Test your basic knowledge |

Japanese Culture

Subject : culture

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. foxes
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Mizoguchi Kenji

2. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific 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
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

3. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
3rd Shogun
Pure Land and Zen

4. 3 things that cause pollution
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Fujiwara

5. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Soga Family
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

6. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Non persons
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
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

7. Taiho Code
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Pure Land and Zen
symbol used to write a morpheme
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

8. Japanese was standardized during
amusing
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

9. dragons' abilities
King of Paekche
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
control the weather - linked to water
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

10. yumiya no narai
general and first shogun of Japan
the way of the bow and arrow
Warring States period
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

11. innovations of Yamato Period
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
8th shogun

12. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

13. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
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
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

14. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Death - childbirth - blood
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

15. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
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

16. Japan's first anthology of poetry
sense of the mysterious and sublime
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Manyoshu
pollution

17. Ugetsu setting
general and first shogun of Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Warring States period
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

18. Shoen
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

19. Shinto myth texts
Manyoshu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
no

20. okashi
belief in the spirit of words
Manyoshu
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
amusing

21. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Fujiwara
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

22. Muso Soseki
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
belief in the spirit of words
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

23. mappo
Jomon - Yayoi
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
compiler of the Manyoshu
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

24. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Manyoshu
no
sympathy for the lieutenant
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

25. manyogana
Non persons
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

26. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
divine decrees- laws
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
sympathy for the lieutenant

27. Yoshitsune
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Non persons

28. Pure Land Buddhism

29. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
animism
the way of the bow and arrow
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

30. Onin War
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Jomon - Yayoi

31. Elements of Japanese language standardization
Death - childbirth - blood
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

32. Logograph
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
symbol used to write a morpheme
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

33. Aesthetics believed
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
no
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

34. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

35. Tengu
symbol used to write a morpheme
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

36. Ahikaga Takauji
Pure Land and Zen
amusing
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

37. Yugen
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

38. nori
3rd Shogun
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
divine decrees- laws
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

39. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
refined elegance
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

40. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
refined elegance
the way of the bow and arrow
control the weather - linked to water
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

41. Hiragana is used to write...
Soga Family
inflections and function 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
King of Paekche

42. hagiography
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Jomon - Yayoi

43. yamato-e
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Pure Land and Zen

44. Kami
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
general and first shogun of Japan

45. Innovations of the Yayoi period
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
8th shogun
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

46. hogan biiji
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
sympathy for the lieutenant
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

47. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Warring States period
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

48. No drama
general and first shogun of Japan
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

49. Kenmu restoration
divine decrees- laws
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

50. Creation myth