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1. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

2. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
Fujiwara
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

3. hagiography
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
symbol used to write a morpheme
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

4. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

5. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
amusing
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

6. yumiya no narai
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
compiler of the Manyoshu
the way of the bow and arrow
amusing

7. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

8. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
pollution
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

9. Yoshitsune
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

10. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

11. Genres of tales
sympathy for the lieutenant
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
melancholy at the transience of things
8th shogun

12. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
8th shogun
3rd Shogun
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

13. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
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
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Jomon - Yayoi

14. Kamakura Period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
the way of the bow and arrow
refined elegance
animism

15. Yamanoue Okura
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

16. miyabi
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
refined elegance
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

17. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
refined elegance
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

18. Ahikaga period
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

19. hogan biiji
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
sympathy for the lieutenant
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
King of Paekche

20. 2 Archaeological periods
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Jomon - Yayoi
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

21. Hiragana is used to write...
Jomon - Yayoi
general and first shogun of Japan
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
inflections and function words

22. minority peoples within Japan
amusing
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
sense of the mysterious and sublime

23. Kinkakuji
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
the way of the bow and arrow

24. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
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
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Death - childbirth - blood

25. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
sympathy for the lieutenant
Warring States period
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

26. Sumie
Mizoguchi Kenji
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

27. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

28. Shinto myth texts
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Mizoguchi Kenji
refined elegance
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

29. Elements of Japanese language standardization
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
amusing
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
symbol used to write a morpheme

30. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
government and worshipping
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

31. manyogana
no
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

32. Creation myth

33. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

34. Aesthetics believed
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Pure Land and Zen
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

35. mappo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
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
melancholy at the transience of things

36. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Soga Family

37. dragons' abilities
control the weather - linked to water
Pure Land and Zen
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

38. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
divine decrees- laws
no

39. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Death - childbirth - blood
belief in the spirit of words
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

40. Shinto is a form of
Pure Land and Zen
animism
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
melancholy at the transience of things

41. matsuri
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
government and worshipping
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

42. Haniwa figures
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

43. Tengu
King of Paekche
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
divine decrees- laws
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

44. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
refined elegance
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

45. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
King of Paekche
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
3rd Shogun
Fujiwara

46. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
no
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

47. eta
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
sympathy for the lieutenant
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

48. Otomo Yakamochi
refined elegance
compiler of the Manyoshu
Jomon - Yayoi
the way of the bow and arrow

49. Pure Land Buddhism

50. Onin War
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Jomon - Yayoi
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan