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National Shinto was a medieval development. T/F

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F

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All Kami are Immortal. T/F

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F

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The large tomb mounts (Kofun) were constructed in the Jomon Period

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F: Komon Period

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The sovereign Tenmu established a new capital in the Asuka area of Yamato

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T

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The Jomon period was marked by: a) The introduction of metallurgy. b) The arrival of Chinese kings who came to rule Japanese provinces. c) The production of pottery with a rope pattern. d) The development of the emperor (tennō) system.

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C

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Which was an economic and cultural hallmark of the Yayoi people (300 BCE -100 CE)? a) Woodcarving b) Samurai sword craft c) Wet-rice cultivation d) Salt production e) Freshwater fishing

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C

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T/F Buddhism was introduced into Japan by as early as the second century CE.

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F

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8. Which of the following is true about the Kojiki and Nihon shoki? a) They offered a new cosmological view of salvation. b) They contain the mytho-histories of the early Japanese royal court. c) They denied a connection between the Yamato Kings and Amaterasu d) They introduced Kami worship to the Japanese, who had not previously known such practice.

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B

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9. The Sun Goddess Amaterasu: a) Performed a semi-nude dance to purify her sister. b) Washed off and created a whole series of other kami. c) Lost the bet she had with her brother, in which he claimed they could have children together.

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C

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10. T/F The author of our textbook, Japanese Culture, is Stephen Vlastos.

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F

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T/F The Fujiwara clan dominated through marriage politics, in which male children of the Fujiwara were married into the royal family in order to acquire control.

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F: female children

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2. The increasing symbolic centrality of the sovereign in the mid-Heian period: a) contributed to nationalism b) meant that his actual power at court was further bolstered c) actually accompanied his increased distancing from the halls of power d) helped lead to the annual Emperor Veneration Ceremony

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c

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T/F In spoken Japanese, subject and object are clearly expressed, unlike Chinese, in which they are only implied.

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F

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4. The numbers of Chinese characters and native syllabary that must be learned by any student to graduate from a Japanese high school are: a) 475 Chinese characters and 92 syllabary b) 1,000 Chinese characters and 46 syllabary c) 1,850 Chinese characters and 92 syllabary d) 2,100 Chinese characters and 46 syllabary

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C

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T/F The Japanese written language has borrowed Chinese pictographs but the Japanese spoken language is not thought by scholars to have derived from the same family of language as Chinese.

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T

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T/F Onyomi and kunyomi are the two basic syllabaries of Japanese

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F

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7. Taira no Kiyomori followed the "Fujiwara" example through: a) promoting international trade b) marrying his children into the royal family and dominating the highest echelons of government c) exiling the sovereign and temporarily becoming sovereign (tennō) himself d) having his daughters marry into the Genji family

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B

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T/F In the film, Benkei struck Yoshitsune (disguised as a porter) to make it seem that the porter couldn't be Yoshitsune—since no vassal would ever strike his master!

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T

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T/F Crowning achievements of the royal court culture of the Heian period were the literary works written by women, such as the Tale of Genji and the Nihon Shoki.

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F

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T/F Crowning achievements of the royal court culture of the Heian period were the literary works written by women, such as the Tale of Genji

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T

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T/F As warriors increased their power, the very character of power changed—it became increasingly centralized.

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F

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T/F The first great military "hero"—as told by tradition—was Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

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T

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T/F The shōgun also attempted to gain the position of sovereign (tennō) so that he could increase his power and authority.

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F

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With the conclusion of the Jōkyū war in 1221: a) the cloistered sovereigns (retired sovereigns) were more firmly in control b) the Mongols attempted to invade and grab the throne c) the Minamoto gained a lock on the shogunate d) the shogunate came to dominate the royal court more successfully

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D

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T/F The shogunate's "feudal" relationship with its vassals was weakened over time due to its cruel treatment of lower level warriors and the fact that allegiance invariably weakened over time.

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F

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One of the main reasons the royal court became weakened over the course of the late Heian period was that: a) They were preoccupied with Shinto worship at the expense of military concerns b) They were preoccupied with the provinces and neglected giving attention to possible capital threats c) They were preoccupied with activities at court and neglected giving attention to possible threats in the provinces d) They were preoccupied with trying to track down Yoshitsune!

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C

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T/F The Kamakura shogunate was much more interested in the Zen schools than in other forms of Japanese Buddhism.

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F

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T/F The Tale of the Heike is about the romance between Yoshitsune and Yūgao.

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F

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T/F The shogunate emulated the Chinese royal court and the cultural traits of the provincial Japanese warriors

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F

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Warriors of the late Heian period typically: a) oversaw the production of important Nō plays about warrior exploits, with samurai themselves performing the roles b) oversaw tax-free estates on behalf of clans of the court or large Buddhist monasteries c) attempted to establish their trustworthiness to the local lord through supporting overthrow of the sovereign (tennō, sometimes referred to as "emperor") by warrior leaders d) attempted to find and arrest foreigners who had infiltrated Japan secretly

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B

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Tokugawa Era: Shogunate Increasingly distrustful of Christians because....

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concern over the number of Christians, Franciscans preached publicly, system of loyalty, Spanish ship

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Amakusa Shiro?

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Japanese Messiah- Christian

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Shimabara Tax Insurrection

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Began as a tax revolt and then became a Christian revolt in the process.

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Tokugawa Era: Shogunate concerned about _____________ potential for political action so made monks into virtual functionaries: danka system

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buddhist

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Tokugawa Era: requirements for danka system

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register with Buddhist temple, denounce Christianity, butsudan, employ monks for funerals/memorials, temple rites

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Tokugawa Era: What did the Danka system let the gov. do?

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government can keep an on the populace and keep Christianity out

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Tokugawa Era: Butsudan

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Buddha altar, refers more to ancestors

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Danka

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Households supporting temple

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Tokugawa Era: Shogunate influenced Japanese culture through _____________ family memorial rites: memorial culture

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defining, limiting, and promoting; defining- religious affiliation, limiting- religious specialists, promotion-regular

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Tokugawa Era quote on Buddhism

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Born Shinto Die Buddhist

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Zen is not part of memorial culture. T/F era?

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T; Tokugawa Era

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Ian Readers point of view on Zen (tokugawa)

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Zen monks perform funeral/memorials for danka; may or may not practice meditation regularly: have families, drink, more of a job

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Performing funeral rites never seen as contrary to path to enlightenment; yet difference from Tokugawa era on: monks ________

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associated exclusively with funerals by many-to this day.

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Cycle and Paraphernalia of Death- Tokugawa Era

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daily worship at butsudan' once/twice annually visit graves of ancestors' Festival of Dead, attend regular memorial service ,

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Do you offer real or fake flowers for o'haka mairi?

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REAL! (visit the ancestor graves once or twice a year)

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Festival of teh dead

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August 13-15th, "greeting of your dead", lanterns, Dajmonji

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Dajmonji

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Zen and other temples start a huge fire on the Festival of the Dead

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Funerary rites ___ days, then anniversaries.

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49

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How did these danka, o'haka mairi, and festival of the dead, tablets mean for people?

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skepticism for monks, rituals meaningful, comforting,

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Emperor Tenmu advanced

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Buddhism

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Genroku Epoch: who profited the most?

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merchants and artisans

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Saikaku

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writer on eros, townsmen, and samurai

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Who wrote Haikus?

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Matsu Basho

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Saying in Genroku Epoch

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"newly floating world:

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Meaning of Newly Floating World

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first used in Buddhist terms in the past as instability and in the genroku epoch as up-to-date and everchanging

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Genrokeu Epoch: New types of theatre

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Kabuki and Bunraku

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When is Edo thought to be the largest city in the world

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Genroku Epoch

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New forms of painting in Genroku Epoch

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Ukiyo-e, bright pictures, and pottery

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Ukiyo-e

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paintings of the genroku epoch, "pictures of the floating world" woodblocks and paintings

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Famous artists in Genroku Epoch

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Ogata Korin, Ogata Kenzan`

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Genroku epoch:Literacy (ca. 1800): ___ of all males in Edo could read; there were 120 Haiku clubs and some 500 bookstores.

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85%

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Tokugawa Iemitsu

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3rd shogun grandson of Ieyasu, hierarchical order stricter in character, constructed the "alternate attendance" system ("hostage-keeping," etc.), and began process of establishing the danka (ancestor altar) system.

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Chūshingura

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The story of the humiliated lord who is forced to commit seppku, and then his 47 vassals kill taht guy later. Story immortalized by Kabuki.

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Heian Era was a time when members of royal court constructed a culture increasingly closer with continental Asia like China and Korea. T/F

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F, a culture increasingly in isolation

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Heian Era:Literature was marked by introduction of ________

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native syllabaries

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Heian Era: Politics marked by Fujiwara clan control of royal court ________ although later retired sovereign took center stage

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through "marriage politics"

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Author of Tale of Genji

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Murasaki Shikibu

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Heian era known as a

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"gold age" in Japanese cultural history

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Heian Era: literature's defining elements

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pathos of things, to one's fate in karmic web, to statuses within the court,

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Heian Era: Religion was marked by

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intro of Buddhist tale literature and Japanese forms of Buddhism" Lotus Sutra and esoteric Buddhism

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Heian Era: Buddhist tale literature developed....

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Nihon ryoiki- rebirth and law of karma

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Who gained increased power in the Heian imperial court and culture in capital?

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provincial aristocrats and warriors

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Warriors as managers, had to defend militarily, and formed alliances with other samurai to gain bonds of mutual protection. T/F

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T

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After end of Taira domination of court, __________, first shōgun, established military gov't(shogunate) in Kamakura; note continuity of early shogunate in spite of internal changes

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Minamoto no Yoritomo

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FEUDALISM ERA: Yoritomo, referred to as shogun (generalissimo), established first ________ (bakufu , shogunate) in ________(Kantōregion) in 1192.

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military gov't; Kamakura

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FUEDLISM ERA: After what even did the shogunate dominate the court more successfully?

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sovereign's failed rebellion of 1221 Jokyu War

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T/F Tokugawa Ieyasu assumed the title of shōgun, and began what we now refer to as the shogunate of the Tokugawa era.

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T

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T/F The Tokugawa shogunate divided the populace into two classes (samurai, merchant)

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F

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3. The early Tokugawa shogunate was increasingly distrustful of Christians because: a) The Christians were allied with the Buddhists b) The Christians tended to try to battle the Buddhists c) The numbers of Christians had increased, some priests preached publicly, and the shogunate was concerned about the highest loyalty of the Christians d) The Buddhists had converted into Christians en masse, the Christians had attempted to establish a Democracy, and the Christians were more loyal to Toyotomi Hideyoshi more than to Tokugawa Ieyasu

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c

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Danka refers to the spirits of the dead. TF

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F

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5. People experience the cycle and paraphernalia of death by means of: a) Celebrating Halloween and watching fireworks that honor dead loved ones b) Traveling to the graves of loved ones, where plastic flowers are placed on graves and Buddhist hymns are sung c) Worship at an ancestor altar, through traveling regularly to graves of ancestors, participation in the Festival of the Dead attendance at regular memorial services, and attending funerals d) Worship at an ancestor altar, singing hymns at the graves of loved ones, attendance at varied temple rites, and leading Halloween remembrances.

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C

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T/F Buddhist ideas potentially subverted the social system established by the Tokugawa shogunate.

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F

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T/F According to the film "The Samurai," all of the swords in Japanese history were made by the same three families.

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F

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8. Among the "broad fruits of unification" were: a) A single system of religious practice, memorial practices, and avoidance of Western dominance b) Educational access for much of the population as well as nutrition, bedding, and bathing that were equal or superior to those in Western countries at the time c) Overcoming the threats from the West and the destruction of the Ainu threat d) Access to Christianity, and the development of cakes celebrated throughout the world.

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B

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T/F Performing funeral rites were never seen as contrary to path to enlightenment; yet the difference from the Tokugawa era on: monks were associated exclusively with funerals by many—to this day.

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T

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T/F In the Momoyama epoch, an increasingly international culture flourished—printing, painting, and a newly refined tea ceremony.

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T

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Love Suicides at Amijima refers to: a) A novel written by Chikamatsu. b) A play written by Chikamatsu. c) A song played by a Shamisen master. d) A play written by Okakura Tenshin. e) A novel written by the monk named Mappō

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B

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T/F Zen monks (since Tokugawa era), like other monks in Japanese Buddhism, perform funerals for danka parishioners

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T

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T/F Chikamatsu is famous as a port near Nagasaki

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F

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T/F Ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world," were monochromatic ink paintings that represented foreigners in Japan

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F

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T/F Ogata Kenzan wrote prose fiction on townsmen and other prominent Edo topics.

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F

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6. The samurai and the peasants in the Tokugawa period: a) Were the two groups that especially profited from the rapid urbanization b) Were the first and second highest classes in the social order established by the shogunate. c) Were the groups who the only major consumers in the burgeoning society of Edo d) Were the groups who turned on the Christians at Shimabara e) Commonly demonstrated in front of Edo Castle

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b

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T/F Matsuo Bashō was famous for his haiku poetry, which included 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7)

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F

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T/F As part of memorial culture, Japanese people attend regular memorial services for the deceased of their larger family: the anniversary of death of anyone in the larger family who died 1, 3, 7, 13, 23, 33—often 50 and, sometimes, 100 years ago

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T

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T/F The Tokugawa shogunate was worried about the West because of the latter's unclear intentions and military abilities.

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T

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T/F As demonstrated in the film "Memoirs of a Secret Empire," for most samurai: this era of peace meant, in fact, they had little to do, and they were frustrated because they were not permitted to engage in any commerce

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T

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Medieval: Shogunate/warriors had ongoing, close relations with Tendai and Shingon temple which often possessed __________

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monk warriors

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Medieval: 13th century Shogunate/warriors had ongoing, close relations with Tendai and Shingon temple which often possessed _______

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'monk-warriors"

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Medieval: War tale literature

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tale of Heiki

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Medieval: 31 syllable Japanese poem

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waka

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medieval: T/F Kamakura + Muromachi Shogunates emulated cultural traits of traditional aristocracy.

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T

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Sen yo riku

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tea master

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Medieval: ______ and _______: Distinct, yet related due to culture in which they flourished

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Landscape painting and rock gardens

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T/F Military leaders accomplished unification of Japan in late 14th c

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16th c. F

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Oda Nobunaga

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Crushes Buddhists, took control of Kyoto

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Innovative, yet foolish

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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assumes title of shogun starts tokugawa era

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Tokugawa Era: "hostage keeping"

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families of daimyos in Edo, going back and forth between the edo castle and home domain

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Tokugawa Era: Shogunate divided populace into ____ classes

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four: samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant also outcast.

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Many of our images of traditional Japanese derive from which era?

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Tokugawa

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"eta"

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means impure, during tokugawa era everyone fit in a group except these peole

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As of Tokugawa people cannot become ______

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pure anymore

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Namban

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southern barbarians

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which era did Europeans come in?

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Tokugawa Era

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What was the leading cultural center of Europeans in Tokugawa?

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Nagasaki

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Nobanaga saw Europeans as

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helpful

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Policy of exclusion toward Europe reaction to Christianity and ______

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concern about foreign influence/intervention.

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Tokugawa: Increasingly international culture flourished—printing, painting, and newly refined tea ceremony.

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Momoyama epoch

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Momoyama Epoch main things that flourished

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printing, painting- Namban screen paintings, fad for the western things, Kano, tea ceremony

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Kano painting- and era

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monochromatic style and Yamato style traditions- Momoyama epoch

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Tokugawa Era: Economic growth—prosperity ironically produced increased fragility in power structure. T/F

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T

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Tokugawa Era: Broad Fruits of Unification

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Education, Nutrition, Sanitation

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Who began the "alternate attendance system"/ hostage keeping?

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Tokugawa Iemitsu

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Who began the danka system?

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Tokugawa Iemitsu

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•For many merchant: Which era provided them with chances to become more refined—more like leading samurai (and, by extension, like royal court)?

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Tokugawa

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The "honor" of samurai was constructed legend that is intimately related to this story in later Japan.

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Chushingura

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Chusingura a true story?

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Yes

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What is Confucianism?

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program of belief and practice that promotes the proper relations of human beings

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What were most prominent intellectual trends of Tokugawa Era?

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Neo-Confucianism,

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Official ideology of Tokugawa shogunate

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Social order promoted through establishment of strict class hierarchy.

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Geisha

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"person of arts" orignially were men

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After Meiji Restoration: Kyoto, represented as "traditional" T/F

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T

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_______ seen as most famous area of geisha.

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Gion

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Fascination with Western _________, Fear of Western ____________

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Learning: Imperialism

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Which nationality does the shogunate from tokugawa allow free importation of books?

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Chinese and dutch

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Meirokusha

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former samurai interested in western education

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person of promotion of native art, and, toward West, his English-language Book of Tea

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Okakura Tenshin

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Jomon Times

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10,500BCE-300BCE

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AInu

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related group to Jomon

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Shift from JOmon to Yayoi was cultural

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formed permanent farming communities, social class

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Kofun had similarities to kingdoms on

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Korean peninsula

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Miwa

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Mountain where kofun were constructed' in connection with close relations with politics and religion, mountain is a kami

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Late 4th,5th + early 6th century...

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movement and evident disruption in the lineage of the ruling family

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toward the sea and the continent shrines

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Naniwa, sumiyoshi shrine

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Toward the pacific ocean shrine

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ise shrine

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Mid 6th century: aquisition of increased knowledge about literature, religion and writeen Chinese from immigrants is called the

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Asuka Enlightment

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Asuka Englightment there as an interest in __ ___ through

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Continental Culture: Unification of China and Buddhism

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Dates of Prince Shotoku

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574-622

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PRince SHotoku is known as the ____ of Japan

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George Washington

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Prince Shotoku traits

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Regent, Ally of Sogas and supporter of Buddhism, author 17-article Treatise, adopted court ranks

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Mid 7th century decreased centralization of Court Authority T/F

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F: Increased

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How was there increased centralization of Court Authority in Asuka Englightment

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confucian virtues come in, control Buddhist temples, census, land survey, administrative code of law

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Which ruler achieved a new level of political centralization in the Yamato region.

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Ruler Tenmu

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Dates of Tenmu

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673-686

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Tenmu continues to support

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Buddhism

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Tenmu expands...

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laws and governments, had some chinese code

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who establishes new capital in Asuka area of yamato?

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ruler tenmu

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who orders the compilation of Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

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Tenmu

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What did the two mythohistories Kojiki and Nihon Shoki do?

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made the ruler descendants of other previous Yamato rulers, legitimize their power, descendants of the diety sun goddess.

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Japanese true religion is Shinto

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F

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Assumption that emperor should be worshiped. Actually..

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there was a lack of interest historically about the emperor

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National Shinto is a ______

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modern development; Kokka Shinto

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Earliest period in Japanese history?

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Jomon

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Himiko

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queen, unified Japanese tribes, ruler her interaction with spirits

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Ise shrine

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shrine of the sun goddess Amaterasu

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Kojiki. What is it about?

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how and why the current sovereign family is in charge, legitimize their position

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Nihon SHoki

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more historical

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Shinto is the Japanese pronunciation of Chinese ______ which means

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Shentao way of the spirits

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Protagonists of mytho-histories

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Izanagi, Izanami, AMaterasu, Storm Kami

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Izanagi and Izanami gave birth do

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fire

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Izanami is the ____ and Izanagi is the ______

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Izanami is the female and Izanagi is the male

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What can we learn from the mythohistory stories about kami and kami worship?

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thin line between deity and human, kami can die, death is impure, sin is associated with impurity, solution, purification

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kami can be tricked, unruly and sin and be sensual T/F

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T

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Kami

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any phenomenon that is extraordinary natural object

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a historical person or ghost can be a kami

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T

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How do you demark a sacred site?

