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Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World
HIST 210
Autumn 2017
TTh 12:00-2:00
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment 363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
Required Books
Benedict, Ruth. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Berry, Mary Elizabeth. Japan in Print
Bestor, Theodore. Neighborhood Tokyo
Bestor, Theodore. Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World
Bix, Herbert. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Dower, John. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
McCullough, Helen. Classical Japanese Prose: An Anthology
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Rice as Self: Japanese Identities Through Time
Rupp, Katherine. Gift-Giving in Japan
Varley, Paul. Japanese Culture
Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual.
All books are on library reserve
On Library Reserve—Required Reading
Lu, David, Japan: A Documentary History
LaFleur, Robert, Great Mythologies of the World: East Asia and the Pacific
On Library Reserve—Required Reading
Lu, David, Japan: A Documentary History
LaFleur, Robert, Great Mythologies of the World: East Asia and the Pacific
Course Description
This course will examine Japanese history and culture in the context of the wider East Asian world. We will begin with early Japanese history and the influence of both Korea and China on early Japanese institutions. In an even broader perspective, we will consider Japan (and East Asia's) role in a complex Pacific world, and how that region has shaped the world at large—from cultural and military forces to environmental issues, trade, and development.
We will then examine the development of Japan’s indigenous traditions during the Heian (794-1185), Kamakura (1185-1333), and Ashikaga (1336-1568) periods. The second half of the course will deal with modern Japanese history and culture, paying equal attention to historical and ethnographic materials, and taking a careful look at the development of the Kanto and Kansai regions in modern Japanese history and culture. Throughout the course we will use examples from the Japanese language—spoken phrases, the two major syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), and kanji, or Chinese characters—to analyze Japanese history and culture in linguistic context.
We will then examine the development of Japan’s indigenous traditions during the Heian (794-1185), Kamakura (1185-1333), and Ashikaga (1336-1568) periods. The second half of the course will deal with modern Japanese history and culture, paying equal attention to historical and ethnographic materials, and taking a careful look at the development of the Kanto and Kansai regions in modern Japanese history and culture. Throughout the course we will use examples from the Japanese language—spoken phrases, the two major syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), and kanji, or Chinese characters—to analyze Japanese history and culture in linguistic context.
Evaluation
Quizzes 10% Every Class Session
Source Letter 15% Week Four
Exam I 15% Week Seven
Midterm Essay 20% Week Nine
Midterm Essay 20% Week Nine
Source Paper 25% Week Fourteen
Exam II 15% Week Sixteen
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History 210
Japan, East Asia, and the Pacific World
Autumn 2017
Week I
Introduction: Language, History, and Culture
Introduction: Language, History, and Culture
Tuesday, August 29
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Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lectures 42-43 (in-class)
42: Japanese Tales of Purity and Defilement
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lectures 42-43 (in-class)
42: Japanese Tales of Purity and Defilement
43: Gods, Rice, and the Japanese State
Winchester, The Pacific (read entire book before class)
Winchester, The Pacific (read entire book before class)
Prologue: The Lonely Sea and the Sky
Author's Note: On Carbon
The Great Thermonuclear Sea
Mr. Ibuka's Radio Revolution
The Ecstasies of Wave Riding
A Dire and Dangerous Irritation
Farewell, All My Friends and Foes
Echoes of a Distant Thunder
Author's Note: On Carbon
The Great Thermonuclear Sea
Mr. Ibuka's Radio Revolution
The Ecstasies of Wave Riding
A Dire and Dangerous Irritation
Farewell, All My Friends and Foes
Echoes of a Distant Thunder
How Goes the Lucky Country?
