Japanese Cultural History
a series of illustrated lectures

The Rule of Taste

ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN
( 794 - 1185 )

TERMS

After viewing the slide lecture ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and reviewing the script, you should be able to identify each of the following terms. Familiarity with these terms is assumed hereafter.

 

uji / be / tomo	Mimana	Nihon/Nippon
Kojiki	Jimmu	Todaiji
garan	shinden	The Tale of Genji
Yamato	Soga	Taika Reform
Nihon Shoki	Manyoshu	Tempyo
gigaku	hiragana	The Pillow Book
tenno	Shotoku Taishi	Taiho Code
Izanagi / Izanami	Miroku/Amida	Horyuji
Byodoin	katakana	emakimono

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