Deck#1: SETTING and PLOT Flashcards
The Heian period lasted from ______ to _____.
794 1185 CE.
The capital of the Heian period was
__________________.
Heian-kyō
The Heian capital was located in ________ Japan.
It covered part of the present-day city of _________.
southwest
Kyoto
The era name Heian means “________ & ___________.”
“peace & tranquility”
________ was the great Buddhist monastery near the Heian capital.
Mt. Hiei
The great central street of Heian-kyō was ________ or “Red Bird Avenue.”
Suzaku Ōji
___________ & __________ stood at either end of “Red Bird Avenue.”
the Imperial Palace & Rashō Gate
“Red Bird Avenue” ran ___________ (direction) through the capital.
north-south
The architectural style of aristocratic mansions during the Heian Period is known as ______________________,
shinden-zukuri
The central portion of the shinden (which included 2 rooms) was called the ____________________.
moya
The ____________ or “inner sanctum” of the moya had plastered walls.
nurigome
______________ (a pair of “plank doors”) secured the nurigome and the 4 corners of the moya.
tsumado
The area at the top of the shinden’s front stairs was used as a __________________.
reception area
On all 4 sides of the shinden, privacy was provided by ___________ and ____________.
blinds shutters
Between the moya and the outer blinds/shutters was the ________________, which could be divided into sleeping areas for ladies in waiting, etc.
hisashi
A ______________ encircled the hisashi (aisle spaces). In addition to functioning as a passageway, it could serve as a seating area when the bamboo blinds separating it from the hisashi were lowered.
verandah
The principal resident of the moya normally slept on a curtained sleeping platform or ________________,
michōdai
A Heian lady would sit behind her __________ or “curtain stand,” to receive intimate visitors.
kichō
Takahata’s anime The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is based on the Heian, “mother of all tales,”____________________________.”
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
The _________ was the most influential poetry anthology of the Heian Period.
Kokinshū (KKS)
In waka collections, the linking of poetry through similarities is termed ________________.
association
In waka collections, the linking of poems through patterned changes is termed _______________.
progression
The term ____________ translates to “Japanese poem.”
waka
The waka (or tanka) is a poem with _______ syllables.
31
____________ were ancient fertility rituals in Japan.
utagaki
The original Japanese term for “night crawling” is ________.
yobai
_____________, one of the most famous male poets of the KKS, was known to later generations as a dashing lover.
Ariwara no Narihira (Narihira)
The life of Narihira forms the basis of some, but not all, of the poems from __________________.
Tales of Ise
According to legend, Narihira had a scandalous affair with ____________________________.
the future Empress Kōshi
The most famous female poet of the Kokinsh**ū is __________________.
Ono no Komachi
