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100
Dishonest or illegal practices,especially involving money.
What is corruption?
100
This city is known today as Kyoto.
What is Heian-kyo?
100
This was considered necessary for a beautiful smile.
What are blackened teeth.
100
Different from Chinese art, this style of painting focused on nonreligious scenes.
What is yamato-e?
100
Blending dance and drama this is still popular in Japan today.
What are Noh plays?
200
He built a new capital on the banks of the Yodo River.
Who is Kammu?
200
The new Japanese capital was patterned after this Chinese capital.
What is Chang-an?
200
You had to be from and important family to be described with this term.
What is yoke?
200
Descriptive language used to create mental "pictures."
What is imagery?
200
These poems were created to be very short.
What are tanka?
300
He was the "power behind the throne" from 995 to 1028
Who is Fujiwara Michinaga?
300
Only a portion of this temple dedicated to Fujiwara Michiaga remains.
What is Phoenix Hall?
300
A member of a ruler's court.
What is a courtier?
300
Considered to be the first romance novel.
What is " The Tale of Genji".
300
Women and men would carefully guard the recipes for this.
What is perfume?
400
Men of these ranks carried fans with 25 folds.
What are the 1st,2nd, and 3rd ranks?
400
These divided the large open areas of houses and kept men from speaking directly to women.
What are screens?
400
This game involved stacking stones on a woman's finger.
What is ran-go.
400
Known as "women's writing".
What is hiragana?
400
Noh plays were derived from this art form.
What is Bugaku?
500
The Heian Period ended because of this.
What is giving away land for tax free estates?
500
The english translation of Heian-kyo.
What is "The Capital of Peace and Tranqulity"?
500
Ideally,this would be longer than a woman's height.
What is hair.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! She wrote a collection of clever stories that included a list of short things.
Who is Sei Shonagon?
500
Daily Double!!!!!! He was considered the greatest sculptor of the Heian Period.
Who was Jocho?