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1. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
general and first shogun of Japan
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

2. Japan's first anthology of poetry
3rd Shogun
King of Paekche
Manyoshu
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

3. Muso Soseki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
control the weather - linked to water

4. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
8th shogun
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

5. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

6. okashi
inflections and function words
divine decrees- laws
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
amusing

7. Shoen
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

8. kotodama
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
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
belief in the spirit of words
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

9. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Soga Family
government and worshipping

10. 2 Archaeological periods
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Jomon - Yayoi

11. Kamakura Period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
3rd Shogun
control the weather - linked to water
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

12. foxes
inflections and function words
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Death - childbirth - blood
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

13. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Death - childbirth - blood
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

14. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

15. Aesthetics believed
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

16. Elements of Japanese language standardization
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

17. Kinkakuji
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

18. Tale of the Heiki
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

19. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
belief in the spirit of words
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

20. Hiragana is used to write...
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Soga Family
inflections and function words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

21. hogan biiji
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
sympathy for the lieutenant
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

22. manyogana
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

23. nori
amusing
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
divine decrees- laws
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

24. Onin War
Pure Land and Zen
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Mizoguchi Kenji
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

25. Yamanoue Okura
no
control the weather - linked to water
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
government and worshipping

26. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

27. Yoritomo
refined elegance
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
general and first shogun of Japan
3rd Shogun

28. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
no
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Mizoguchi Kenji

29. innovations of Yamato Period
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

30. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

31. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

32. makura kotoba
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
refined elegance
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

33. Sumie
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
divine decrees- laws
Non persons
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

34. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Jomon - Yayoi
3rd Shogun
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

35. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Soga Family
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Pure Land and Zen
sympathy for the lieutenant

36. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
animism
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
8th shogun
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

37. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
belief in the spirit of words
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
King of Paekche
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

38. hagiography
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Warring States period
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

39. Taiho Code
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
valiant warrior and romantic hero
melancholy at the transience of things

40. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
amusing
Manyoshu
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

41. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

42. Ahikaga Takauji
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
divine decrees- laws
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

43. yumiya no narai
no
the way of the bow and arrow
8th shogun
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

44. Yoshitsune
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
3rd Shogun
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

45. Creation myth

46. miyabi
refined elegance
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

47. Otomo Yakamochi
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
the way of the bow and arrow
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
compiler of the Manyoshu

48. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
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
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

49. Tengu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Soga Family

50. Ugetsu setting
Non persons
Warring States period
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
sympathy for the lieutenant