JPN/EAS 323 • Modern Japanese Culture & Civilization

Syllabus, Class Policies, Historical Background, "How to Read a Document"

Huffman, "The Land of Shogun and Daimyô," pp. 9-37
Huffman, "The Old Order Topples: 1853-68," pp. 39-47
(BB) Excerpts from Sources of Japanese Tradition v.2 p.1

"The Debate Over Seclusion and Restoration," pp. 518-519
"The Later Mito School," pp. 519-520
"Aizawa Seishisai: Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian," pp. 520-523
"The Opening of Japan from Within," pp. 529-530
"Sakuma Shôzan: Eastern Ethics and Western Science," pp. 530-534

Huffman, "Confronting the Modern World: 1868-89," pp. 49-58
(BB) Excerpts from Sources of Japanese Tradition v.2 p.2

"The Meiji Restoration," pp. 5-26
"Civilization and Enlightenment," pp. 30-41

Also, look through the various photographs taken by foreign tourists in the Meiji period on the MIT Visualizing Cultures website:
Globetrotters' Japan: People
Globetrotters' Japan: Places

Huffman, "Confronting the Modern World: 1868-89," pp. 58-71
(BB) Excerpts from Sources of Japanese Tradition v.2 p.2

"Popular Rights and Constitutionalism," pp. 52-62
"The Meiji Constitution," pp. 76-80
"Kido Takayoshi and Itô Hirobumi on Universal Education," pp. 89-91
"Fukuzawa Yukichi and Education," pp. 91-94
"The First Meiji School System," pp. 94-96
"State Shinto," pp. 118-125

Class is cancelled, but you'd better begin reading Sôseki, Kokoro

(BB) Excerpt from The Essence of the Novel, pp. 55-58
Sôseki, Kokoro-- entire book

Hoffman, "Turning Outward: 1890-1912," pp. 73-95
(BB) Yosano Akiko's "An Open Letter," pp. 334-339