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1. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
amusing
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Non persons

2. Taiho Code
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
pollution
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

3. mappo
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
divine decrees- laws

4. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Soga Family
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

5. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
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
8th shogun

6. Kamakura Period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
general and first shogun of Japan
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
inflections and function words

7. Logograph
animism
symbol used to write a morpheme
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

8. hagiography
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
general and first shogun of Japan
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

9. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
the way of the bow and arrow
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Fujiwara
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

10. Onin War
melancholy at the transience of things
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

11. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Pure Land and Zen
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

12. manyogana
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
government and worshipping
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

13. foxes
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
belief in the spirit of words
symbol used to write a morpheme
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

14. Shinto myth texts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

15. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
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

16. okashi
amusing
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
divine decrees- laws

17. 2 Archaeological periods
Jomon - Yayoi
control the weather - linked to water
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
belief in the spirit of words

18. Haniwa figures
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

19. Heian period associated with a fear of
Non persons
pollution
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

20. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

21. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
government and worshipping

22. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
compiler of the Manyoshu
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

23. hogan biiji
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Pure Land and Zen
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
sympathy for the lieutenant

24. Kenmu restoration
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
government and worshipping
valiant warrior and romantic hero

25. Aesthetics believed
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

26. Genres of tales
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Non persons

27. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
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

28. mono no aware
refined elegance
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
melancholy at the transience of things
the way of the bow and arrow

29. Japanese was standardized during
refined elegance
Death - childbirth - blood
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
inflections and function words

30. nori
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
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
pollution
divine decrees- laws

31. yamato-e
Warring States period
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
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

32. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
valiant warrior and romantic hero
pollution
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

33. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
compiler of the 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

34. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Jomon - Yayoi
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

35. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
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

36. yumiya no narai
Mizoguchi Kenji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
the way of the bow and arrow

37. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
the way of the bow and arrow
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

38. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
refined elegance
sympathy for the lieutenant
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

39. eta
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
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

40. kotodama
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
belief in the spirit of words
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
pollution

41. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
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
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Pure Land and Zen

42. Sumie
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
divine decrees- laws
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

43. matsuri
3rd Shogun
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
government and worshipping
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

44. Yugen
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
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

45. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
control the weather - linked to water
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

46. No drama
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Non persons
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Mizoguchi Kenji

47. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
belief in the spirit of words

48. Zen Buddhism
Pure Land and Zen
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

49. Ugetsu director
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Mizoguchi Kenji
Pure Land and Zen

50. Shinto is a form of
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
animism
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Mizoguchi Kenji