The Fires in the Deep
A Fragile and Uncertain Sea
Of Masters and Commanders
Epilogue: The Call of the Running Tide
The Fires in the Deep
A Fragile and Uncertain Sea
Of Masters and Commanders
Epilogue: The Call of the Running Tide
Thursday, August 31
Winchester, The Pacific (continue book discussion from Tuesday)
McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose: 27-155
McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose: 27-155
Tales of the Bamboo Cutter
Tales of Ise
A Tosa Journal
Tales of Ise
A Tosa Journal
The Gossamer Journal
Week II
Nara and Heian Japan (710-c. 1000)
Tuesday, September 5
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Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 37
37: Culture and Cosmos in Chinese Mythology
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 37
37: Culture and Cosmos in Chinese Mythology
Varley, Japanese Culture: 1-76
The Emergence of Japanese Civilization
The Introduction of Buddhism
The Introduction of Buddhism
The Court at its Zenith
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 3-79
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 3-79
Amaterasu and Susano-o
The Seventeen Article Constitution, 604 AD
Okuninushi-no-Mikoto and Izumo
The Eastern Expedition of Emperor Jimmu
From the History of Wei
Conquest of the Eastern Frontier…
From the Engishiki The Seventeen Article Constitution, 604 AD
The Reform Edict of Taika, 646 AD
The Administrative System, 718 AD
The Law of the Households
Preface to Kojiki, 712 AD
From the Manyoshu
Temmu’s Propagation of Buddhism, 676-685 AD
Sutra of the Golden Light…
Erection of Provincial Temples
A Parable of the Burning House
Directions to the Teachings of Three Doctrines…
Ennin's Diary of His Pilgrimage to China
Statement of Opinion on Twelve Matters, 914
Regulations Concerning Trade with Pohai, 828
Diary of Lady Murasaki, 1008-1010
Observations on the Heian Capital, 982
Daily Observance, Last Testamentt…
How a Priest Put the Magic Incantation
About Aotsune (Sir Evergreen)
How a Sparrow Repaid Its Debt of Gratitude
Thursday, September 7
McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose: 156-250
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
A Tale of Flowering Fortunes
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Week III
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Week III
Late Heian and Early Kamakura Japan (c. 1000-c.1200)
Tuesday, September 12
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Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 38
38: Chinese Heroes, Kings, and Destroyers
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 38
38: Chinese Heroes, Kings, and Destroyers
Varley, Japanese Culture: 77-109
The Advent of a New Age
The Canons of Medieval Taste
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 81-116
Allotment Land (Kubunden)…
Allotment Land (Kubunden)…
Plan to Cultivate One Million Cho…
Land Held for Three Generations…
Private Ownership of Reclaimed Land, 743
Proscription of Private Ownership of Land, 765
Privilege of Tax Immunity (Fuyu), 951 and 953
Immunity from Entry by Public Officials…
Establishment of a Shoen, 845, 920, and 1042
Commendation of a Shoen
Commendation of a Shoen
Edict to Curtail Spread of Shoen, 902
Provincial Governors Not Permitted to Interfere…
Lands Occupied by Private Parties …
Emergence of Tato, 859 and 1091
Management of Shoen by Tato
Establishment of Myoden, 1000
The Kondei System
Proscription Against Heian Nobility…
Master of His Retainers, 1114
Establishment of Relationship…
Rewarding the Vassals, 1180
Proclamation of Yorimoto's Rule over Kanto…
Establishment of the Samurai-dokoro, 1180
Building for Kumon-jo, 1184
Establishment of Monchu-jo, 1184
Appointment of Protectors and Stewards…
Goseibai Shikimoku--Formulary…
Thursday, September 14
McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose: 288-339
The Confessions of Lady Nijo
Week IV
Kamakura and Ashikaga Japan (c. 1250-c. 1500)
Tuesday, September 19
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Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 39
39: Peasant Folktales and Chinese Scholarship
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 117-179
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 39
39: Peasant Folktales and Chinese Scholarship
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 117-179
Ojo Yoshu, or the Essentials of Salvation
The Ancients Not Necessarily Our Superiors
Nembutsu and the Founding of a New Sect
The Short Letter (Isshi Koshosoku)
A Catechism
On the Salvation of Women
Doubts Expressed by a Believer of Nembutsu..
From the Tannisho
Conversation with the Master
Nichiren's Letter to Lord Nanjo
Efficacy of Simple-Hearted Faith
The Lotus of Perfect Truth
Buddhism with Japan as Its Center
Jito Ukedokoro, 1308
On Matters Relating to the Annual Rent..
Shitaji Chubun, 1318
The Tokusei Edict of Einin, 1297
Scribbling on the Dry River Bed of Nijo
Kemmu Shikimoku, 1336
Appointment of Shugo, 1336
On Matters Relating to Shugo…
Increase in the Powers of the Shugo
Adoption of the Law of Sharing Rent, 1352
Shugo-uke (Contract for Shugo), 1402
Contrast Between the Prosperity of Samurai…
Matters Relating to the Sale of Title Deeds to Fields
Sale of Hyakusho Shiki on Certain Fields, 1480
A Covenant for the So (Village Governing Assoc.)…
Joint Petition by Farmers, 1407
Substitution of Money to Pay Taxes, 1353
Determination of Equivalent Money Value for Rice
Money Draft, 1468
Land Owners and Pawnshops
Peasant Uprisings
Fighting for Tokusei, 1441
Rise of Chi (Market) c. 1415
Disputes Between Two Za, 1405
Soryo System of Divided Patrimony
A Deed of Transfer…, 1330
Voluntary Renunciation of Inheritance, c. 1279
Challenging Traditional Authority
Seizure of Shoen
The Seventeen-Article Injunction…
Hojo Soun’s Twenty-One Article Injunction…
Thursday, September 21
Varley, Japanese Culture: 109-139
The Canons of Medieval Taste (con’t)
McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose: 340-421
Journal of the Sixteenth Night Moon
An Account of My Hermitage
Essays in Idleness
LaFleur, Rob’s Style Sheet, 1-32
Essays in Idleness
LaFleur, Rob’s Style Sheet, 1-32
Week V
Warring States (Sengoku) and Early Tokugawa Japan (c. 1450-c. 1700)
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Warring States (Sengoku) and Early Tokugawa Japan (c. 1450-c. 1700)
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Tuesday, September 26
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Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 40
40: Spirits and Syncretism in Korean Myth
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 180-228
Takeda Shingen’s Control of Kai, 1547
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 40
40: Spirits and Syncretism in Korean Myth
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 180-228
Takeda Shingen’s Control of Kai, 1547
The Hundred Article Code of Chosokabe, 1597
Compulsory Military Service Decreed by..
