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Japanese Culture

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1. foxes
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
melancholy at the transience of things
Soga Family
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

2. hagiography
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Mizoguchi Kenji
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

3. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Jomon - Yayoi
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Fujiwara

4. eta
amusing
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
the way of the bow and arrow
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

5. Kinkakuji
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
symbol used to write a morpheme
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

6. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

7. Tengu
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
valiant warrior and romantic hero
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

8. hinin
refined elegance
Non persons
belief in the spirit of words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

9. matsuri
divine decrees- laws
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Pure Land and Zen
government and worshipping

10. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
the way of the bow and arrow
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

11. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

12. mappo
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

13. Aesthetics believed
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
the way of the bow and arrow
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

14. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
government and worshipping
sympathy for the lieutenant
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

15. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
divine decrees- laws
Soga Family
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

16. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Fujiwara
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
inflections and function words

17. Pure Land Buddhism

18. Muso Soseki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
belief in the spirit of words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

19. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
pollution
the way of the bow and arrow
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

20. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
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
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Manyoshu

21. Genres of tales
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Death - childbirth - blood

22. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
divine decrees- laws
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

23. Ugetsu setting
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Jomon - Yayoi
Warring States period
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

24. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
divine decrees- laws
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

25. makura kotoba
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
the way of the bow and arrow
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

26. Yugen
animism
Non persons
Soga Family
sense of the mysterious and sublime

27. Shinto is a form of
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
animism
Mizoguchi Kenji
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

28. minority peoples within Japan
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
government and worshipping
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

29. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
control the weather - linked to water

30. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Jomon - Yayoi
compiler of the Manyoshu

31. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
Death - childbirth - blood
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Pure Land and Zen

32. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Manyoshu
8th shogun

33. Shobogenzo
sense of the mysterious and sublime
King of Paekche
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

34. yamato-e
Mizoguchi Kenji
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

35. Ugetsu director
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Mizoguchi Kenji
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

36. Katagana is used to write...
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

37. Shinto myth texts
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Mizoguchi Kenji
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

38. okashi
amusing
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
King of Paekche
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

39. 2 Archaeological periods
control the weather - linked to water
Jomon - Yayoi
divine decrees- laws
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

40. Hiragana is used to write...
inflections and function words
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
divine decrees- laws
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

41. Innovations of the Yayoi period
Manyoshu
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

42. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

43. hogan biiji
sympathy for the lieutenant
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
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

44. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
animism

45. 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
compiler of the Manyoshu
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

46. 3 things that cause pollution
Warring States period
Death - childbirth - blood
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
belief in the spirit of words

47. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
no
the way of the bow and arrow
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

48. Kami
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
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
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

49. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Pure Land and Zen
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

50. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
3rd Shogun
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity