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1. Yoritomo
King of Paekche
symbol used to write a morpheme
general and first shogun of Japan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo

2. Izumo shrine is dedicated to

3. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e

4. Heian period associated with a fear of
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
pollution
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words

5. Genres of tales
Non persons
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Death - childbirth - blood
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China

6. Heian period prominent aristocratic family
general and first shogun of Japan
Fujiwara
Soga Family
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother

7. Innovations of the Yayoi period
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
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
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
Jomon - Yayoi

8. minority peoples within Japan
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

9. nori
divine decrees- laws
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

10. Shobogenzo
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
deity or awe-inspiring spirit

11. Kamakura Period
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

12. Japanese was standardized during
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts

13. Why is the Ise Shrine rebuilt every 20 years?
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
3rd Shogun

14. mono no aware
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
King of Paekche
melancholy at the transience of things
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine

15. Japan's first anthology of poetry
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
refined elegance
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Manyoshu

16. miyabi
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Jomon - Yayoi
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
refined elegance

17. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
Mizoguchi Kenji
Non persons
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
Manyoshu

18. Zen Buddhism
Fujiwara
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

19. Creation myth

20. mappo
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world

21. Kami
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)

22. okashi
amusing
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
Garden maker who Takauji based his style off - used stone and rock to represent vast landscapes
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate

23. innovations of Yamato Period
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals

24. hogan biiji
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
sympathy for the lieutenant

25. Ahikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
government and worshipping

26. 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
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
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants

27. dragons' abilities
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
Sun Goddess (Amaterasu) in the inner shrine and Foodstuffs God (Toyouke) in the outer shrine
control the weather - linked to water
Mizoguchi Kenji

28. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
symbol used to write a morpheme
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
inflections and function words
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

29. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Warring States period
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu

30. Hiragana is used to write...
sense of the mysterious and sublime
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
inflections and function words
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

31. Shinto myth texts
government and worshipping
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon

32. yamato-e
sympathy for the lieutenant
Civil war during the Ashikaga period caused by unrest due to loss of control of shoen estates with local constables seizing control
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words

33. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
8th shogun
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu

34. 2 Archaeological periods
Jomon - Yayoi
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
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
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality

35. kotodama
amusing
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
belief in the spirit of words
Created gardens as contemplative spaces

36. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
no

37. manyogana
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds/words
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography

38. Katagana is used to write...
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Jomon - Yayoi

39. Yoshitsune
compiler of the Manyoshu
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
valiant warrior and romantic hero
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state

40. Onin War
inflections and function words
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
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

41. No drama
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
pollution
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting

42. Haniwa figures
Fujiwara
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan

43. yumiya no narai
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
the way of the bow and arrow
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments

44. hinin
Non persons
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
general and first shogun of Japan

45. Shinto is a form of
animism
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
sense of the mysterious and sublime
symbol used to write a morpheme

46. Yamanoue Okura
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites

47. Elements of Japanese language standardization
compulsory education - elimination of the class system - unification of written and spoken Japanese based on upper-middle class Tokyoites
Death - childbirth - blood
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
divine decrees- laws

48. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Pure Land and Zen
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined

49. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
8th shogun
general and first shogun of Japan
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world
no

50. Shoen
pollution
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
no
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e