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!Overview:
!Major Themes:
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- Conflict
and
military
struggle
at
all
levels
of
society
- Kyoto
monarch
GoDaigo
tried
to
regain
political
control,
challenged
Kamakura
shogunate
- Three main powers: Ashikaga shoguns, Kyoto court and temple-shrine complexes
!Gender:
- Estates
developed
into
self-protecting
communities
as
aristocratic
were
losing
their
claims
to
territories
(they
traditionally
protected
those
tied
to
the
land),
so
the
peasants
formed
self-protecting
villages
- Villages
met
in
committees,
sometimes
a
shrine
associations
(often
establishing
the
current
place
names)
- A
cash
economy
developed
using
Chinese
(Ming)
coins
!Buddhism:
-
Middle
ages
characterized
by
strong
Buddhist
establishment
(until
late
16th
century)
Temples
controlled
urban
economy
and
maintained
their
own
armies
Zen
Buddhism
continued
to
attract
patronage
of
military
leaders,
shaped
notions
of
beauty
Enduring
power
of
Zen
aesthetics
Are
they
Zen
aesthetics?
Japanese
aesthetics?
Universal
human
aesthetics?
Current
or
historical?
!Tea Ceremony:
Later
rustic,
simple,
irregular,
organic,
personal
aesthetics
of
of
wabi
and
sabi
Preformed
in
refined
rusticity
(tea
aesthetics),
combination
of
nature
and
artifice
Flower
Arrangment
finding
harmony
in
simplicity
in
the
natural
world
Wabi/Sabi
connected
with
Korea
(Korean
potters
helped
to
stimulate
some
of
the
values)
A
century
of
civil
war,
14671600:
factional
warring,s
tarting
with
nin
War
of
14671477
Estates
vanished
completely
as
aristocratic
claims
to
land
broke
down
Buddhist
temples
destroyed
or
stripped
of
power
Society
increasing
militarized