Chapter 13 Key Terms: Japan’s Golden Age



Chapter 13 Key Terms: Japan’s Golden Age

1. kana (kanji): Japanese writing system that uses a set of symbols that stand for sounds

2. Murasaki Shikibu: a lady-in-waiting at the Heian court who served the empress and wrote the world’s first novel, The Tale of Gengi, which describes the adventures of the prince, Gengi

3. novel: a long fictional story, often written with a complex plot and many chapters

4. anthology: a book of works, like poems, by different writers

5. haiku: a Japanese form of poetry with 17 syllables and 7 lines

6. sutra: the scripture, or writing, that describes the nature of Buddha

7. mantra: a sacred word, chant, or sound that is repeated over and over to increase one’s spiritual power

8. Tendai Sect: Buddhist group who believed that Buddhism should be open to everyone, not just monks and nuns

9. Shingon Sect: form of Buddhism in which followers recited “true words” in the form of mantras; “Three Mysteries” of speech, body, and mind too get to enlightenment

10. Pure Land Buddhism: today, the largest Buddhist sect in Japan, came from China, believers reached the Pure Land through Amida; it appealed to all classes

11. Nichiren Form: originating in Japan, this sect taught that enlightenment came from absolute faith in the Lotus Sutra

12. Zen Buddhism: central practice of this sect is meditation, the emptying of the mind of thoughts in order to achieve spiritual development; Samurai used Zen to drive out fear of danger and death from their minds

Chapter 13 Key Terms: Japan’s Golden Age

|kana (kanji): Japanese writing system that uses a set of symbols that|[pic] |

|stand for sounds | |

|Murasaki Shikibu: a lady-in-waiting at the Heian court who served the|[pic] |

|empress and wrote the world’s first novel, The Tale of Gengi, which | |

|describes the adventures of the prince, Gengi | |

|novel: a long fictional story, often with a complex plot and many |[pic] |

|chapters | |

|anthology: a book of works, like poems, by different writers |[pic] |

|haiku: a Japanese form of poetry with 17 syllables and 7 lines |I am first with five |

| |Then seven in the middle |

| |Five again to end |

|sutra: the scripture, or writing, that describes the nature of Buddha|[pic][pic] |

|mantra: a sacred word, chant, or sound that is repeated over and over|[pic][pic] |

|to increase one’s spiritual power | |

|Tendai Sect: Buddhist group who believed that Buddhism should be open|[pic] |

|to everyone, not just monks and nuns | |

|Shingon Sect: form of Buddhism in which followers recited “true |[pic] |

|words” in the form of mantras; “Three Mysteries” of speech, body, and| |

|mind to get to enlightenment | |

|Pure Land Buddhism: today, the largest Buddhist sect in Japan, came |[pic] |

|from China, believers reached the Pure Land through Amida,; it | |

|appealed to all classes | |

|Nichiren Form: originating in Japan, this sect taught that |[pic] |

|enlightenment came from absolute faith in the Lotus Sutra | |

|Zen Buddhism: central practice of this sect is meditation, the |[pic] |

|emptying of the mind of thoughts in order to achieve spiritual | |

|development; Samurai used Zen to drive out fear of danger and death | |

|from their minds | |

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