Questions regarding Culture in China

Chapter 20 Study Guide

1) Define: shogun and samurai 2) Who unified the country of Japan and isolated it from outside world? 3) Define Shinto 4) This painter (name him) became known for his large paintings on folding screens and

sliding doors in the palaces and castles of nobles and warlords. Also know that the paintings in the picture below were created by this artist.

5) Who is considered the most important Zen master of the past 500 years?

6) Who painted The Great Wave of Kanagawa? What type printing technique is employed

here?

7) What is the name and location (country) of this architecture? During which period was it built? *Also know it is an example of castle architecture.

8) Which religion is the Todai-ji Temple associated with? Know its location (country)

9) What are Japanese gardens conductive of? 10) Define Haiku 11) Which form of poetry has been the most popular in Japan and also influential in the

West? 12) Modern Japanese literature dates from the beginning of which emperor’s reign? and what

year? 13) The fiction of modern Japan reflects a strong concern with __________. 14) What are the names of the two types of Japanese music for theater? And in which

centuries were each of them developed? 15) What is the name of a contemporary cinematic development in Japan which denotes

highly sophisticated animated films? 16) What is a geisha? And what is a popular western misconception of geishas?