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33 Cards in this Set
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what is Japans earliest culture
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Jomon-1500-300B.C.E.
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japanese vessels style and type
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vessels for cooking, bone burial. vessels were modeled, not painted. applied coils, stripes, ect. heavy and thick
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Yayoi year
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300B.C.E.-300C.E.
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Yayoi Art
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bronze casting and loom
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Yayoi Dotaku
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bells, earlier pictorial
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Kofun
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330-552 C.E. "old tombs" Tumili or pit graves
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Kofun largest
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1600 long for Emperor Nintoku contained haniwa or "clay circle" figures for spiritual barrier of protection for the living and the dead
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what and when is the Ise shrine
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built during Kofun period for the sun goddess Amaterastu
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how is Shinto
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shinto sacred space of ritual renewal and purification. it is rebuilt every 20 years
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Amateratsu
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sun goddess
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Amateratsu's home
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mother of Emperors, lives at the great shrine at Ise
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how and where was the transfer to a new building of Amateratsu
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transfer every 20 years by mirror covered with seele
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which period embraced Buddhism
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Asuka-538-710ce
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how did Buddhism and Shinto mix
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each accepted the other deities. temples have symbols of bath. Shinto remained religion for agriculture, rituals, and court rites
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what is Horyaji
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temple complex- oldest Buddhist structure in Japan (early 7th century)
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what is a Kondo
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Golden Image Hall at Horyuji- contains Shakya Triad or Trinity and Tamamushi Shrine
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what is the earliest Japanese Bronze Buddha Triad
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Shakya Triad in Horyuji, earliest Japanese Buddha. note the following: flaming monaural. slender stylized later Buddha were fleshier like Hindu Yakshis
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Kondo Hall-Shakya Triad
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hall for golden images
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Tamamushi Shrine
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small shrine named for beetle wings design on the pedestal. important art painting were preserved such as: Jataka tales= Narratives of the former lives of the Buddha
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what was the Amidha trend in Japan
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worship of the Amidha Buddha. Very popular with Japanese . Paradise (the stopover to Nirvana) was always very grand
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Amidism
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Buddha ruller of Pure Land. Call on and say his name and secure a place in Pure Land. Made Buddhism less individual more open to all including women
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what is esoteric Buddhism
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deeper, more complex
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1 example of esoteric Buddhism
Tendai |
followed Lotus sutra only-conservative
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2nd example of esoteric Buddhism
Shingon |
followed many satrus, included many rituals, especially mudras, mandalas, and meditation. the function produced much art
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describe a famous Shingon mandala
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womb world. 12 zones -12 dimensiones of the Buddhist nature
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what is the best monument of Buddhist Pure Land
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Phoenix Hall of Byodoin. Great wooden statue of Amidha. winged form. represents celesstial, birds mean impial might
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what is the court culture of the Heian Period
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classical, elite. wealthy Fujiwan produced poetry and secular pose. Metaphors= full moon, flying geese, crying deer. Autumn represented fading or dying
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describe what happenes in The Legends of Mt.Shingi
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miraculous Buddhist events. for example begging bowl floats and life's rice from wealthy landowners any gives it to the Buddha
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what is the Kamakura period
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1185-1332 imperial court ended. Shogun (military rule) bega. enter zen from China
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who was Priest Chogan
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helped rebuild Nera, Preached Pure Land and built temples. Not realistic
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how was Priest Chogan's portrait created
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by workshap subject based on family tradition
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what is a striking Kamakura example of native hand scroll
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burning od Sanjo palace, kamakura handscrole, 13th century
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where might Amidha Descending over the mountans hang and why
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hung in the presence of a dying person to ensure salvation and passage to Pure Land
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