Week IX The Making of a New Order
T Nov 1 Three Unifiers (1573-1600): Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu; Beasley, pp. 122-133
Th Nov 3 Japan and Europe (1543-1630 CE); Beasley, pp. 134-151 FILM screening—KOBAYASHI Masaki, Seppuku (Harakiri) Time and Place TBA
Week X The Tokugawa Shogunate: Early Years (1600-1651 CE)
T Nov 8 Founding and Consolidation; Beasley, pp. 152-170
Th Nov 10 Section, read YAMAGA Sokō, The Way of the Samurai (Shidō), pp. 389-401:
Week XI Tokugawa Society I: The Middle Period (1651-1787 CE)
T Nov 15 Urban Culture; Beasley, pp. 171-187
Th Nov 17 Intellectual Currents
Proposal for final paper due
Week XII Tokugawa Society II: Farmers and the Nation
T Nov 22 Section, read Anonymous, The Sakura Sōgorō Story, pp. 46-75:
Week XIII Late Tokugawa (1787-1868 CE)
T Nov 29 Expel the Barbarian, Revere the Emperor; Beasley, pp. 188-209
Th Dec 1 Section, read KATSU Kōkichi, Musui’s Story (Musui dokugen), pp. 71-108:
Musui's Story (Musui dokugen) "Every morning I put on my kataginu and hakama and made the rounds of the powers that be..."
Week XIV Overview
T Dec 6 Review
Final Paper Due
Final exam--TBA
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