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		Course Number Course Title Credits Instructor(s) An Outline History of Modern Japan: From Tokugawa to Meiji 2 ITO, Yutaka Keywords   Course Description (including Goal and Objectives) This course serves as an introduction to the history of modern Japan from the late Tokugawa years to the early 1910s. The topics of inquiry include major historical events, important personalities, modes of thought and cultural/social trends that characterize the Tokugawa and Meiji periods as distinct epochs in Japanese history. By participating in this course, you are going to learn the basic vocabulary and concepts that are necessary to examine Tokugawa and Meiji Japan as historical subjects. The final exam requires you to construct your own narrative of Japan's emergence as a unique modern state. Course Schedule 1 Introduction 2 Toward the Restoration: The Bakumatsu Crisis and Its Impacts 3 The Meiji Restoration as a Revolution 4 What the Iwakura Mission Witnessed? 5 Civilization and Enlightenment (1): The Vision of Fukuzawa Yukichi 6 Civilization and Enlightenment (2): The Meiji Six Society on Marriage 7 Western Eyewitnesses to Meiji Japan (1): William Elliot Griffis 8 From the Korean Question to the Satsuma Rebellion 9 The Liberty and Popular Rights Movement 10 Between Democracy and Nationalism: Tokutomi Soho and the Sino-Japanese War 11 Western Eyewitnesses to Meiji Japan (2): Lafcadio Hearn 12 The Russo-Japanese War and the Emergence of Pan-Asianism 13 Socialism and High Treason 14 "Kokoro," or the "Spirit of the Meiji Era" Textbook(s) TBA Reference(s) TBA Grading Method Feedback and Questions 50    % Final Exam 50    % Message to Students This course is primarily intended for students who have some background in East Asian studies. Note that the topics listed in the course schedule are subject to change: Some of them may be deleted or replaced with others; new topics may be added if necessary. It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you e-mail and consult me before registration in order to make sure if this course fits your needs. My e-mail address is: yuito_shigekura_kochi@yahoo.co.jp. Contacts E-mail:yuito_shigekura_kochi@yahoo.co.jp
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