JPN 222
Early Modern Japanese Literature & Theatre

Tuesday, Jan 7th • Introduction and Historical Background

Syllabus, Class Policies, Historical background

Thursday, Jan 9th • Regulating the new Era

Read:

Vaporis, pp. 68-104

Tuesday, Jan 14th • The Confucian Social Order

Read:

Hayashi Razan's "The Three Virtues," pp. 52-60
Yamaga Sokô's "Way of the Samurai," pp. 159-162, 165-167

Thursday, Jan 16th • The Beginnings of Tokugawa Print Culture

Read:

Shirane, “Kana Booklets" pp. 21-41
Tokugawa Japan, "Publishing and the Literate Classes" pp. 114-123
Examples of akahon, kurohon, kanazôshi

Presentations:

Kawaraban
Hishikawa Moronobu