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| The Kingdom of Wei (297 C.E.) |
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- ruled by a woman named Pimiko
- held a good relationship with China
-Chinese ambassador decisive factor in successor to throne after Pimiko's death (woman again)
-Japan sees itself superior to the Chinese |
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-Had sex and produced the land
-Founded the Imperial Line
-Produced Sun Goddess, Moon-god, Leech child, and Susa no o |
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- Japanese Chronicles:
Birth of the Land
Birth of the Sun Goddess
Legends Concerning Susa-No-O
Susa-No- O and the Sun Goddess
Descent of the Divine Grandson with the Three Imperial Regalia
Princess Yamato and Prince Plenty
Enshrinement of Amaterasu
17 Article Constitution of Prince Shotoku |
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-Records of Ancient Matters:
Founding of the Imperial Line
Divine Creation of Imperial Ancestors
Susan-No-O In Izumo |
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-Shinto
-deities of heaven and earth
-spirits worshiped in shrines |
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| -act of worship that includes sweeping out of the house and chasing evil spirits |
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-produced by Izanami and Izanagi
-Lord of the Universe
-Had sex with her brother Susan no o
-When she was enshrined in the Abstinence Palace in Isuzu; a mirror, which was believed to be her embodiment, was transported to this place. |
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-storm of the sea
-expelled by his parents
-had sex with sister Amaterasu
-after being banished for being rude with Amaterasu he goes to Korea, marries local princess, kills serpent, inside was a sword: Imperial Regalia |
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| Divine Creation of Imperial Ancestors |
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| -Amaterasu produces sperm and Susan no o delivers: role change |
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-Bronze mirror
-Long sword
-Curved Jewel
-Amaterasu asked her Grandson to rule the land bearing these as symbols of divine authority |
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-Shrine in Izumo dedicated to the son of Susan-No-O
-Susan-No-O from the Yamato line married the Izumo princess and their sun, Prince Plenty, married a Yamato Princess |
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-The making of the land was different
-The God Yatsukamizu Omidazunu pulled the land together |
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| The 17 Article Constitution of Prince Shotoku |
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-Confucian ethical and political doctrines
-the constitution exhorts the people to lay aside partisan differences and accept imperial rule in order to achieve social harmony.
-remarkable synthesis of Confucian and buddhist thought with native Japanese tradition |
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| State Sponsorship and Control of Buddhism |
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| The ruler who protects Buddhism there by protects the state |
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| superintendent of the Buddhist clergy |
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-major figure in Buddhism of the Nara Period
-gained great renown as popular teacher and practitioner of good works
-thought to be a reincarnation of a Bodhisattva |
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| The Merging of Buddhism and Shinto |
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| -merged by Fujiwara Muchimaro due a dream about a man asking him to build a temple for his sake to help his bad karma. |
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-by Lady Murasaki
-Mirrors the time and the aesthetic preocupations of the Heian aristocrats |
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-Saicho a monk who wanted to begin his own monestary in Mount Hiei
-he wanted to keep his eclectic Buddhism as an alternative to Nara
-In order to be able and keep students for a period of 12 years he needed the Emperor's permission; promised that he would teach loyalty to the emperor
-he hoped to establish something more accessible than the "Two Vehicles of Nara Buddhism |
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| -wrote the Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness |
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