Exam 12: Japanese Traditions

Three new types of Buddhism emerged during the Kamakura period in Japan.

What were the major events in the rise and fall of Christianity in Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

What does the phrase honji suijaku imply in the Japanese tradition?

The Japanese word "Zen" ultimately derives from the Sanskrit dhyana, meaning "meditation."

What important ritual, whose roots are in a combination of native Japanese, Korean, and Chinese folk beliefs, has been an enduring responsibility for all of Japan's religious traditions?

Japan history has no written records from the first four centuries of the Common Era.

The monk Saicho founded Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan.

What system of thought or religion inspired the creation of four distinct classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants) in during the Tokugawa regime?

What are three different examples of Japanese religious practices believed to produce pragmatic benefits?

New religious movements have lost momentum and gradually disappeared in Japan since the Second World War.

When was the first Buddhist temple in Japan constructed?

What was the earliest form of religious practice in Japan?

Belief is less important than activity in Japanese religion.

In Japan, which term refers to the "degenerate age," during which it was believed Buddhist dharma would decline and corruption and conflict would increase?

Which of the following is central to most religious practices in Japan?

Which influential Japanese Buddhist monk believed that believed that the only path to salvation, for the individual and for the nation, lay in the teachings of the Lotus Sutra?

When did "Shinto" begin to take form as a distinct and self-conscious entity?

Who are the warrior elite in Japanese tradition?

Buddhist True Pure Land militias in Japan in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were made up of whom?

Jizo is a popular bodhisattva who has provided comfort to millions of Japanese.