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1. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Mizoguchi Kenji
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
8th shogun
Fujiwara

2. Tengu
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
refined elegance

3. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
divine decrees- laws
Manyoshu
Soga Family
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

4. Shinto is a form of
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
animism

5. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Soga Family
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
compiler of the Manyoshu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

6. miyabi
symbol used to write a morpheme
refined elegance
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

7. Yugen
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

8. Shoen
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
control the weather - linked to water
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

9. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

10. Muso Soseki
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
3rd Shogun

11. manyogana
general and first shogun of Japan
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
sympathy for the lieutenant
King of Paekche

12. kotodama
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
symbol used to write a morpheme
belief in the spirit of words
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

13. Ugetsu setting
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
symbol used to write a morpheme
Warring States period

14. Japan's first anthology of poetry
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Manyoshu
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

15. Kamakura Period
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Manyoshu
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

16. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
melancholy at the transience of things
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

17. Ahikaga Takauji
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
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
melancholy at the transience of things
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

18. Yamanoue Okura
no
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions

19. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Jomon - Yayoi
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

20. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
8th shogun
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

21. Yoritomo
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
general and first shogun of Japan
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

22. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Pure Land and Zen

23. Aesthetics believed
Soga Family
compiler of the Manyoshu
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

24. No drama
Death - childbirth - blood
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Non persons

25. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Mizoguchi Kenji
8th shogun
divine decrees- laws
compiler of the Manyoshu

26. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
3rd Shogun
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Death - childbirth - blood

27. matsuri
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
compiler of the Manyoshu
amusing
government and worshipping

28. hinin
pollution
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
divine decrees- laws
Non persons

29. Hiragana is used to write...
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
inflections and function words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

30. Benkei
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
the way of the bow and arrow
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

31. Sumie
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

32. 3 things that cause pollution
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Death - childbirth - blood

33. Taiho Code
amusing
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
symbol used to write a morpheme

34. hagiography
Mizoguchi Kenji
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

35. Logograph
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
symbol used to write a morpheme
melancholy at the transience of things
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

36. Kinkakuji
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
control the weather - linked to water
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

37. 2 Archaeological periods
King of Paekche
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Jomon - Yayoi

38. makura kotoba
Mizoguchi Kenji
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
valiant warrior and romantic hero
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

39. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Death - childbirth - blood
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
the way of the bow and arrow

40. yumiya no narai
sympathy for the lieutenant
general and first shogun of Japan
the way of the bow and arrow
symbol used to write a morpheme

41. dragons' abilities
control the weather - linked to water
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

42. Shinto myth texts
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
valiant warrior and romantic hero

43. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
no
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

44. Kenmu restoration
sense of the mysterious and sublime
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
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

45. Heian period associated with a fear of
valiant warrior and romantic hero
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Jomon - Yayoi
pollution

46. Pure Land Buddhism

47. Katagana is used to write...
King of Paekche
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
amusing
3rd Shogun

48. Elements of Japanese language standardization
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
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. 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
belief in the spirit of words
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

50. yamato-e
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon