7th Lesson-Review Medieval Japan

Nara Period

Tokyo Period

Heian Period

Nagasaki Period

True

False

Tendai

Shingon

Mahayana

Pure Land

fealty to leaders

striving for beauty

success in business

acquiring an education

Literature from lower classes was not preserved.

The emperor required aristocrats to study literature.

They had the time and money to write and create art.

Other forms of Buddhism forbade artistic expression.

kabuki

ikebana

lacquerware

waka

Tendai

Shingon

Mahayana

Pure Land

True

False

It was written by a woman.

It is an epic poem about love.

It describes court life and fashion.

It is a genealogy of the royal house.

Tokyo

Korea

Heian

None are correct

adopted Buddhism

adopted farming techniques

developed literature and poetry

invented sik

Women of the aristocratic court, such as Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shonagon, and Izumi Shikibu

Samurai warriors like Minamoto leaders and military scribes

Buddhist monks who copied sutras in temple scriptoria

Merchants and artisans from Kyoto marketplaces

A classical Japanese verse form of 31 syllables (tanka) favored by Heian courtiers

A ceremonial prose chant performed by Shinto priests

An epic ballad sung by traveling minstrels with biwa accompaniment

A pictographic writing system used for temple inscriptions

Love, longing, and personal emotion

Nature and the changing seasons

Refined court life, etiquette, and relationships

Military conquest and battlefield strategy

Overseas trade routes and navigation

Murasaki Shikibu, a Heian court lady whose work is often called the world’s first novel and a masterpiece of courtly life

Sei Shonagon, a poet whose only surviving work is a military chronicle

Izumi Shikibu, a playwright who founded the Noh theater

A male imperial scribe commissioned to record tax laws

They provide firsthand accounts—essays, observations, and poetry—that illuminate Heian court culture and women’s perspectives

They are official government edicts establishing land taxes and military ranks

They record foreign embassies to China and maritime trade statistics

They are instructional manuals for Buddhist monastic rituals

Aristocrats lived in refined luxury focused on arts and court ceremony, while lower classes farmed, paid taxes, and performed labor with few luxuries

Aristocrats were itinerant traders, while lower classes wrote court poetry

Aristocrats served as full‑time soldiers, while lower classes managed royal estates

Aristocrats practiced strict monastic vows, while lower classes performed temple rituals

It richly depicts Heian court customs, clothing, rituals, and social relationships

It lists annual tax revenues for each province

It is a chronological record of wars and treaties

It is a technical manual for palace architecture

It influenced narrative technique and character psychology in modern storytelling

It inspired visual artworks and film adaptations that popularize Heian aesthetics

It helped shape the view of the Heian court as elegant and complex in culture

It introduced industrial manufacturing methods to modern Japan

It replaced all traditional poetry with prose fiction

Buddhism

Islam

Hinduism

Shinto

Christianity

a pennisula

an archipelago

a group of atolls

a butte

none of these

He created the 17 Article Constitution.

He encouraged people to become Buddhist.

He was one of most important rulers in Japanese history.

He was famous for his pilgrimage to Mecca.