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1. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Warring States period
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

2. Sumie
Manyoshu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

3. Onin War
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Death - childbirth - blood
belief in the spirit of words
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

4. Tale of the Heiki
sense of the mysterious and sublime
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
general and first shogun of Japan

5. Yamanoue Okura
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

6. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

7. miyabi
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
refined elegance
3rd Shogun

8. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

9. mappo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

10. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

11. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

12. Zen Buddhism
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

13. Heian period associated with a fear of
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
melancholy at the transience of things
pollution
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

14. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
animism

15. Genres of tales
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

16. Japan's first anthology of poetry
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
the way of the bow and arrow
Manyoshu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

17. Yugen
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Death - childbirth - blood
sense of the mysterious and sublime
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

18. yumiya no narai
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
compiler of the Manyoshu
the way of the bow and arrow

19. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
compiler of the Manyoshu
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

20. No drama
inflections and function words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
3rd Shogun
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

21. hogan biiji
sympathy for the lieutenant
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
sense of the mysterious and sublime

22. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
8th shogun

23. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
amusing
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

24. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Soga Family

25. hinin
Jomon - Yayoi
Non persons
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

26. matsuri
no
belief in the spirit of words
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
government and worshipping

27. foxes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
sympathy for the lieutenant

28. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
pollution
symbol used to write a morpheme
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

29. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Soga Family
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

30. okashi
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
amusing
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

31. Muso Soseki
no
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

32. Hiragana is used to write...
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
inflections and function words
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

33. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
8th shogun

34. Tengu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

35. kotodama
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
symbol used to write a morpheme
belief in the spirit of words
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

36. Logograph
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
symbol used to write a morpheme

37. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
general and first shogun of Japan
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
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

38. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Manyoshu
Non persons
Mizoguchi Kenji
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

39. Taiho Code
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
animism
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

40. manyogana
Mizoguchi Kenji
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
the way of the bow and arrow

41. Pure Land Buddhism

42. Benkei
Jomon - Yayoi
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

43. Shinto myth texts
animism
amusing
Jomon - Yayoi
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

44. dragons' abilities
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
control the weather - linked to water
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

45. Shobogenzo
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

46. innovations of Yamato Period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

47. Kenmu restoration
general and first shogun of Japan
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Death - childbirth - blood
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

48. Yoshitsune
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

49. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Warring States period
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

50. Yoritomo
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Manyoshu
general and first shogun of Japan