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1. Genres of tales
Pure Land and Zen
general and first shogun of Japan
Death - childbirth - blood
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

2. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
no
Manyoshu

3. innovations of Yamato Period
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
divine decrees- laws
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

4. Sumie
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

5. mono no aware
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
melancholy at the transience of things
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

6. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
Soga Family
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

7. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
Jomon - Yayoi
amusing
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

8. Kenmu restoration
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
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
government and worshipping

9. Elements of Japanese language standardization
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
amusing
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

10. Shobogenzo
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
3rd Shogun
King of Paekche

11. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

12. Ugetsu setting
King of Paekche
animism
Warring States period
amusing

13. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
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

14. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
valiant warrior and romantic hero

15. Heian period associated with a fear of
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
pollution
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

16. manyogana
Jomon - Yayoi
belief in the spirit of words
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

17. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
the way of the bow and arrow
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

18. Muso Soseki
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Soga Family

19. Zen Buddhism
King of Paekche
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Jomon - Yayoi
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

20. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Jomon - Yayoi
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
amusing
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

21. minority peoples within Japan
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

22. Shinto is a form of
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
amusing
animism

23. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
compiler of the Manyoshu
valiant warrior and romantic hero

24. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
sympathy for the lieutenant
Soga Family
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

25. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
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

26. kotodama
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Death - childbirth - blood
belief in the spirit of words
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

27. Japanese was standardized during
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
pollution
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

28. Kamakura Period
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

29. Ahikaga Takauji
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

30. Pure Land Buddhism

31. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

32. dragons' abilities
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
control the weather - linked to water
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

33. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
3rd Shogun
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

34. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

35. Tengu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

36. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
no
Death - childbirth - blood

37. Yugen
compiler of the Manyoshu
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
inflections and function words
sense of the mysterious and sublime

38. Shoen
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

39. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
belief in the spirit of words
divine decrees- laws

40. Tale of the Heiki
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Death - childbirth - blood
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

41. hinin
sympathy for the lieutenant
belief in the spirit of words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Non persons

42. okashi
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
amusing
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

43. yamato-e
the way of the bow and arrow
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
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

44. mappo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

45. Ahikaga period
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
no

46. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Non persons
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
sympathy for the lieutenant

47. Kinkakuji
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Warring States period
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

48. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Jomon - Yayoi
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
King of Paekche
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

49. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
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
Pure Land and Zen

50. nori
valiant warrior and romantic hero
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
divine decrees- laws
symbol used to write a morpheme