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1. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Soga Family
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
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

2. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
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
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

3. foxes
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

4. 2 Archaeological periods
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Jomon - Yayoi
sense of the mysterious and sublime
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

5. kotodama
compiler of the Manyoshu
belief in the spirit of words
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

6. Ahikaga period
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
pollution

7. Pure Land Buddhism

8. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
3rd Shogun
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

9. minority peoples within Japan
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
general and first shogun of Japan
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

10. Haniwa figures
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Soga Family

11. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

12. Logograph
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
symbol used to write a morpheme
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

13. Who introduced Buddhism
amusing
divine decrees- laws
melancholy at the transience of things
King of Paekche

14. Elements of Japanese language standardization
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
control the weather - linked to water
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

15. Yoshitsune
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
the way of the bow and arrow
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
valiant warrior and romantic hero

16. Heian period associated with a fear of
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
pollution
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

17. nori
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
divine decrees- laws
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
general and first shogun of Japan

18. hinin
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Non persons
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
general and first shogun of Japan

19. Shinto is a form of
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
animism
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Soga Family

20. eta
amusing
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
symbol used to write a morpheme
pollution

21. manyogana
Soga Family
sympathy for the lieutenant
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

22. Shinto myth texts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

23. matsuri
control the weather - linked to water
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
government and worshipping

24. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
pollution

25. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
valiant warrior and romantic hero
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

26. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
control the weather - linked to water
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

27. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade 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
8th shogun
Fujiwara

28. dragons' abilities
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
compiler of the Manyoshu
control the weather - linked to water

29. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
8th shogun
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

30. Yamanoue Okura
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
divine decrees- laws
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

31. Sumie
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

32. Zen Buddhism
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Manyoshu

33. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
pollution
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

34. Ahikaga Takauji
government and worshipping
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

35. Yoritomo
the way of the bow and arrow
inflections and function words
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
general and first shogun of Japan

36. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Soga Family
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
divine decrees- laws

37. mappo
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
compiler of the Manyoshu
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

38. Yugen
King of Paekche
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Mizoguchi Kenji
sense of the mysterious and sublime

39. Aesthetics believed
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

40. Hiragana is used to write...
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
amusing
inflections and function words
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

41. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
general and first shogun of Japan
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

42. Shobogenzo
the way of the bow and arrow
melancholy at the transience of things
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

43. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
symbol used to write a morpheme
melancholy at the transience of things
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

44. Kenmu restoration
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
animism
Soga Family
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

45. 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
melancholy at the transience of things
refined elegance
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

46. hagiography
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
symbol used to write a morpheme
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
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

47. yamato-e
amusing
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

48. Innovations of the Yayoi period
sympathy for the lieutenant
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
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

49. Japanese was standardized during
3rd Shogun
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Soga Family

50. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
Fujiwara
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
valiant warrior and romantic hero