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a rope and an entrance

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you wash your hands and clap to become as pure as possible before calling on Kami T/F

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F, wash your hands and mouth

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Worship Kami: Give a ___________, pull rope in front of sanctuary, _________ twice- and make a prayer

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small offering,clap hands,

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Setsubun

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Feb 3rd go to every room and throw soybeans , say out with the demons and in with good fortune"

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The most prominent religion in ideological and institutional sense is ____________ rather than ___________

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buddhism; Shinto

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Intro to buddhism in

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6th century

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Kami worship lacked... (compared to Buddhism)

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organized clergy, scripture, elaborate shrines and anthropomorphic images

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Though some opposed Buddhism, the main figures in Buddhism were seen by most people as offering benefits different to kami. T/F

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F: benefits similar

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Who was the founder of Buddhism?

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Siddartha Guatama

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Mahayana

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"greater Vehicle" a reform movement

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Bodhisattvas

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buddhas in training

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importance of Prince Shotoku in Buddhism

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sponsors constructions of temples, supports monastic community, tried to keep tabs on Buddhism but supportive

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Buddhism only offered scriptures T/F

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F: offerd architecture, relics images, implements, aesthetics etc

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there was excitement of beauty and complexity of Buddhism. T/F

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T

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Busshists promoted ____ ____: also explaning ____ and ______

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social ethics; death; after life

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Death was portrayed as a ______ ____ and was ______ in Kami

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black hole and was impure

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Buddhism must behave

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morally- overcome desire; if not they become unhappy in life and afterlife

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Buddhism teach that transgression =

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psychological implications; repentence

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Buddhism , ______ also helps fill black hole: who?

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cremation: buddha and emperor were cremated

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Buddhists offered ___________—embodied in a complex cosmology—governed by laws of karma and rebirth

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vision of afterlife;

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Buddhists: life as we experience it is not _____________________—beings ______________.

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not just beautiful and praiseworthy; suffer everywhere

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_____ Glimpses of Buddhist salvation:

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8th century; theodicy, theology.

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What has moral consequences for Buddhist?

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Thoughts and actions: rebirth based on whether thoughts/actions are good or bad; explanation of Evil

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Buddhist teachings made it hard to harmonize Buddhism with kami worship. T/F

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F:easy

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Ways that buddhist teaching made easy to harmonize buddhism with kami

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buddhist philosophy of assimilation, general assimilation of kami to buddhas, Buddha teaches on many levels, some people in islands viewed as special holy beings

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Ritual powers and activities of Buddhists solved...

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solved social problems and benefited court

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Rituals for Buddha were to prevent

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disasters

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what types of ritual and activities of Buddhists solved social problems and benefited court?

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rituals, annual Buddhist ceremonies, independent character of some individual monks

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Origins of Japanese spoken language

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lie elsewhere: jomon and yayoi influence, mysterious

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Japanese lanuguage is completely different from most

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Western languages.

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The Japanese language has similarities with

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Ural-Altaic and resemblances to Korean language and a composite language

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Basic characteristics of Japanese"

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no articles, inflections are attached to both verbs and adjectives; postpositions are used rather than prepositions, subject and object are implied; word order is different, adaptation of outside elements (kanji)

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Is there a gap between the official language and unofficial language of Japan?

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Yes

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The adaptation of ouside elements in Japanese language consists of

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pictographs borrowed from Chinese but used to represent japanese sounds

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Onyomi and kunyomi

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how things are read

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hiragana,katakana

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2 syllabaries

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Japanese syllables are never accented. T/F

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T

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Kanji

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thousands of characters borrowed from Chinese writing

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Hiragana has ___ smooth style phonetic symbols

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46

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Katkakana has ___ block style phonetic symbols

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46

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Buddhist trinity consists of the

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Absolute Buddha, Bliss-Body Buddha, Historical Body Buddha

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Heian-kyō-

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old name for Kyoto- the capital Kyo of Heian "peace and tranquility"

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Onnade

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woman's hand

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Kanbun

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Japanese version of Chinese writing

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Shimabara Rebellion gave the shogunate the opportunity to crush Christians. T/F

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T

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Which century was the Asuka Enlightment?

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7th century

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Siddartha Guatanama dates

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480-400 BCE

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_____ dialect has the closest to standard Japanese

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Tokyo

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heian Era dates

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794-1185

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Heian Era marks the end of

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dispatch official emissaries, writing official histories

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Heian Era: Buddhist tale literature developed __ ___

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Nihon Ryoiki

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Nihon ryoiki emphasis on _____ and the law of _______

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rebirth; karma

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Heian Era: Tendai

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Lotus Sutra, emphasis-influenced conception of truth in Heian literature

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Heian Era: Shingon

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esoteric Buddhism

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miyabi

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elegance used in HEian period

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Bushi

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samurai worked for aristocrats, later known as the samurai class

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First shogun

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Minamoto Yoritomo

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Kamakura

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a city where the first shogunate led

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shogun

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military leader

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ARistocrats see the life in the countryside as

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death

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Warriors increasingly vassals of Minamoto, dominant in ____ (Kantō関東), or of Taira, dominant in ____ (Kansai関西: capital, Yamato plain etc.)

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East, West

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Taira was dominant in

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West

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Minamoto was dominant in

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East

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As the character of power shifted for warriors in the Kamakura era, power became increasingly decentralized. T/F

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T

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Ise Taira dominated court following success in war in

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1159

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Taira no Kiyomori Dates and he follows the _______ exaple

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1118-1181; Fujiwara

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Order of Feudal Powers

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Taira -> Minamoto -> Hojo Clan -> Ashikaga Shogunate

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Shogunate's "Feudalism"—dispatched vassals to govern ____, relying on _____ and other bonds to maintain stability. This did/didn't ultimately work.

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locally, economic, didn't

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What undermined the feudal system?

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allegiance lessened, budgetary problems developed

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Amida

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name of the Buddha who resides in the Pure Land

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Mahayana is focused on

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universal salvation

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Pure Land Buddhism and Tendai are a type of

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Mahayana Buddhism

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Mappo

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notion of Last Age of Buddhist Law

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Kamakura + Muromachi Shogunates emulated cultural traits of traditional aristocracy. T/F

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T

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New Forms of Theater in Heian

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No plays and Kyogen

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Who was assassinated by his own vassals?

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Oda NObunaga

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Tokugawa Era dates

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1600-1868

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Ieyasu Dates

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1542-1616

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Daimyos come in the __ era

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tokugawa

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Structure of vassal lords the three types in Tokugawa Era

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sons/relatives, inner daimyo and outer daimyo

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Tokugawa Shogunate governing structure was

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control by shogun and his vassals through administration of domains

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Tokugawa borrowed from _________ ideas to develop the four class system

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Confucian

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What time did the Portuguese and jesuit missionaries arrive?

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1540s

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Momoyama Epoch time

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late 16th century

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Who opened a movable type printing press?

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Jesuits

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Kano developed in?

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Momoyama epoch

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Tokugawa a. Unification/stability encouraged economic growth: transportation/communications; urban expansion; commerce/money use expansion; dramatic rise in education access T/F

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T

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O'bon

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Festival of the Dead

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Tokugawa: With rapid urbanization, "Townsmen" (merchants/artisans) profited greatly; ___,____, and ____= major centers of commerce, along with numerous smaller urban areas.

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Edo, Osaka and Kyoto

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School of National Learning

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Tokugawa era' philosophical investigation of teh Japanese spirit

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Tokugawa thinkers, events and arts gave rise to

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"way of warrior"

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Tokugawa: Ideal samurai as exemplary of the highest moral purpose ______ + devotion to lord: Book of Five Rings

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Giri

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Giri

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duty

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Bushido: The Soul of Japan year

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1902

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shamisen

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geishas string instrument

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T/F 1740-: Shogunate permits free importation of Chinese and Dutch Books. Special interest in Dutch works on science/ medicine.

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F 1720

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Offers from Russians in early 19th century trade and interact, japan accepted. T/F

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F shied away from them

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Okakura TEnshin wrote which book in what year?

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Toward West and Book of Tea 1906

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"Society for Political Education" for "preservation of national essence" T/F

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T

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