Japanese Culture, QT2

Question 1

Japanese national sport

Answer 1

Sumo

Question 2

Japanese name for Japan

Answer 2

Nipon/Nippon

Question 3

Japanese sword

Answer 3

Katana

Question 4

Period of Peace and Prosperity

Answer 4

Heian Age

Question 5

contains vivid sketches of people and place, anecdotes and witticism

Answer 5

The Pillow Book

Question 6

Who wrote The Pillow Book?

Answer 6

Sei Shonagon

Question 7

dominated by the samurai class, the band of warriors,

Answer 7

Feudal Era

Question 8

an empire, in the late 1500s, it crushed the warring feudal lords and controlled all of Japan

Answer 8

Tokugawa Shogonate

Question 9

the old name of Tokyo

Answer 9

Edo

Question 10

“the way of gods”

Answer 10

Shintoism

Question 11

It emphasized the importance of meditation, concentration, and self-
discipline as the way to enlightenment.

Answer 11

Zen Buddhism

Question 12

connotes duty, justice,
honor, face, decency,
respectability, courtesy,
charity, humanity, love,
gratitude, claim.

Answer 12

Giri

Question 13

suggests a sense of
obligation or
indebtedness which
propels a Japanese to
act.

Answer 13

On

Question 14

Poems are consisting of
alternate lines of five and
seven syllables with an
additional syllable line at
the end.

Answer 14

Choka

Question 15

It consists of five lines 0f
5-7-5-7-7 syllables.
Used as means of
communication in ancient
Japan

Answer 15

Tanka

Question 16

Japanese linked-verse poetry in which two or more poets supplied alternating sections of a poem. The renga form began as the composition of a single tanka (a traditional five-line poem) by two people and was a
popular pastime from ancient times, even in remote rural areas.

Answer 16

Renga

Question 17

developed from hokku, three lines 5-7-5

Answer 17

Haiku

Question 18

Emerged during 14th century as
the earliest form of Japanese
drama, The Noh performers’ subtle
expression of inner strength,
along with the beauty of
costumes

Answer 18

Noh Play

Question 19

Is farce traditionally performed
between the noh tragedies

Answer 19

Kyogen

Question 20

It is performed with the
accompaniment of orchestra
and generally focus on the lives
of common people rather than
aristocrats

Answer 20

Kabuki

Question 21

Jōruri (music), a type of song
narrative with shamisen
accompaniment, typically found
in bunraku, a traditional
Japanese puppet theatre

Answer 21

Jorori

Question 22

was the first great poet of haiku in the 1600s

Answer 22

Matsuo Basho

Question 23

Greatest haiku poet

Answer 23

Matsuo Basho

Question 24

In their time, poets were
beginning to take the hokku’s form
as a template for composing small
standalone poems engaging
natural imagery

Answer 24

Matsuo Basho

Question 25

Their haiku are as attentive to the small creatures of the world— mosquitoes, bats, cats—as they are tinged with sorrow and an awareness of the nuances of human behavior.

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Kobayashi Issa

Question 26

wrote pieces that intertwined prose and poetry, including Journal of My Father’s Last Days and The Year of My Life

Answer 26

Kobayashi Issa

Question 27

was a Buddhist monk and haiku writer

Answer 27

Kobayashi Issa

Question 28

is known as one of the great haiku masters, and their work is generally regarded as more sensuous and, reflecting his dual career as a painter

Answer 28

Yosa Buson

Question 29

second greatest haiku poet

Answer 29

Yosa Buson

Question 30

was a poet and a painter

Answer 30

Yosa Buson

Question 31

Influenced by Chinese poetry

Answer 31

Yosa Buson

Question 32

used for those qualified to supervise the training of priests-to-be

Answer 32

Shike

Question 33

is an honor title given to older monks and Zen teachers

Answer 33

Roshi

Question 34

is a simple word for a Zen teacher

Answer 34

Sensei

Question 35

is used for trainees in the basic level of priesthood

Answer 35

Osho