Deck#1: SETTING and PLOT

Question 1

The Heian period lasted from ______ to _____.

Answer 1

794 1185 CE.

Question 2

The capital of the Heian period was

__________________.

Answer 2

Heian-kyō

Question 3

The Heian capital was located in ________ Japan.

It covered part of the present-day city of _________.

Answer 3

southwest

Kyoto

Question 4

The era name Heian means “________ & ___________.”

Answer 4

“peace & tranquility”

Question 5

________ was the great Buddhist monastery near the Heian capital.

Answer 5

Mt. Hiei

Question 6

The great central street of Heian-kyō was ________ or “Red Bird Avenue.”

Answer 6

Suzaku Ōji

Question 7

___________ & __________ stood at either end of “Red Bird Avenue.”

Answer 7

the Imperial Palace & Rashō Gate

Question 8

“Red Bird Avenue” ran ___________ (direction) through the capital.

Answer 8

north-south

Question 9

The architectural style of aristocratic mansions during the Heian Period is known as ______________________,

Answer 9

shinden-zukuri

Question 10

The central portion of the shinden (which included 2 rooms) was called the ____________________.

Answer 10

moya

Question 11

The ____________ or “inner sanctum” of the moya had plastered walls.

Answer 11

nurigome

Question 12

______________ (a pair of “plank doors”) secured the nurigome and the 4 corners of the moya.

Answer 12

tsumado

Question 13

The area at the top of the shinden’s front stairs was used as a __________________.

Answer 13

reception area

Question 14

On all 4 sides of the shinden, privacy was provided by ___________ and ____________.

Answer 14

blinds shutters

Question 15

Between the moya and the outer blinds/shutters was the ________________, which could be divided into sleeping areas for ladies in waiting, etc.

Answer 15

hisashi

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

verandah

Question 17

The principal resident of the moya normally slept on a curtained sleeping platform or ________________,

Answer 17

michōdai

Question 18

A Heian lady would sit behind her __________ or “curtain stand,” to receive intimate visitors.

Answer 18

kichō

Question 19

Takahata’s anime The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is based on the Heian, “mother of all tales,”____________________________.”

Answer 19

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Question 20

The _________ was the most influential poetry anthology of the Heian Period.

Answer 20

Kokinshū (KKS)

Question 21

In waka collections, the linking of poetry through similarities is termed ________________.

Answer 21

association

Question 22

In waka collections, the linking of poems through patterned changes is termed _______________.

Answer 22

progression

Question 23

The term ____________ translates to “Japanese poem.”

Answer 23

waka

Question 24

The waka (or tanka) is a poem with _______ syllables.

Answer 24

31

Question 25

____________ were ancient fertility rituals in Japan.

Answer 25

utagaki

Question 26

The original Japanese term for “night crawling” is ________.

Answer 26

yobai

Question 27

_____________, one of the most famous male poets of the KKS, was known to later generations as a dashing lover.

Answer 27

Ariwara no Narihira (Narihira)

Question 28

The life of Narihira forms the basis of some, but not all, of the poems from __________________.

Answer 28

Tales of Ise

Question 29

According to legend, Narihira had a scandalous affair with ____________________________.

Answer 29

the future Empress Kōshi

Question 30

The most famous female poet of the Kokinsh**ū is __________________.

Answer 30

Ono no Komachi