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1. innovations of Yamato Period
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

2. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
sympathy for the lieutenant
amusing
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

3. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

4. Katagana is used to write...
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

5. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
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. 3 things that cause pollution
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Death - childbirth - blood

7. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Soga Family
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

8. Muso Soseki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
control the weather - linked to water
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

9. Shinto myth texts
amusing
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Jomon - Yayoi
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

10. 2 Archaeological periods
Jomon - Yayoi
amusing
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

11. makura kotoba
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

12. minority peoples within Japan
the way of the bow and arrow
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Death - childbirth - blood
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

13. Kenmu restoration
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Non persons

14. Logograph
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
symbol used to write a morpheme
Pure Land and Zen
Non persons

15. Who introduced Buddhism
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
King of Paekche
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

16. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
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
compiler of the Manyoshu

17. Elements of Japanese language standardization
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

18. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Manyoshu
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
amusing

19. Kinkakuji
3rd Shogun
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

20. Zen Buddhism
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
divine decrees- laws
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

21. Ugetsu director
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Mizoguchi Kenji
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

22. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
melancholy at the transience of things
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
sense of the mysterious and sublime

23. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Warring States period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

24. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Mizoguchi Kenji
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
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

25. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
control the weather - linked to water
Jomon - Yayoi
sympathy for the lieutenant
3rd Shogun

26. manyogana
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
control the weather - linked to water
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

27. hogan biiji
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
sympathy for the lieutenant
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

28. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

29. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
belief in the spirit of words
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
animism

30. Otomo Yakamochi
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Pure Land and Zen
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
compiler of the Manyoshu

31. Genres of tales
Non persons
Soga Family
melancholy at the transience of things
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

32. Yamanoue Okura
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Fujiwara
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

33. hinin
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Non persons
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

34. miyabi
refined elegance
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

35. Shobogenzo
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
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

36. Creation myth

37. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
compiler of the Manyoshu

38. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Soga Family
refined elegance
Fujiwara

39. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

40. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
pollution
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Fujiwara
control the weather - linked to water

41. Hiragana is used to write...
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Pure Land and Zen
inflections and function words

42. okashi
amusing
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
sympathy for the lieutenant

43. matsuri
divine decrees- laws
government and worshipping
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

44. Shoen
Pure Land and Zen
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

45. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

46. mono no aware
melancholy at the transience of things
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
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

47. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
refined elegance
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

48. Kamakura Period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
melancholy at the transience of things
no
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

49. Yoshitsune
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
control the weather - linked to water
belief in the spirit of words
valiant warrior and romantic hero

50. Tengu
pollution
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
sympathy for the lieutenant