History Alive! The Medieval world and beyond chapter 21
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TCI History Alive The Medieval world and beyond chaper 21 Japan
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Heian-Kyo | Capital of Japan in 794 |
| Beauty elegance and correct manners | What aristocrats prized(becm) |
| 1185 | How long did the Heian period last? |
| diaries and nonfiction | What did court women write? |
| Japanese court | What did Nara gain a big influence over? |
| power of priest is damaging to the government | Why did Kammu move capital away from Nara? |
| 784 | When did Kammu move capital? |
| Nagaoka | Where did Kammu first move his city? |
| 30 miles | How far was Nagaoka from Nara? |
| Money took to building new city | Why did Kammu's government have a corruption? |
| Rich Chinese family | Where did Kammu get land from? |
| 794 | When did Kammu stop work on the city? |
| Village by Yoko river | Where did Kammu move his capital the second time? |
| Prettier and safer from attacks | Why was Kammu's new city by the Yoko river better than Nagaoka? |
| Heian-Kyo | What was the name of Kammu's officially moved city? |
| Capital of peace and tranquility. | What does Heian Kyo mean? |
| Kyoto | What is Heian Kyo now called? |
| Chang'an's streets | What were Heian Kyo's streets modeled after? |
| No | Did Japanese use chairs? |
| Simplicity | What was considered beautiful in housing in ancient Heian times? |
| Political and cultural leaders | What were Japanese aristocrats sometimes? |
| Corruption | dishonest or illegal practices especially involving money |
| Courtier | A member of a ruler's court |
| imagery | Descriptive or imaginative language especially when used to inspire mental "pictures" |
| Noh theater | A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes,a chorus,and dance. |
| Aristocratic families | What was more powerful than emporers in Japan? |
| 9th century | When did emporers overpower Japan? |
| Fujiwara family | What was the most important Aristocratic family? |
| No | Was the Fujiwara family ever rulers(such as emporers?) |
| Married into royalty | What did the Fujiwara family do with their young daughters? |
| make him emporer | When the Fujiwara's young daughters married into the royal family,what did the daughters make sure happened when they had a son? |
| advisors | What were the Fujiwara family to the emporer? |
| Coaxed older emporers to retire | What did the Fujiwara do to the older emporers to get them to retire? |
| 995 to 1028 | How long did Fujiwara Michinaga rule? |
| father and law of 4,father of 3 | What was Fujiwara Michinaga to 7 of the emporers? |
| this world i think is indeed my world | What was Fujiwara's famous quote? |
| Yes | Did Fujiwara Michinaga make his family richer? |
| 300 years | How long did the Fujiwara family keep peace in Japan? |
| Japanese culture in heian period | Peace that Fujiwara family kept helped what blossom? |
| rank | What was important in heian period? |
| Social class of family | What is rank? |
| yes | Did rank matter more than skills? |
| high court nobles,less important nobles,minor officials | What was 9 main ranks in Heian Class in order from greatest to least? |
| 1 through 5 | What ranks got money from rice farms and taxes from pesants? |
| 30 | How many subranks were there? |
| seinor,junior,upper,lower | What were the 4 main subranks? |
| Houses,carriages,folds in fan,amount of servants | What was the main thinks that were different in the ranks? (h,c,fif,aos) |
| 25 folds | If you were in 1-3 ranks,how many folds were in your fan? |
| 23 folds | if you were in 4-5 ranks,how many folds were in your fan? |
| 12 folds | if you were 6-9 ranks,how many folds were in your fan? |
| rank | If you committed a crime,what had to do with how harsh your sentence would be? |
| important family,sensitive to beauty in nature poetry and art,good taste | What are the rules for being good? (if,stbinpa,gt |
| Yes | Was recognizing beauty more important than generosity and honesty? |
| pointed beards | What was hot on male courtiers? |
| longer than heighth | If you were in high rank how long would your hair be? |
| black teeth | What did Japanese find more attractive,white teeth or black teeth? |
| yes | Was perfume important? |
| perfume making contests | What kind of contests were important involving the scent of a person? |
| 12 | How many robes did an aristocrat woman wear at once? |
| member of a ruler's court | What is a courtier? |
| kemari | What did Courtiers play that involved kicking a leather ball back and forth keeping it in the air as long as possible? |
| yes | Did Keian-kyo's aristocrats have a lot of leisure time? |
| yes | did aristocratic women play sports? |
| rango | A game where balanced as many stones as you could on one finger. |
| best decorated fans,dancing,athletic,poetic,artistic skill | What other Heian contests were there besides perfume contests?(bdf,d,a,p,as) |
| NO | Did Heians have the most amount of slaves contest? |
| Performances involving dance music drama | Bugaku performances were..............(dmd) |
| Chinese | Who were the Heian artists most influences by? |
| 1 | How many pieces of wood did it take for a Heian artist to make a sculpture. |
| Jocho | Who was Fujiwara Michinaga's famous artist? |
| "The Lord of boundless light" | What was a famous sculpture made my Jocho? |
| yamato-e | What did Japanese artists call their art influenced by the Chinese to distinguish it from Chinese art? |
| Japanese paintings | What does yamato-e mean? |
| movement | What did quick colorful lines in yamato-e mean? |
| Street people landscapes | What did Yamato-e paint besides religious scenes?(sp,l) |
| right to left | In what order are the Japanese scroll paintings? |
| imagery | descriptive or imaginative language when used usually to inspire mental pictures |
| writing | What was the most valued form of expression in Japan? |
| Kana | What did Japanese use to write syllables? |
| katakana | What kind of writing did men use to write formally? |
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