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1. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

2. Kenmu restoration
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Jomon - Yayoi
symbol used to write a morpheme
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

3. Kamakura Period
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

4. hogan biiji
animism
compiler of the Manyoshu
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
sympathy for the lieutenant

5. Creation myth

6. mappo
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

7. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

8. Genres of tales
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Non persons
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

9. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
animism
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
melancholy at the transience of things
Non persons

10. miyabi
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
melancholy at the transience of things
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
refined elegance

11. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
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
8th shogun
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

12. Heian period associated with a fear of
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
pollution

13. Kinkakuji
3rd Shogun
Manyoshu
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune

14. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

15. Shinto myth texts
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

16. Ugetsu setting
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Warring States period
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

17. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
Mizoguchi Kenji
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

18. Yoshitsune
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Death - childbirth - blood
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families

19. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
King of Paekche
Death - childbirth - blood
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity

20. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
melancholy at the transience of things
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
divine decrees- laws

21. Pure Land Buddhism

22. foxes
control the weather - linked to water
valiant warrior and romantic hero
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

23. Elements of Japanese language standardization
King of Paekche
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
refined elegance
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'

24. Taiho Code
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Soga Family

25. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
sympathy for the lieutenant
Soga Family
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

26. hagiography
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

27. Tengu
melancholy at the transience of things
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
pollution

28. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Soga Family
compiler of the Manyoshu
Manyoshu
Warring States period

29. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
government and worshipping

30. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
sympathy for the lieutenant
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

31. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

32. kotodama
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
belief in the spirit of words
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

33. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

34. manyogana
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

35. Shobogenzo
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
control the weather - linked to water

36. Otomo Yakamochi
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
compiler of the Manyoshu
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

37. Who introduced Buddhism
refined elegance
King of Paekche
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

38. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
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

39. Ahikaga Takauji
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

40. Onin War
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
refined elegance
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

41. Japanese was standardized during
Mizoguchi Kenji
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

42. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
no

43. makura kotoba
refined elegance
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
sense of the mysterious and sublime

44. No drama
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
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

45. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
Manyoshu
3rd Shogun
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

46. Hiragana is used to write...
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
sense of the mysterious and sublime
inflections and function words

47. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Pure Land and Zen
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
symbol used to write a morpheme

48. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
refined elegance
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
sympathy for the lieutenant

49. Aesthetics believed
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
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

50. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
Fujiwara
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
animism
sense of the mysterious and sublime