history (eras)

when was Heian Jidai?

794 - 1185

name of the earliest compilation of poems?

Manyoshu

When was Manyoshu compiled?

759 AD

What era was Manyoshu?

Nara Period

Lady Otomo wrote this poem in Manyoshu

How it crushes the heart

love not known to the beloved,

Like a star lily

That blooms among thick grasses

In the summer field.

Iwa no hime wrote this poem in Manyoshu

As the morning mist trails

Over the ears of rice

In the autumn fields,

I know not when and where

My love will end.

In Japan, who is the most famous writer in classical English literature? 

Murasaki Shikibu (978 - 1014)

What was the world’s first novel?

Genji Monogatari

What became today’s hiragana?

Onnade - women’s writing

Master of wit and beauty in language

Sei Shonagon (966 - 1025) 

When was the Nara Period?

710 - 794

(Nara Period) ____ established the capital of ____ (present day Nara)

Empress Genmei; Heijou-kyou

(Nara Period) except for brief five-year period (date?) when the capital was briefly moved again, ____ remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor ____ established a new capital

740 – 745; Heijou-Kyou; Kanmu

(Nara Period) Emperor ____ established a new capital, _____, in ___, before moving to _____ (modern Kyoto) a decade later in ___.

Kanmu; Nagaoka-kyou; 784; Heian-Kyou; 794

(Nara Period) Japanese society was predominantly ____ and centered on _____ life.

agricultural; village

(Nara Period) Most of the villagers followed ____,

Shinto

What is Shinto?

a religion based on the worship of natural and ancestral spirits named Kami