Art 274
Art of Japan
Fall 2007

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Sept. 5 & 7	Sept. 10, 12, 14	Sept. 17, 19, 21	Sept. 24, 26, 28	Oct. 1, 3, 5	Oct. 8, 10, 12	Oct. 15, 17, 19	Oct. 24, 26	Oct. 29, 31 Nov. 2	Nov. 5, 7, 9	Nov. 12, 14, 16, 19	Nov. 26, 28, 30	Dec. 3, 5, 7

Ankeney Weitz
Office: Bixler 167
Phone: x3102
e-mail: aweitz@colby.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:30-3:30

Class Schedule and Reading Assignments

Week 1 (9/5 - 9/7) Introduction; Prehistoric Japan
Reading: Mason, "Orientation" and Chapter 1, 8-32

Week 2 (9/10 - 9/14) Shintoism; Early Buddhist Japan
Reading: Mason, Chapter 2, 33-61

Week 3 (9/17 - 9/21) Nara and Heian Periods
Reading: Mason, Chapter 2, 62-96 and Chapter 3, 97-116

Week 4 (9/24 - 9/28) Heian Period, cont.
Reading: Mason, Chapter 3, 116-146

Week 5 (10/1-10/5) Kamakura Period
Reading: Mason, Chapter 4, 147-174

Week 6 (10/8 - 10/12) Muromachi (Ashikaga) Period
Reading: Mason, Chapter 4, 174-210

Week 7 (10/15 - 10/19) Momoyama Period
Reading: Mason, Chapter 5, 211-242
Midterm Exam on Fri., Oct. 19

Fall Break

Week 8 (10/24 - 10/26) Tokugawa (Edo) Period
Reading: Mason, Chapter 6, 243-256

Week 9 (10/29 - 11/2) Tokugawa (Edo) Period
Reading: Mason, Chapter 6, 256-304

Week 10 (11/5 - 11/9) Tokugawa (Edo) Period
Reading: Mason, Chapter 6, 304-322

Week 11 (11/12 - 11/16 plus 11/19) Modern Japan: Meiji and Taisho
Reading: Mason, Chapter 7, 323- 357

Thanksgiving

Week 12 (11/26 - 11/30) Modern Japan: Showa
Reading: Mason, Chapter 7, 357-387

Week 13 (12/3 - 12/7) Contemporary Japan
Reading: to be announced