Japanese Culture

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1. miyabi
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
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
refined elegance


2. Shinto myth texts
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined


3. Logograph
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
symbol used to write a morpheme
sense of the mysterious and sublime
valiant warrior and romantic hero


4. Heian Period Aesthetics writing/art styles
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song


5. Benkei
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e


6. Shinto is a form of
agriculture and wet-rice cultivation - bronze and iron tools - weaving - pottery
animism
control the weather - linked to water
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan


7. 2 Archaeological periods
Jomon - Yayoi
Death - childbirth - blood
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests


8. Ugetsu setting
Warring States period
melancholy at the transience of things
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon


9. Ahikaga Takauji
Created gardens as contemplative spaces
no
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'
animism


10. innovations of Yamato Period
no
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
animism
compiler of the Manyoshu


11. Tale of the Heiki
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
no
animism
decline of Buddhist law leading to the end of the world


12. Who introduced Buddhism
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
King of Paekche
control the weather - linked to water
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality


13. 3 things that cause pollution
Death - childbirth - blood
Literate Elites- rulers - powerful clans; intermediate- specialist producers; peasants
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
the way of the bow and arrow


14. Kinkakuji
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
Mizoguchi Kenji
Founded by Dogen following the study of Chan Buddhism in China - breaking down conventional modes of perception and reasoning - Heart Sutra
valiant warrior and romantic hero


15. matsuri
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song
Pure Land and Zen
government and worshipping
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki


16. 4 Main islands (north -> south)
Hokkaido - Honshu - Shikoku - Kyushu
Warring States period
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China


17. Kami
the study of saints/holy peoples/figures
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
amusing


18. Yoritomo
animism
general and first shogun of Japan
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
refined elegance


19. okashi
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon
amusing
Pure Land and Zen
sympathy for the lieutenant


20. Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
no
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
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e


21. Concepts in the Nihon Ryoiki
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
two attempts by Kublai Khan and the Mongols to invade Japan
government and worshipping
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology


22. yumiya no narai
valiant warrior and romantic hero
Pure Land and Zen
the way of the bow and arrow
Death - childbirth - blood


23. mono no aware
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
Non persons
melancholy at the transience of things
Death - childbirth - blood


24. Yamanoue Okura
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
modeled after Tang China that sought to limit the increasing power of influential families
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined


25. minority peoples within Japan
Ainu (Hokkaido) - Okinawans (Okinawa) - Koreans
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
tells the story of the late Heian civil war between the Taira/Heiki clan and the Minamoto/Genji clan
Soga Family


26. dragons' abilities
control the weather - linked to water
poet of Korean ancestry and wrote social criticism of China
8th shogun
valiant warrior and romantic hero


27. Ugetsu director
King of Paekche
compiler of the Manyoshu
animism
Mizoguchi Kenji


28. Hiragana is used to write...
Death - childbirth - blood
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
inflections and function words
sense of the mysterious and sublime


29. yamato-e
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology
Japanese style painting with outlines and color pigments
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words


30. makura kotoba
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts
control the weather - linked to water
refined elegance
Soga Family


31. Ahikaga period
Gold pavilion in Kyoto constructed by Yoshimitsu
possessors of magic items - supernatural duel-form monk figures who are fond of testing the mettle of Buddhist priests
Pure Land and Zen
1338-1573 following the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate


32. Genres of tales
symbol used to write a morpheme
King of Paekche
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality
Fujiwara


33. Shoen
valiant warrior and romantic hero
tax free estates that grew in number during the Heian period
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology


34. Kenmu restoration
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
general and first shogun of Japan
Brief restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Godaigo
the way of the bow and arrow


35. hogan biiji
sense of the mysterious and sublime
control the weather - linked to water
sympathy for the lieutenant
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e


36. hinin
Non persons
devoted retainer to Yoshitsune
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
sympathy for the lieutenant


37. No drama
Izanami and Izanagi give birth to the Japanese islands and then Amaterasu is born from Izanagi's ablutions
Theater performed by male actors including simple musical accompaniment in the form of drums - flutes - and chanting
Mizoguchi Kenji
melancholy at the transience of things


38. Ashikaga Yoshimassa
control the weather - linked to water
8th shogun
large tombs - horses - contact with Korea - government and religion joined
1st- destroyed by a typhoon - 2nd- defeated by Japanese forces and a typhoon


39. is the Izumo shrine rebuilt?
no
8th shogun
belief in the spirit of words
reliance on Amida - salvation available for all - 'Essentials of Salvation'


40. kotodama is reflected by wishing for...
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
safe journey - return - long imperial reign
animism


41. Haniwa figures
attendant stand-ins within Keyhole tombs
refined elegance
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
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


42. Japanese was standardized during
government and worshipping
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
followed Chinese model asserting the ruler as supreme authority of the land - did not adopt the concept of mandate of heaven - stipulated Confucian ideals


43. Aesthetics believed
essence of the spirit of the poems is that of makoto sincerity
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
general and first shogun of Japan
set epithets that heighten the resonance of certain images by linking them to previous poems and contexts


44. Katagana is used to write...
King of Paekche
deity or awe-inspiring spirit
valiant warrior and romantic hero
foreign words - mimetic words - and scientific words


45. Prince Shotoku accomplisments
Served as regent - advocate of Buddhism/founded Horyuji Temple - constitution of 17 articles - Hagiography
Rokudo (the six paths) - infiltration by bodhisattvas Kanon and Jizo - transcendence
Okashi - Miyabi - mono no aware - e-maki - Yamato-e
Manyoshu


46. nori
divine decrees- laws
refined elegance
amusing
Mizoguchi Kenji


47. eta
Those dealing in death (executioners - butchers - leathermakers etc)
symbol used to write a morpheme
Animals that were associated with possessing humans/being demons
decay of materials - affirmation of life and death cycles - expression of authority of the state


48. Sumie
general and first shogun of Japan
Philosophical discourses designed to train the mind escape conventional modes of thought
Okuninushi- son of Susano-o the Sun Goddess' brother
Zen ink brush painting introduced to Japan through Southern Song


49. Kakinomoto Hitormaro
3rd Shogun
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
no
court poet and most beloved poet of the anthology


50. Yugen
melancholy at the transience of things
symbol used to write a morpheme
sense of the mysterious and sublime
Haunts - Humor - Buddhism/Supernatural - healing and spirituality