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Understanding Japan:

A Cultural History

Taught by Professor Mark J. Ravina
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Smithsonian ® ECTURE TIT ES
1. Japan: A Globally Engaged Island Nation
2. Understanding Japan through Ancient Myths
3. The Emergence of the Ritsuryō State
4. Aspects of the Japanese Language
5. Early Japanese Buddhism
6. Heian Court Culture
7. The Rise of the Samurai
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11. Japan’s Isolation in the Tokugawa Period
12. Japanese Theatre: Noh and Kabuki
13. The Importance of Japanese Gardens
14. The Meaning of Bushidō in a Time of Peace
15. Japanese Poetry: The Road to Haiku

16. Hokusai and the Art of Wood-Block Prints
17. The Meiji Restoration
18. Three Visions of Prewar Japan
19. War without a Master Plan: Japan, 1931–1945
20. Japanese Family Life
21. Japanese Foodways
22. Japan’s Economic Miracle
Experience the History 23. Kurosawa and Ozu: Two Giants of Film

24. The Making of Contemporary Japan
and Culture of Japan

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