Nobunga’s Destruction of Hieizan, 1571
Removal of Barriers, 1568
Free Market and Abolition of Za, 1577
Collection of Swords, 1588
Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Vermilion Seal Letter…
Nagamasa on Cadastral Survey, 1590
Nagamasa on Cadastral Survey, 1590
Cadastral Survey, 1598
Census-Taking, 1591
Edict on Change of Status, 1591
Control of Daimyo, 1595
Control of Mt. Koya, 1585
Limitation on the Propagation of Christianity…
Expulsion of the Missionaries, 1587
St. Francis Xavier’s View of Japanese, c. 1550
Cosme de Torres on Japanese Receptivity, c. 1550
Alessandro Valignano on Japanese Prudence…
Alessandro Valignano on Patience and…
Alessandro Valignano on Sensual Vices…
Joao Rodrigues on Japanese Craftiness, c. 1610
Oath of Fealty
Laws of Military Households, 1615
Amendments of Kanei to Buke Shohatto, 1635
The Group of Five, 1632
Farmers and Annual Tax, 1603
Sale of Land in Perpetuity Forbidden, 1643
Proscription of Parcelization of Land, 1672
Injunctions for Peasants, c. 1619
Regulations for Villagers, 1643
Regulations for the Residents of Edo, 1655
Regulations Regarding Lawsuits, 1633
Regulations for Temples in Different Domains
The Edict of 1635 Ordering the Closing of Japan
Completion of the Exclusion, 1639
The Fate of the Embassy from Macau…
Renouncing the Kirishitan, 1645
Of the Dutch Trade in Japan, 1692
Thursday, September 28
Varley, Japanese Culture: 140-204
The Country Unified
The Flourishing of a Bourgeois Culture
Lu, Japan: A Documentary History: 243-303
Natural Order and Social Order
On the Unity of Shinto and Confucianism
Nakae Toju on Filial Piety
Ito Jinsai’s Daily Observance
The Heaven-Appointed Duty of Subjects
Proposal for Employing Men of Talent
Tokugawa Justice Under Confucian Precepts
Education of Children
From Hidden Behind Leaves
The Beginning of Dutch Studies in Japan
Japan’s Creation by Amaterasu
Excerpts from the Outline of the Ancient Way (Kodo Taiji)
Luxurious Living of Samurai, 1816
Corruption of Samurai, 1855
Family Budget of a Hatamo, 1845
Decline in Samurai Morale, 1796
Decline in Samurai Morale, 1796
Economic Conditions in Edo and in the Countryside, 1798
Tax Burdens Suffered by Farmers, 1781
Oshio Heihachiro’s Manifesto, 1837
Tokugawa Nariaki to Bakufu, 14 August 1853
Ii Naosuke to Bakufu, 1 October 1853
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Japan, 1858
Excerpts from the Overseas Diary of Lord Muragaki, 1860
Recollection of Tamamushi Sadaifu, 1860
The Succession Dispute, Yoshinobu vs. Iemochi, 1858
Choshu-han’s Reforms of the Ansei Period, 1858
Yoshida Shoin’s Prison Letter, 1856
Sakamoto Ryoma’s Eight-Point Program, 1867
Letter of Saigo and Okubo on the Imperial Restoration, 1867
LaFleur, Rob’s Style Sheet, 1-32
LaFleur, Rob’s Style Sheet, 1-32
Tuesday, October 3
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Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 41
41: Korea's Warring Kingdoms and Flying Dragons
Berry, Japan in Print: 1-103
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 41
41: Korea's Warring Kingdoms and Flying Dragons
Berry, Japan in Print: 1-103
A Traveling Clerk Goes to the Bookstores
The Library of Public Information
Maps are Strange
Thursday, October 5
Berry, Japan in Print: 104-252
Blood Right and Merit
The Freedom and the City
Cultural Custody, Cultural Literacy
Nation
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Make sure you read the Midterm Essay Assignment (due on 10/29)
Week VII
Contemporary Japanese Culture I—Gifts and Exchange
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Contemporary Japanese Culture I—Gifts and Exchange
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Tuesday, October 10
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lectures 42-43
42: Japanese Tales of Purity and Defilement
43: Gods, Rice, and the Japanese State
Rupp, Gift-Giving in Japan
42: Japanese Tales of Purity and Defilement
43: Gods, Rice, and the Japanese State
Rupp, Gift-Giving in Japan
Examples of Giving
Strength of Relationship, Gratitude, and Hierarchy
Life Cycles
Seasonal Cycles
Variations in Attitudes toward and Practices of Giving
Conclusion
Thursday, October 12
Exam I (in-class)
Exam I (in-class)
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Week VIII Autumn Break
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