Preparation Guide for Japan Quiz (Friday, April 1)

Like our quiz on traditional China, the second E100 quiz will be a half-period (25 minute) objective test, covering reading and lecture material from the beginning of the course section on Japan through the lecture of Wednesday, March 30.  Each section will have a different quiz, but all will be designed to cover basically the same material.   Quiz question formats will include multiple choice, T/F, and short-answer (no more than one phrase).  Below is a list of study questions or study directions that can help guide your review.  At the bottom of the page is a timeline, with the dates you'll be expected to know on the quiz.  The hour exam on Japan, scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, will cover both traditional and modern Japan.  It will include IDs, like the China hour exam, and if you study for this quiz thoughtfully, while traditional Japan is fresh in your mind, your preparation for the hour exam will be much easier.

[Material relevant to the following questions can be found Reischauer, chapter 4, and associated lectures.]
From what areas of the world did the early settlers of Japan migrate?
Approximately when do we first begin to hear of a Japanese state in historical accounts?   Whose accounts?
Why don't we have early historical records from Japan?
What is the name and approximate period of the earliest Japanese state?
You should know what Shinto is, and be able to characterize its basic features.
You should know the traditional view of the origins of the emperor, and what sets him apart.  
            You should also be clear on how the emperors of China and Japan were different sorts of rulers.
What are uji and why were they important (both in history, and as an indication of Japanese social structure)?
You should be able to characterize the change in the emperor's role after the "battle" over Buddhism.
When was the period of borrowing from China, and just what did Japan borrow?
Why do we call the "Heian Period" by the name "Heian?"  What was Heian modeled on?  What is Heian's modern name?
What was the role of the Fujiwara clan?  Who was the Regent (or "Chancellor")?
Where did Japan's written language come from?  How did Japan modify that writing system?

Please be clear on the three models of the person I've been using (individualistic, holistic, corporate), 
            and how they apply differently to traditional China and Japan.

[Material relevant to the following questions can in lectures associated with the Pillow Book.]
What class produced the great literature of the Heian?  What group within that class?
How did the Heian civil service exam function differently from the Tang exam system?
You should know who both Sei Shonagon and "Lady Murasaki" (Murasaki Shikibu) were.
What is aware, and how is its aesthetic role related to Buddhism?
How is Nature viewed in Heian literature; how is this different from Chinese views?

[Material relevant to the following questions can be found Reischauer, chapter 5, and associated lectures.]
You should be clear about the break between Heian "civil" society and Kamakura "feudalism."
You should know where the samurai class came from, and how its creation brought with it a code of loyalty.
Who was the shogun?  What was a bakufu?  Who were the daimyo?   What were the han?
Be sure you understand how the shogun and daimyo succeeded to their positions.
Be able to describe seppuku in gory detail!

[Material relevant to the following questions can be found Reischauer, chapter 6, and associated lectures, including those focused on the Hagakure and on ukiyo-e.]
Who was Hideyoshi and what did his "Korean wars" achieve?
What fundamental changes in feudal political culture were instituted by the Tokugawa founders?
Where was the Tokugawa capital (and what is its modern name)?  Why were daimyo often there?
You should understand how Confucianism fit in the ideology of the Tokugawa state.
How did these changes affect the role played by samurai?  How did they affect their finances?
What were the purposes of the "sword hunt" and the closing of Japan to foreigners?
What is the Hagakure, when was it written, and how is it an expression of the samurai concerns of its time?
Can you note a couple of ways in which samurai culture included elements of the Heian aristocratic style, 
            and also the Confucian literatus style?
What class became the competitor of the samurai, and how did that class gain power during the Tokugawa?
You should be able to characterize some of the basic values of urban merchant culture which the samurai found distasteful.
You should know what the term ukiyo-e denotes and the significant cultural features reflected in ukiyo-e art.