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1. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Pure Land and Zen

2. mono no aware
Soga Family
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
melancholy at the transience of things
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

3. yumiya no narai
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
the way of the bow and arrow
Fujiwara
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

4. Ugetsu director
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
Mizoguchi Kenji
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

5. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
inflections and function words
Death - childbirth - blood

6. Yoritomo
general and first shogun of Japan
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
pollution
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

7. Shobogenzo
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

8. Yoshitsune
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Pure Land and Zen
valiant warrior and romantic hero

9. matsuri
government and worshipping
compiler of the Manyoshu
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Manyoshu

10. Zen Buddhism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
refined elegance
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

11. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
no
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

12. Muso Soseki
divine decrees- laws
refined elegance
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Pure Land and Zen

13. Kami
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
pollution

14. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
8th shogun
general and first shogun of Japan
Soga Family

15. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Manyoshu
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

16. Shinto is a form of
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
animism

17. Creation myth

18. Onin War
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
divine decrees- laws
sense of the mysterious and sublime

19. mappo
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

20. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
Pure Land and Zen
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
refined elegance
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

21. minority peoples within Japan
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

22. Katagana is used to write...
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
no
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

23. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

24. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
compiler of the Manyoshu
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
Pure Land and Zen

25. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
no
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Soga Family
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

26. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
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
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

27. Logograph
Non persons
symbol used to write a morpheme
sense of the mysterious and sublime
valiant warrior and romantic hero

28. Shinto myth texts
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

29. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

30. Ahikaga Takauji
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
the way of the bow and arrow
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

31. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Jomon - Yayoi
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

32. Innovations of the Yayoi period
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
8th shogun

33. Tale of the Heiki
symbol used to write a morpheme
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

34. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Mizoguchi Kenji
3rd Shogun
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery

35. Yugen
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
pollution
sense of the mysterious and sublime
divine decrees- laws

36. Tengu
3rd Shogun
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
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

37. foxes
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
belief in the spirit of words
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

38. Kamakura Period
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

39. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
inflections and function words
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

40. Aesthetics believed
control the weather - linked to water
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

41. Taiho Code
Death - childbirth - blood
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

42. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Pure Land and Zen
Warring States period

43. hinin
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
animism
Non persons

44. nori
divine decrees- laws
general and first shogun of Japan
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

45. Yamanoue Okura
Soga Family
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

46. Benkei
Non persons
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

47. dragons' abilities
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
control the weather - linked to water
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

48. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Manyoshu
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

49. manyogana
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

50. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
refined elegance
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine