6631002 Japanese History
| Numbering Code | U-LET23 36631 LJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Tue.4 | |
| Instructor name | MIYAKE MASAHIRO (Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Recent studies on early modern Japanese history have reached the stage of criticizing existing historical sources while seeking out methods for tracing political processes based upon primary historical materials. We would like to present the basic methods and interesting aspects of research into early modern Japan by showing the process by which primary historical materials are used to revise conventional understanding and acquire new methodologies and raise new issues. Classes are led by researchers using mainly documents from members of the samurai class (primary historical documents such as letters, diaries, and laws, and secondary historical materials such as historical compendiums) to study the political history of the early modern period. Paying particular attention to the daimyo political structure and bakuhan relationship, we shall consider the process by which the early modern nation was formed, and what were the resulting structures and characteristics over the mid to long-term. In this class, we shall present specific historical materials, and discuss them while explaining interpretations. We would like students to gain not only knowledge, but research techniques as shown in the class. |
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| Course Goals | Acquire the basic skills to read and interpret early modern historical materials, especially historical materials related to early political history and samurai society. At the end of the term, students should be able to pick out and read individual historical materials on their own, and then write papers based on Japanese history methodologies. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
NOTE: The themes, number of sessions, and order shown below are not fixed. Changes may be made depending on the course policy of instructors, participant backgrounds, their level of understanding, and the changes in the progress of assigned research and academic trends. 1. Introduction - How to approach the process by which the early modern nation was formed - [2 weeks] 2. Structure of early modern historical materials [2 weeks] 3. Hachisuka Masakatsu [4 weeks] 4. Hachisuka Iemasa [6 weeks] 5. Conclusion and review [1 week] |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluated based on final paper | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Read reference literature, and also analyze historical materials on own to write papers. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
Other, printouts will be distributed in class. |
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| References, etc. | Introduced during class | |||
