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By: Meredith McCollum
 Worships deities called Kami
 Focuses on the importance of nature, purity, and
tranquility
 Includes four Affirmations
• Legend say that he was named after a barn door after
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being born in front of one.
He wrote the Seventeen-Article.
He admired China.
He brought Buddhism and Confucianism to Japan.
He built temples across Japan in order to spread
Buddhism.
 Called “dwellers among clouds”
 Rarely left the city and hardly associated with the poor
 Great supporters of the arts
 They influenced the arts by writing novels, and loved
painting and calligraphy.
 Silk Robes and gold jewelry
 Women wore long gowns of twelve layers of colored
silk
 Had fans that were painted with flowers, trees, or
birds.
 Was the first actual Japanese novel
 Written for people of aristocracy
 Contains similar elements of today’s books
 They used wood because there was hardly any stone
 Shinto shrines were destroyed every 20 years and built
as exact replicas as the one before it.
 Thatched roofs and simplicity were elements of
architecture
 A Buddhist term referring to the mental bond between
the performer and the audience
 Once a performer did a play called Lady Aoi after The
Tale of Genji.
 The main character is created by an elaborate mask
and costumes.
 Believes control over nature by man if a futile effort.
 Self-knowledge comes by meditation.
 Meditation serves to sharpen the mind.
 Popular among the samurai for teaching self-discipline
 Popular among the common people (peasants)
because it did not require money
 Did not require any require any rituals
 Thought that chanting the name of Buddha
repetitively was the pathway to enlightenment.