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Japanese Culture

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1. Yoritomo
belief in the spirit of words
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
general and first shogun of Japan

2. Japan's first anthology of poetry
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Manyoshu
control the weather - linked to water
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

3. Hiragana is used to write...
control the weather - linked to water
sense of the mysterious and sublime
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
inflections and function words

4. Zen Buddhism
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
3rd Shogun
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

5. Tale of the Heiki
sympathy for the lieutenant
belief in the spirit of words
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

6. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

7. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
no
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

8. Japanese was standardized during
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
inflections and function words
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
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

9. Yamanoue Okura
valiant warrior and romantic hero
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
divine decrees- laws

10. Taiho Code
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
symbol used to write a morpheme
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

11. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
no
8th shogun
Jomon - Yayoi
Manyoshu

12. Innovations of the Yayoi period
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Soga Family

13. Tengu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
melancholy at the transience of things

14. hinin
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Soga Family
general and first shogun of Japan
Non persons

15. okashi
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
amusing
general and first shogun of Japan

16. Benkei
Pure Land and Zen
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
melancholy at the transience of things

17. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
pollution
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

18. innovations of Yamato Period
valiant warrior and romantic hero
sympathy for the lieutenant
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

19. Muso Soseki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Non persons

20. minority peoples within Japan
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

21. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

22. No drama
sense of the mysterious and sublime
general and first shogun of Japan
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Pure Land and Zen

23. Creation myth

24. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
compiler of the Manyoshu

25. Shinto myth texts
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

26. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Jomon - Yayoi

27. Ahikaga period
Jomon - Yayoi
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

28. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Non persons

29. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Fujiwara
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

30. Sumie
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
3rd Shogun
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

31. Yoshitsune
valiant warrior and romantic hero
compiler of the Manyoshu
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

32. Kamakura Period
Soga Family
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

33. Ugetsu director
melancholy at the transience of things
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Mizoguchi Kenji
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

34. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

35. 3 things that cause pollution
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
compiler of the Manyoshu
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Death - childbirth - blood

36. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
3rd Shogun
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

37. dragons' abilities
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Non persons
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
control the weather - linked to water

38. Kami
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
the way of the bow and arrow

39. matsuri
government and worshipping
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
pollution
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

40. Genres of tales
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Fujiwara
amusing
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

41. makura kotoba
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
sense of the mysterious and sublime
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

42. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
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
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

43. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
the way of the bow and arrow
symbol used to write a morpheme
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

44. kotodama
belief in the spirit of words
Manyoshu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Warring States period

45. Shinto is a form of
animism
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

46. Haniwa figures
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
8th shogun

47. Logograph
Soga Family
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
symbol used to write a morpheme

48. Pure Land Buddhism

49. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
8th shogun
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

50. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
general and first shogun of Japan
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
King of Paekche