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1. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
control the weather - linked to water
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

2. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
government and worshipping
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
melancholy at the transience of things

3. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
general and first shogun of Japan
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
belief in the spirit of words

4. Otomo Yakamochi
compiler of the Manyoshu
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
pollution
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

5. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
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
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

6. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Soga Family
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
amusing

7. Benkei
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
inflections and function words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

8. nori
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
divine decrees- laws
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

9. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

10. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
refined elegance
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

11. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
pollution
refined elegance
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

12. manyogana
Manyoshu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

13. miyabi
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
general and first shogun of Japan
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
refined elegance

14. Kenmu restoration
Death - childbirth - blood
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

15. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

16. Shobogenzo
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
King of Paekche
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
refined elegance

17. matsuri
Warring States period
government and worshipping
divine decrees- laws
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

18. Aesthetics believed
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
amusing

19. Ahikaga Takauji
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

20. Kamakura Period
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
amusing
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
sense of the mysterious and sublime

21. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
sense of the mysterious and sublime
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
8th shogun

22. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
8th shogun
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
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

23. Yoshitsune
sympathy for the lieutenant
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
valiant warrior and romantic hero

24. Hiragana is used to write...
Soga Family
inflections and function words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

25. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Manyoshu
3rd Shogun
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

26. No drama
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
the way of the bow and arrow
Non persons
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

27. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
compiler of the Manyoshu
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

28. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Pure Land and Zen
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
no

29. Ugetsu director
3rd Shogun
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Mizoguchi Kenji
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

30. Pure Land Buddhism

31. Genres of tales
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

32. hagiography
Mizoguchi Kenji
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

33. Sumie
Warring States period
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Manyoshu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

34. Kami
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
symbol used to write a morpheme
Manyoshu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

35. Shinto is a form of
animism
melancholy at the transience of things
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

36. foxes
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
8th shogun
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

37. Zen Buddhism
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

38. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
sense of the mysterious and sublime
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

39. kotodama
Manyoshu
belief in the spirit of words
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

40. 2 Archaeological periods
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Jomon - Yayoi

41. Shinto myth texts
sympathy for the lieutenant
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
government and worshipping

42. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
general and first shogun of Japan
Fujiwara
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

43. Haniwa figures
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

44. Tengu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

45. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
King of Paekche
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

46. Ugetsu setting
Mizoguchi Kenji
compiler of the Manyoshu
Warring States period
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

47. Logograph
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Warring States period
symbol used to write a morpheme
Non persons

48. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
symbol used to write a morpheme
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

49. Yamanoue Okura
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
symbol used to write a morpheme

50. hinin
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Non persons
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra