Monday, Feb. 28th • Chinese, Japanese, and Dutch Studies

"The Kyôhô Era" (EMJL pp. 371-381)
“Eighteenth-Century Rationalism” (SJT pp. 314-319, 326-330,340-352)
“Dutch Learning” (SJT pp. 289-313)

Wednesday, Mar. 2nd • Nativists and "National Learning"

“The National Learning Schools” (SJT pp. 394-431)

Spring Break - No Classes Mar. 7th - 9th

Monday, Mar.. 14th • The Akô Vendetta and Chûshingura

“The Way of the Warrior II” (SJT pp. 353-381, 383-387)
“The Golden Age of Puppet Theater” (EMJL pp. 389-410)

Wednesday, Mar. 16th • The golden age of kabuki and jôruri

“The Golden Age of Puppet Theater” (EMJL pp. 410-448)
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Monday, Mar.. 21st • The Growth of Popular Literature

“Dangibon and the Birth of Edo Popular Literature” (EMJL pp. 449-519)

Wednesday, Mar. 23rd • Poetry: senryû, kyôka, haikai

“Comic and Satiric Poetry” (EMJL pp. 520-537)
“Literati Meditations” (EMJL pp. 538-562)
• Begin Assignment Two after class•

Monday, Mar.. 28th • Ueda Akinari and yomihon

“Early Yomihon: History, Romance, and the Supernatural” (EMJL pp. 563-598)

Wednesday, Mar. 30th • Sharebon and kibyôshi

“Sharebon: Books of Wit and Fashion” (EMJL pp. 631-656)
“Kibyôshi: Satiric and Didactic Picture Books” (EMJL pp. 672-673, 687-710)
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