I. Be able to identify the following terms.  To “identify” the terms you need to summarize the historical/political/cultural importance of the term in a short paragraph.
 
 

Uji (clan)  Kami (god/s)       Mono no aware (sensitivity) Nembutsu (Reciting Amida’s Name)      Mappô (end of the law)   Kamikaze (divine wind)      Noh/Nô   biwa hôshi (Biwa Minstrels)  samurai     Bunraku

Zen                                                                           Tendai sabi (elegant simplicity) ukiyo (floating world) chônin (townspeople) Namban (Southern Barbarian) kana  bakufu rônin jiriki (self-power)

 
II. Be able to identify the following persons:
 
 

Amateratsu  & Susa-no-o  Izanagi & Izanami Shôtoku Taishi  Sugawara no Michizane Kûkai   Saichô Murasaki Shikibu Sei Shônagon   Fujiwara no Michinaga  Emperor Kammu Minamoto no Yoritomo  Kiso no Yoshinaka    Taira no Atsumori

Hônen  Shinran   Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Ieyasu Ihara Saikaku Chikamatsu Monzaemon        Commodore Matthew C. Perry

 

III. Be able to distinguish:  Shinto & Buddhism & Confucianism  Jômon & Yayoi  Giri & ninjô Pure Land Sects & Esoteric Sects Mappô & Ukiyo  Courtiers & Warriors  Warriors & Merchants Kojiki & Nihongi The Tale of Genji & The Tale of Heike Noh and Kyôgen Kana (Japanese Syllabary) & Kanji (Chinese Characters)

IV.  Identify: Nihongi The Pillow Book The Tale of Genji The Tale of the Heike The Love Suicides of Sonezaki Kojiki

V.         Know the different historical eras and be able to identify their salient characteristics:

Jômon
Yayoi
Kôfun
Nara
Heian
Kamakura
Ashikaga
Warring States
Momoyama
Tokugawa
Meiji

VI. Refer to the questions you had for homework

Exam Format:  Short Answer Identifications (taken from I, II, IV, V above).  Essay questions (taken from III-VI above).  You will be given choices, so go for questions that you can answer most fully.