Lesson 1.2 (Japanese) Flashcards
It has its style of literature because of its extensive and unique culture; mainly influenced by the Chinese literature
Japanese Literature
The themes are international economic and political bonds.
Japanese Literature
What are the four periods of Japanese Literature?
Ancient
Classical
Medieval
Modern
This period of Japanese Literature deals primarily with myths and legends.
Ancient Japanese Literature
In this period, Ono Yasumaro, Nihon Shoki, and Man’yoshu wrote based on real events in the country.
Ancient Japanese Literature
This period occurred during the Heian period.
Classical Japanese Literature
This is considered as the ‘golden age’ in Japanese Literature.
Heian Period
Who is the famous writer during the classical Japanese period who wrote the ‘Tale of Genji’
Murasaki Shikibu
It is considered the world’s first novel. It tackles the Japanese court during the Heian period.
Tale of Genji
This period is when history and literature were intertwined due to the influence of the civil wars.
Medieval Japanese Literature
This civil war and the emergence of the warrior class during the Medieval period led to __.
war tales and stories
This is the popular form of Japanese poetry that rose during the Medieval period.
Renga
What are the two subperiods during the Modern Japanese Period?
Early Modern (Edo period)
Modern (Meiji period)
This is when the rise of new genres like the Japanese drama, kabuki (poetry form known for its simplicity and subtlety) haiku, and the yomihon (Japanese book which put little emphasis on illustration.)
Early Modern (Edo period)
Japanese writers during this period started to romanticize and tried experimenting with different genres and subject matters.
Modern (Meiji period)
Yasunari Kawabata, Kobi Abe, Takiji Kobayashi, and Haruki Murakami are only some of the prominent writers during the __.
Modern (Meiji period)
This is a Japanese poetry form known for its simplicity and subtlety.
kabuki
This is a Japanese book that puts little emphasis on illustration.
yomihon
Who are the two prominent writers in Japanese Literature?
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Matsuo Basho
This Japanese writer is the first literary figure known for his works of ‘tanka’ and ‘choka’.
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
In what literary work does the poems of Hitomaro include?
1000 poems of Manyoshu
It is the basic form of Japanese poetry with a structure of 57577 syllables.
tanka
It is a ‘long poem,’ of indefinite length ranging from 7-150 lines, formed of alternating lines of 5 and 7 syllables, ending with an extra seven-syllable line.
choka
It is the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry that was produced during the Asuka and Nara Period (525-794 CE).
1000 poems of Manyoshu
