Japanese Literature and Quiz

8/13/2019 Japanese Literature and Quiz

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JAPANESE LITERATURE

- Home of the Rising Sun

Nippon- The source of the Sun


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Red disc

the rising sun

JAPANESE NATIONAL FLAG


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FOUR MAIN ISLANDS

Honshu (largest )

Hokkaido

Shikoku Kyushu


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Characteristics of the Japanese

1.Polite

2.Dignified

3.Clean4.Industrious

5.Disciplined

6.Highly nationalistic


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BOOKS OF THE JAPAN'S ORIGIN

Kojiki

- (record of ancientmatters)

Nihongi

-(chronicles ofJapan)


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Three parts of Kojiki

Kamitsumaki(Upper roll)-deities ofcreation & various deities.

Nakatsumaki(Middle roll)-story of 1stEmperor Jimmu until Emperor Ojin

Shimotsumaki(Lower roll)- 16thto 33rdemperor.


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Gods and Goddess

Izanagi

-(God)

Izanami

-(Goddess)


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Gods and Goddess

Amaterasu

-(Sun goddess)


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Gods and GoddessTsukiyomigod of moon

Susa-No-Wo- god of stormsAji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone - god of thunder

Amatsu Mikaboshi - god of evilBishamon - god of happiness and war

Chimata-No-Kami - god of crossroads, highways and footpathsHiruko - solar godHo-Masubi - god of fire

Inari- god of rice (foxes are his messangers)Kagu-Zuchi - god of fire

Kawa-no-Kami - god of riversKura-Okami - god of rain

Nai-No-Kami - god of earthquakes

O-Kuni-Nushi - god of sorcery and medicineO-Wata-Tsu-Mi - god of the sea

Susa-No-Wo - god of storms and thunder, snakes and farming.Shina-Tsu-Hiko - god of windTaka-Okami - god of rain


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Gods and Goddess


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Shinto - (way of gods)

-Kami-no-Michi

-ancient religion

-worship of spirits (Kami)

Shintoismteaches the superiority of the

Japanese race & divine origin of the emperor.

Religion


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Forms of Shinto

Koshitsu Shinto (The Shinto of the Imperial House)

Jinja (Shrine) Shinto

Kyoha (Sectarian) Shinto

Minzoku (Folk) Shinto


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Moral teaching of Shintoism

Honor the gods and be loyal to ancestors


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"Four Affirmations"in Shinto

Tradition and the family: The family is seen asthe main mechanism by which traditions are preserved.

Their main celebrations relate to birth and marriage.

Love of nature: Nature is sacred; to be in contactwith nature is to be close to the Gods. Natural objectsare worshiped as sacred spirits.

Physical cleanliness: Followers of Shinto takebaths, wash their hands, and rinse out their mouth often.

"Matsuri": The worship and honor given to the Kamiand ancestral spirits.


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Shinto Customs and Symbols


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Shinto Rituals


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Shinto Purification Rituals

Spreading puifying salt


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Matsuri


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Shinto Good Luck


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Buddhism

Buddhism - Zen Buddhism

1.Refined Japanesemanners andmorale.

2.Stimulated the growth of Japanese writingand literature.

3.Enriched Japanese art and music .


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Isolationism

Isolationism- (1868)

-it closed all doors to western influenced andwork .

Shogun iyemitsu issued a famous decree of1939 closing Japan to world.


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Warrior Class in Japan

Samurai


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Shogun

Minamoto no Yoritomo,thefirst shogun (11921199) of the

Kamakura shogunate


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Military cliques

- Nobunaga

- Hideyoshi

- Iyeyasu


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Hara-kiri

Hara-kirifailed one's duty to fight &disobeyed Daimyo - local lord


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JAPANESE LITERATURE

1)Tanka(Short poem) 31 syllable poem 5-linepoem

2)Naga-uta (long poem)

3)Tale of Genjiby Lady Komachi Shikibu best-known fiction

4)Haiku - 17 syllables in 3 lines of five , 7 and 5syllables Previously called hokku Masaoka Shiki


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Example of Tanka

Beautiful mountains

Rivers with cold, coldwater.

White cold snow on rocks

Trees over the place withfrost

White sparkly snow

everywhere.


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Example of Haiku

Oh that summer moon!

It made me go wandering

round the pond all night

Basho


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Requirements of the Hiaku

It must one of the 4 seasons

It must purely be objective description,sentiments left for the reader.

It must depict the external beauties ofnature.

J ' t ib ti t


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Japan's contribution tocivilization

1)Bushido or code of chivalry

2)Shinto religion

3)Kana alphabet

4)kabuki(classical play)

5)Tanka

6)cha-no-yu(tea- drinking)7)Ikebana (flower arragement)


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Japanese writers

1.Saikaku Basho- best known poet in Haiku

2.Lady Murasaki ShikibufictionE.A. Poe

3.Yasunari Kawabata

4.Yukio MishimaErnest Hemmingway

5.Matsuo Bashogreatest Haiku Poet


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JAPANESE DRAMA

Dramafavorite form of amusement inJapan

3 TYPES OF DRAMA

Noh Play - is national theater of Japan

Joruri or Puppet play doll theater

Kabukiis play for the masses.


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3 TYPES OF DRAMA

Noh Play

Zeami- the Father of NohTheater


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3 TYPES OF DRAMA

Puppet play-(dolltheater)


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3 TYPES OF DRAMA

Kabuki


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A Identify:1)_____chronicles of Japan.

2)_____about the deities and divine origin of the Japanese.

3)_____They were considered as the ancient god of the Jap.

4)_____ She was the sun goddess.

5)_____way of gods.

6)_____is the oldest religion of the Japanese.

7)_____It was the moral teaching of Shintoism.

8)_____An 1868 practice in Japan of banning the influences of the Westeculture.

9)_____It is the shortest Japanese poem.

10)___ He is the master of Haiku.


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1. ____It is the fighting force of the Japanese warrior class.

2._____She is the Edgar Allan Poe of Japan.

3._____total number of syllables of Tanka.

4._____It is the national theater of Japanese drama.

5._____It is the common subject of Japanese poetry.

.Enumerate:

-3 Requirements of a Haiku

-5 Japanese writers

C. Answer the ff. in a sentence only.


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1. Why did some Japanese people commit suicide ?

2. What made Japanese technology boomed during80's and 90's ?

3. What was the foundation of the Japanese culture ofselfishness?

4. Why did some ancient Japanese people commit

hara-kiri?

5. What is seppuku?

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