Terms to know from
Sources of Japanese Tradition,
chs. I-IX
Records of
Ancient Matters (712) Kojiki
Chronicles of Japan
(720) Nihon shoki
History of the Kingdom
of Wei (c. 297)
Land of Wa
Pimiko
Izanagi & Izanami
The Sun Goddess, Amaterasu
Ise Shrine
Shinto
kami
Prince Shotoku
Emperor Jimmu
Taika Reforms (645)
Taiho Code, 701-02
Sutra of the Golden Light
Vimalakirti Sutra
Emperor Shomu & the
Nara Daibutsu
Mahayana Buddhism
Nara, Heian (Kyoto)
Saicho, Mt. Hiei, Tendai
Kukai, Mt. Koya, Shingon
Lotus Sutra
Murasaki Shikibu/Tale
of Genji
mono no aware
miyabi