Deck #2: CHARACTERS & MOTIFS

Question 1

The primary wife of a Heian nobleman was known as the ____________________.

Answer 1

kita no kata

Question 2

Heian aristocrats earned their income from ________ estates in the provinces.

Answer 2

shōen

Question 3

A Heian nobleman could reach the height of power by marrying a daughter to the emperor, pressuring his son-in-law to retire and then serving as regent for his child-emperor grandson–a strategyknown as ___________.

Answer 3

sekkan politics

Question 4

With the family system known as ________ residence, a couple lives with the wife’s family

Answer 4

matrilocal

Question 5

With the family system known as ________ residence, husband and wife life at different locations (often with their own families).

Answer 5

duolocal

Question 6

The most politically power nobleman of the Heian period was __________________.

Answer 6

Fujiwara no Michinaga

Question 7

Heian men and women enjoyed playing this instrument, known as a ____________.

Answer 7

koto

Question 8

The ____ was a Heian instrument like a mouth organ or harmonica, which could be played by breathing in or breathing out.

Answer 8

shō

Question 9

Many Heian men played this wind instrument, known as a ___________.

Answer 9

hichiriki

Question 10

The many-layered ensemble worn by Heian aristocratic women was known as the ________________.

Answer 10

jūnihitoe

Question 11

Heian women used a cosmetic known as ________ to blacken their teeth.

Answer 11

ohaguro

Question 12

The formal costume worn at court by male aristocrats was known as the __________________.

Answer 12

sokutai

Question 13

The “hunting costume” that Heian aristocratic men wore as casual dress was called a ___________________.

Answer 13

kariginu

Question 14

Heian aristocrats loved to play “matching games” known as _________.

Answer 14

monoawase

Question 15

Heian aristocratic men enjoyed playing ____ a cooperative ball game where the goal ws to keep the ball in the air.

Answer 15

kemari

Question 16

A painted, folding screen known as a ________ often served as a partition for rooms.

Answer 16

byōbu

Question 17

A scene of ________ (“looking through a gap in the fence”) is the classic opening to a Heian love story.

Answer 17

kaimami

Question 18

________ recounts the sexual (mis)adventures of a middle captain in the Imperial Guards.

Answer 18

Tales of Heichū

Question 19

____________ is the Cinderella-like story of a stepdaughter.

Answer 19

The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo

Question 20

The courtier who falls in love with the Lady Ochikubo is known as “The Lord” or the ________________ (Major General of the Body Guard of the Left.”

Answer 20

Shōshō

Question 21

The Lady Okchikubo’s faithful attendant is known as ______________.

Answer 21

Akogi

Question 22

Akogi’s lover (and the Shōshō’s foster brother) is called ________ (or “Bodyguard to the Crown Prince”).

Answer 22

Tachihaki

Question 23

Anecdotal tales from the Heian Period, known as ____________, involve scens of love/sex that are much more graphic than those in the courtly tales.

Answer 23

setsuwa

Question 24

____________ chapter of the Genji is a classic “catfished” story.

Answer 24

“The Safflower Princess”

Question 25

The Heian classic ____________ includes some very interesting, “snarky” takes on the motif of clandestine visits.

Answer 25

The Pillow Book

Question 26

Court lady ________________ wrote The Pillow Book.

Answer 26

Sei Shōnagon

Question 27

____________ tells the story of Izumi Shikibu’s (scandalous) love affair with an imperial Prince.

Answer 27

The Izumi Shikibu Diary

Question 28

______________ is the author of the famous 11th century “novel” The Tale of Genji.

Answer 28

Murasaki Shikibu