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1. Sumie
belief in the spirit of words
Mizoguchi Kenji
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control

2. dragons' abilities
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
pollution
control the weather - linked to water

3. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
8th shogun
3rd Shogun
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
divine decrees- laws

4. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
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
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

5. mono no aware
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
melancholy at the transience of things
Death - childbirth - blood

6. Tale of the Heiki
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
melancholy at the transience of things
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan

7. Katagana is used to write...
pollution
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Manyoshu

8. Yoshitsune
inflections and function words
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Soga Family

9. Ahikaga period
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

10. kotodama
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
belief in the spirit of words
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

11. 3 things that cause pollution
sympathy for the lieutenant
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Death - childbirth - blood
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans

12. Aesthetics believed
the way of the bow and arrow
Warring States period
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

13. hogan biiji
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
sympathy for the lieutenant

14. yumiya no narai
the way of the bow and arrow
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
King of Paekche
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

15. Taiho Code
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Manyoshu
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
amusing

16. Kamakura Period
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
symbol used to write a morpheme
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
animism

17. Innovations of the Yayoi period
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
melancholy at the transience of things

18. Muso Soseki
8th shogun
Non persons
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes

19. mappo
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
8th shogun
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

20. Elements of Japanese language standardization
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

21. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
King of Paekche
Pure Land and Zen
Manyoshu

22. Who were the early adopters of Buddhism?
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Soga Family
animism

23. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
animism
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song

24. miyabi
refined elegance
Jomon - Yayoi
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
8th shogun

25. Kinkakuji
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
Mizoguchi Kenji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
government and worshipping

26. yamato-e
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

27. hinin
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Non persons
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

28. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
King of Paekche
government and worshipping
no
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence

29. eta
Pure Land and Zen
compiler of the Manyoshu
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

30. Pure Land Buddhism

31. Zen Buddhism
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
belief in the spirit of words
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra

32. Ugetsu setting
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
divine decrees- laws
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Warring States period

33. Ahikaga Takauji
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Death - childbirth - blood
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
Soga Family

34. Otomo Yakamochi
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
compiler of the Manyoshu
valiant warrior and romantic hero

35. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
King of Paekche
the way of the bow and arrow
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

36. Yugen
symbol used to write a morpheme
Soga Family
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

37. Shinto myth texts
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

38. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
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
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

39. Heian period associated with a fear of
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
pollution

40. Tengu
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
8th shogun
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests

41. What is the Constitution of 17 Articles?
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
animism
safe journey - return - long imperial reign

42. okashi
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
amusing
3rd Shogun
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

43. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Fujiwara

44. manyogana
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
Non persons

45. How are the Mongol invasion attempts defeated?
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
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
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs

46. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
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
amusing
symbol used to write a morpheme

47. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Death - childbirth - blood
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology

48. makura kotoba
amusing
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

49. hagiography
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons

50. Who introduced Buddhism
King of Paekche
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined