JPN 222
Early Modern Japanese
Literature & Theatre

Tuesday, Apr. 1st • Kokkeibon

Read:

"Kokkeibon: Comic Fiction for Commoners" Shirane pp. 730-747
"In the World of Men, Nothing But Lies" Jones pp. 349-363
"The Floating World Barbershop" Jones pp. 364-377

Presentation:

Nishiki-e "brocade prints"

Thursday, Apr 3rd • 19th Century Woodblock Prints

Read:

"Developments in Polychromatic Prints" Guth pp. 103-121
"Osaka Books and Prints" Guth pp. 132-138
"A brief history of printint in Japan" Salter pp. 12-25
"kawaraban," "Advertsing," "Board games" - excerpts from Salter   

Presentation:

Gôkan "combined volumes"

Tuesday, Apr 8th • Gôkan - "Combined" volumes

Read:

"Gôkan: Extended Picture Books" Shirane pp. 800-842

Presentation:

Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan

Thursday, Apr 10th • Late Edo Kabuki

Read:

"Ghosts and Nineteenth-Century Kabuki" Shirane pp. 843-884

Presentation:

Rakugo and Yose

Tuesday, Apr 15th •Yose and rakugo

Read:

"Rakugo and the Traditional Narrative Arts of Japan," Morioka pp. 1-20
"San'yûtei Enchô," Shirane pp. 961-968

Thursday, Apr 17th • Bakumatsu - the end of the Bakufu

Read:

"Threatened by Imperialism" and "The Meiji Order," pp. 5-20
"The Shogunate Under Challenge," "The Old Era Topples," and "Confronting the Modern World," pp. 33-71