. Ugetsu setting
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
pollution
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Warring States period

16. Pure Land Buddhism

17. Kenmu restoration
inflections and function words
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
general and first shogun of Japan

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

19. Otomo Yakamochi
symbol used to write a morpheme
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
inflections and function words
compiler of the Manyoshu

20. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Fujiwara
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
animism
Non persons

21. Ugetsu director
melancholy at the transience of things
Mizoguchi Kenji
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

22. Onin War
melancholy at the transience of things
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
no
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

23. Taiho Code
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

24. foxes
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

25. 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
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

26. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Warring States period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
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

27. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Manyoshu
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
8th shogun
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

28. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

29. yamato-e
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

30. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
Soga Family
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
government and worshipping

31. Ahikaga period
control the weather - linked to water
the way of the bow and arrow
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Warring States period

32. Sumie
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
the way of the bow and arrow
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

33. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
divine decrees- laws
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

34. kotodama
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
belief in the spirit of words
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

35. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Pure Land and Zen
King of Paekche
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

36. Shinto is a form of
animism
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
3rd Shogun
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

37. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

38. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
8th shogun
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

39. makura kotoba
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

40. Hiragana is used to write...
government and worshipping
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
inflections and function words
Death - childbirth - blood

41. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
control the weather - linked to water
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

42. hinin
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Non persons
Fujiwara
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

43. minority peoples within Japan
Manyoshu
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

44. hogan biiji
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
government and worshipping
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
sympathy for the lieutenant

45. hagiography
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

46. 2 Archaeological periods
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Jomon - Yayoi
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
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

47. 3 things that cause pollution
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
Manyoshu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Death - childbirth - blood

48. Kamakura Period
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
the way of the bow and arrow

49. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
general and first shogun of Japan

50. Creation myth