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1. Yoshitsune
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
King of Paekche
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
valiant warrior and romantic hero

2. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
the way of the bow and arrow
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

3. matsuri
Fujiwara
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
government and worshipping
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

4. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

5. mappo
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
melancholy at the transience of things
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

6. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
inflections and function words
refined elegance
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

7. foxes
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

8. Ugetsu director
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Mizoguchi Kenji

9. eta
the way of the bow and arrow
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
8th shogun

10. Muso Soseki
pollution
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

11. Aesthetics believed
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

12. Zen Buddhism
animism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Non persons

13. makura kotoba
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
control the weather - linked to water
symbol used to write a morpheme

14. Shobogenzo
amusing
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
control the weather - linked to water
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

15. Logograph
refined elegance
no
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
symbol used to write a morpheme

16. Kamakura Period
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
pollution
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

17. okashi
amusing
refined elegance
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

18. Tengu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Jomon - Yayoi

19. Hiragana is used to write...
inflections and function words
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
amusing

20. Pure Land Buddhism

21. hagiography
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

22. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Pure Land and Zen
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

23. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

24. hogan biiji
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
sense of the mysterious and sublime
sympathy for the lieutenant
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

25. hinin
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Non persons

26. Genres of tales
pollution
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

27. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
pollution

28. Japan's first anthology of poetry
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Death - childbirth - blood
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Manyoshu

29. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
pollution
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

30. Creation myth

31. yumiya no narai
no
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
the way of the bow and arrow

32. Elements of Japanese language standardization
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
3rd Shogun
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

33. Otomo Yakamochi
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Jomon - Yayoi
symbol used to write a morpheme
compiler of the Manyoshu

34. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
8th shogun
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Fujiwara

35. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
belief in the spirit of words
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

36. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
control the weather - linked to water
Soga Family
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

37. Shinto myth texts
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

38. miyabi
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
refined elegance
government and worshipping
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

39. innovations of Yamato Period
symbol used to write a morpheme
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

40. Taiho Code
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

41. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
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

42. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
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
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
amusing

43. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

44. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
compiler of the Manyoshu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

45. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
Jomon - Yayoi
Fujiwara
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

46. 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
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
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

47. minority peoples within Japan
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
refined elegance
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

48. Benkei
Fujiwara
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

49. Kami
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

50. 2 Archaeological periods
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
compiler of the Manyoshu
Jomon - Yayoi