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1. Yugen
compiler of the Manyoshu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

2. Benkei
compiler of the Manyoshu
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

3. hogan biiji
Soga Family
Warring States period
sympathy for the lieutenant
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

4. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
no
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

5. Ahikaga period
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
3rd Shogun

6. Haniwa figures
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Warring States period
the way of the bow and arrow
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

7. miyabi
refined elegance
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

8. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Pure Land and Zen
8th shogun
compiler of the Manyoshu

9. Shoen
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
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

10. Aesthetics believed
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
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
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

11. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Pure Land and Zen
control the weather - linked to water
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

12. Shinto is a form of
Soga Family
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
animism
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

13. hinin
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Non persons
Death - childbirth - blood
refined elegance

14. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

15. Shinto myth texts
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

16. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
amusing

17. Sumie
symbol used to write a morpheme
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
belief in the spirit of words
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

18. yamato-e
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
compiler of the Manyoshu
pollution
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

19. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

20. hagiography
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

21. Kinkakuji
divine decrees- laws
the way of the bow and arrow
belief in the spirit of words
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

22. Katagana is used to write...
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
valiant warrior and romantic hero
compiler of the Manyoshu
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

23. mono no aware
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
melancholy at the transience of things
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

24. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

25. kotodama
Fujiwara
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
belief in the spirit of words
inflections and function words

26. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
valiant warrior and romantic hero
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

27. Yamanoue Okura
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

28. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
3rd Shogun
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
no
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

29. makura kotoba
Warring States period
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
sense of the mysterious and sublime

30. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
amusing
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

31. Yoshitsune
pollution
valiant warrior and romantic hero
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Pure Land and Zen

32. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

33. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
animism
Fujiwara
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

34. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
inflections and function words
control the weather - linked to water
amusing

35. 3 things that cause pollution
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
inflections and function words
Death - childbirth - blood

36. okashi
amusing
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Manyoshu

37. Logograph
Mizoguchi Kenji
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
symbol used to write a morpheme

38. Japanese was standardized during
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
8th shogun
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

39. Onin War
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
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

40. nori
divine decrees- laws
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

41. Taiho Code
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
refined elegance

42. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Pure Land and Zen
compiler of the Manyoshu
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

43. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

44. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
melancholy at the transience of things

45. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Non persons
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

46. Kami
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Warring States period
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

47. Shobogenzo
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
3rd Shogun
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

48. Tengu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

49. Otomo Yakamochi
8th shogun
pollution
compiler of the Manyoshu
inflections and function words

50. Muso Soseki
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes