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1. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

2. Yugen
sympathy for the lieutenant
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
3rd Shogun
sense of the mysterious and sublime

3. eta
no
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

4. Pure Land Buddhism

5. matsuri
government and worshipping
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Manyoshu
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

6. Tale of the Heiki
melancholy at the transience of things
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Death - childbirth - blood

7. Heian period associated with a fear of
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Warring States period
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
pollution

8. Kenmu restoration
Manyoshu
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

9. Ugetsu director
Mizoguchi Kenji
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
symbol used to write a morpheme

10. Yamanoue Okura
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

11. Yoshitsune
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
divine decrees- laws
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
valiant warrior and romantic hero

12. Taiho Code
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

13. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
control the weather - linked to water
Soga Family
Mizoguchi Kenji

14. Tengu
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
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
general and first shogun of Japan

15. Logograph
symbol used to write a morpheme
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
no
compiler of the Manyoshu

16. hagiography
sympathy for the lieutenant
8th shogun
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures

17. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
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

18. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
general and first shogun of Japan
8th shogun
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

19. Shinto is a form of
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Death - childbirth - blood
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
animism

20. Ahikaga Takauji
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

21. mappo
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Fujiwara

22. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
pollution
sympathy for the lieutenant
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

23. Kinkakuji
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
pollution
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

24. hinin
Non persons
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
symbol used to write a morpheme

25. minority peoples within Japan
Pure Land and Zen
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
refined elegance
symbol used to write a morpheme

26. yamato-e
Non persons
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

27. nori
divine decrees- laws
Jomon - Yayoi
general and first shogun of Japan
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

28. Sumie
general and first shogun of Japan
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

29. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Warring States period
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

30. Japanese was standardized during
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Death - childbirth - blood

31. manyogana
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

32. Ahikaga period
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

33. Shobogenzo
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought

34. What are the classifications of Gellner's model of culture in agrarian societies?
sense of the mysterious and sublime
King of Paekche
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

35. Otomo Yakamochi
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
control the weather - linked to water
compiler of the Manyoshu
melancholy at the transience of things

36. foxes
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
refined elegance
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period

37. Ise Shrine is dedicated to
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

38. Zen Buddhism
8th shogun
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
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. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
government and worshipping

40. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
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
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

41. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
no
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
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
Fujiwara

42. kotodama
general and first shogun of Japan
belief in the spirit of words
amusing
compiler of the Manyoshu

43. Who introduced Buddhism
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
King of Paekche
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Death - childbirth - blood

44. two new major sects of Buddhism during the Kamakura period
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
inflections and function words
Pure Land and Zen

45. No drama
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Manyoshu
sympathy for the lieutenant

46. hogan biiji
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
sympathy for the lieutenant
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
pollution

47. Elements of Japanese language standardization
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
the way of the bow and arrow
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

48. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
government and worshipping
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
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

49. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

50. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
symbol used to write a morpheme
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate