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Week 1 (8/30-9/1): Defining "Japan" and its history
- lectures:
- W. Orientations
- F. Japan's prehistorical past
- readings:
- F. Topics, Introduction, 1-15; Electronic Reserve:
- "Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians" & Kojiki
- assignment:
- Begin Engaging Vision #1:
- "Mythical Visions: A Tour of Ise Shrine"
Week 2 (9/6-8): The formation of early Japanese civilization
- lectures:
- W. "Indigenous" foundations & continental impact
- F. The Taika Reform & institutional revolution
- MAP QUIZ FRIDAY
- readings:
- W. Topics, 16-27
- assignment:
- Study for Friday's Map Quiz
Continue EV#1; Begin Engaging Act #1Week 3 (9/11-15): Consolidating the state and imperial rule
- lectures:
- M. The Faces of Nara, part 1
- W. The Faces of Nara, part 2
- F. DISCUSSION: The Politics of Religion and History
- readings:
- MW: Topics, 27-34; ER: The Ten Thousand Leaves
- F: Topics, chapter three (all)
- assignment:
- Engaging Act #1, due Friday (9/15)
- Prepare to discuss religion and politics of early Japan.
Week 4 (9/18-22): Political economic geography of Heian Japan
- lectures:
- M. What does a shôen look like?
- W. Fujiwara regents vs. retired emperors
- F. Enter the Shining Prince
- readings:
- M: Topics, 63-73
- F: Genji & Heike, 3-83 (intro and chapters 1-3)
- assignment:
- For Friday make a "family tree" of relationships
- among the principal characters depicted thus far
- in The Tale of Genji.
- Begin Engaging Vision #2:
- "Aristocratic Visions: The World of the Shining Prince"
Week 5 (9/25-9/29): The art of life & love in Heian court society
- lectures:
- M. Courting among courtiers
- W. The awareness of things
- F. VIDEO: The Tale of Genji Scroll
- readings:
- M: Topics, 73-83
- WF: Genji, 84-159
- assignment:
- Continue Genji "family tree" and EV #2
Begin Engaging Act #2Week 6 (10/2-4): Buddhist sense and sensibility
- lectures:
- M. Buddhism as moral system
- W. Buddhism as fashion statement
- F. DISCUSSION: Interpreting Genji in Word and Image
- readings:
- M: Topics, 83-87; ER: Miraculous Stories from the Japanese
- Buddhist Tradition and Tales of Times Now Past
- W: Genji, 160-242
- assignment:
- Engaging Act #2, due Friday (10/4)
- Prepare to interpret Genji in word and image.
Week 7 (10/9-13): Civil war & the establishment of the bakufu
- lectures:
- M. MIDTERM (bring blue book!)
- W. Family feud: the Taira & the Minamoto
- F. Institutionalizing bakufu power
- readings:
- W: Topics, 88-93; Genji & Heike, 245-277 and 305-343
- F: Genji & Heike, 344-369
- film:
- Gate of Hell (time & place TBA)
- assignment:
- Begin Engaging Vision #3:
- "Medieval Visions: Warriors & Buddhists"
Week 8 (10/18-22): Warrior life & death
- lectures:
- M. Samurai family values
- W. Divine winds
- F. Go-Daigo's folly & Ashikaga's coup
- readings:
- M: Genji & Heike, 370-445
- W: Topics, 95-101
- assignment:
- Continue EV #3 and begin reading for Engaging Act #3
Week 9 (10/25-29): Heavens & hells, hermits & vagabonds, art & enlightenment
- lectures:
- M. Popularizing Buddhism
- W. Realms of existence
- F. Everything Zen
- readings:
- M: Topics, 101-115;
- W: ER: Shinran
- F: ER: Rational Zen, "Seami and the Art of the Nô," "Atsumori,"
- "The Cowardly Bastards" and "The Rooster Son-in-Law"
- "Records of the Words of Rikyû"
- assignment:
- Continue Engaging Vision #3
Week 10 (11/1-5): Warring states & reunification
- lectures:
- M. Strangers in a strange land
- W. Road to reunification, 1
- F. Road to reunification, 2
- readings:
- M: Topics, 115-119; ER: They Came to Japan
- W: ER: "Toyotomi Hideyoshi"
- F: Japanese Inn, chapters 1-3
- film:
- Kagemusha (time & place TBA)
- assignment:
- Engaging Act #3, due Friday 11/5
Week 11 (11/8-12): The Tokugawa sociopolitical system
- lectures:
- M. Control, class, and status, 1
- W. Control, class, and status, 2
- F. Autonomy & authority
- readings:
- MW: Topics, 121-141; JI, chapter 4-5; ER: "The 'Cooperative of Unlimited
- Compassion' of the Village of Tominaga"
- F: Topics, 142-148; JI, chapters 6-7
- assignment:
- Begin Engaging Vision #4: "Commoner Visions: A Trip to Edo"
Week 12 (11/15-19): Social and economic effects of the Tokugawa system
- lectures:
- M. Towns below the castles
- W. Roads between the towns
- F. Relations between men and women
- readings:
- MW: JI, chpts. 8-10
- F: Topics, 149-160
- assignment:
- Continue EV# 4 and begin pondering Engaging Act #4
Week 13 (11/22-24): Art, love, sex, & money
- lectures:
- M. Ukiyo as art & lifestyle
- W. Play & pleasure in Edo
- readings:
- MW: Topics, 160-165; JI, chapter 11
- ER: "The Tale of Gengobei, The Mountain of Love," and "The Eternal
- Storehouse of Japan," "Wealth and Poverty," "The King of Farts,"
Week 14 (11/29-12/3): Japan in an expanding world
- lectures:
- M. Tokugawa learning
- W. Black ships & red-haired barbarians
- F. Dressing for "civilized" success
- readings:
- M. Topics, 165-174; ER: "On Farting" ,Snow Country Tales, "Discussion on Western Painting,"
- "The Twelve Tenets of the Dutch Studies Academy"
- W: JI, chapter 12
- F. Topics, 174-192
- assignment:
- Engaging Act #4, due Monday, 12/1
Week 15 (12/6-8): Wrap-up: Unwrapping "Japanese civilization"
- discussion:
- M. What makes "Japanese civilization" "Japanese"?
- W. Review session for endterm exam
- readings:
- Your notes from the semester; Endterm Exam Study Guide
- assignment:
- Prepare to define "Japanese civilization" as you understand it.
- Study for Endterm Exam (Dec. 14, 1-3PM. Bring blue books!)
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