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1. 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
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Warring States period
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

2. Ugetsu setting
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Warring States period
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

3. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Pure Land and Zen
no
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

4. Japan's first anthology of poetry
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Manyoshu
control the weather - linked to water
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

5. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Death - childbirth - blood
animism

6. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
general and first shogun of Japan
8th shogun
divine decrees- laws
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

7. mono no aware
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
melancholy at the transience of things

8. makura kotoba
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
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
divine decrees- laws

9. manyogana
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
compiler of the Manyoshu

10. Haniwa figures
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

11. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

12. Kamakura Period
Non persons
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
inflections and function words

13. Shoen
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
3rd Shogun
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

14. Logograph
sense of the mysterious and sublime
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
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
symbol used to write a morpheme

15. okashi
melancholy at the transience of things
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
amusing

16. Kinkakuji
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

17. Shinto myth texts
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
sympathy for the lieutenant

18. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

19. Zen Buddhism
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
8th shogun
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

20. Japanese was standardized during
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Soga Family
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Jomon - Yayoi

21. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

22. hinin
Manyoshu
8th shogun
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Non persons

23. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Fujiwara
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

24. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Pure Land and Zen
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

25. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Fujiwara
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

26. Katagana is used to write...
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
government and worshipping
8th shogun

27. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
compiler of the Manyoshu
3rd Shogun
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

28. kotodama
belief in the spirit of words
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
amusing
no

29. Tale of the Heiki
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
King of Paekche
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

30. yumiya no narai
Manyoshu
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
the way of the bow and arrow

31. hagiography
belief in the spirit of words
inflections and function words
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

32. 3 things that cause pollution
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Death - childbirth - blood
Fujiwara
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

33. innovations of Yamato Period
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Warring States period

34. mappo
sympathy for the lieutenant
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

35. 2 Archaeological periods
Jomon - Yayoi
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

36. Onin War
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

37. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
inflections and function words
belief in the spirit of words
Manyoshu

38. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
compiler of the Manyoshu

39. foxes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
belief in the spirit of words
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

40. Heian period associated with a fear of
pollution
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
government and worshipping

41. Tengu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

42. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
3rd Shogun
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

43. Creation myth

44. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
refined elegance
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

45. dragons' abilities
sense of the mysterious and sublime
control the weather - linked to water
the way of the bow and arrow
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

46. Innovations of the Yayoi period
King of Paekche
symbol used to write a morpheme
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

47. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
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
Mizoguchi Kenji

48. nori
King of Paekche
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

49. Hiragana is used to write...
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
inflections and function words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Fujiwara

50. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Manyoshu
pollution
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
8th shogun