IMAP Department of Philosophy

(Credit 2)
専攻必修科目
Intended Year: First-year students of the IMAP in Japanese Humanities
Intended School:
Japan: A History to 1600
Japan: A History to 1600
Sub Title  History and Historiography
Associate Professor Ellen VAN GOETHEM
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Course Code:
2016 FallTerm
weekly Tue3
Hakozaki G30 Classroom
E科目 (English, English)
: 2016/10/24 (19:41)
Course Overview This course will examine Japan’s premodern past from its origins in prehistory to the end of the sixteenth century and will provide a chronological overview of the political, social, economic, and cultural developments taking place in the archipelago. Themes of focus include pre- and protohistoric archaeology, state formation, the development of the ritsuryō system, and the rise of the warrior class.
Primary sources will be used to develop a range of historical skills; students will learn how to critically assess these documents in context and to understand the nature and foundations of historians’ arguments and interpretations.
Keywords : history, historiography, primary sources
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Notes
Remote/On-site Information regarding Moodle
対面授業
リアルタイム-オンライン授業
ハイブリッド授業(対面+オンライン)
オンデマンド型授業
課題提出型授業

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Course Objectives
かなり優れている 優れている 及第である 一層の努力が必要
MP_B2-c [問題解決能力]
Students will be instructed in methodologies for using reference resources and modern commentaries, and for utilizing textual evidence of various kinds to solve problems related to the reading and interpretation of premodern texts.
EXCELLENT LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes is evaluated as "outstanding." GOOD LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes is evaluated as "good." SAT/PASS LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes is evaluated as "average and satisfactory." DEFICIENT: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes falls below satisfactory; more effort and application are required to pass.
MP_A-c [研究史と方法論の説明]
Students will be instructed in methodologies for research in history and historiography; they will learn to analyze primary sources and will become familiar with secondary scholarship on selected themes.
EXCELLENT LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes is evaluated as "outstanding." GOOD LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes is evaluated as "good." SAT/PASS LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes is evaluated as "average and satisfactory." DEFICIENT: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes falls below satisfactory; more effort and application are required to pass.
MP_B1-a [一次資料の読解]
There will be a limited amount of primary source readings. Students will learn the basics of grammar and syntax and acquire the fundamentals of premodern orthography, vocabulary, and rhetoric.
EXCELLENT LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes is evaluated as "outstanding." GOOD LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes is evaluated as "good." SAT/PASS LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes is evaluated as "average and satisfactory." DEFICIENT: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on quizzes falls below satisfactory; more effort and application are required to pass.
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九州大学文学部文学コース・カリキュラムマップ   九州大学文学部人間科学コース・カリキュラムマップ
Course Plan
授業形態(項目) 授業形態(内容)
講義
外国語演習
原典資料演習
実習/フィールド調査
Problem-Based Learning (問題発見・解決型学習)
学生のプレゼンテーション
Moodle の使用
学外実習
野外実習

Textbooks : No textbook is used. Handouts and readings will be distributed by the instructor or are available in the IMAP Seminar Room library.
Reference Books : Adolphson, Mikael, Edward Kamens, and Stacie Matsumoto (eds.). Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries (University of Hawai'i Press, 2007).
Barnes, Gina L. The Rise of Civilization in East Asia: The Archaeology of China, Korea and Japan (Oxbow Books, 2015).
Brown, Delmer, Donald H. Shiveley, William H. McCullough, et al (eds.). The Cambridge History of Japan, vols. 1–5 (Cambridge University Press).
Brownlee, John S. Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712) (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1991).
de Bary, William Theodore, Donald Keene, George Tanabe, and Paul Varley (eds.). Sources of Japanese Tradition, Vol. 1, From Earliest Times to 1600, 2nd edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.Friday, Karl (ed.). Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850, (Westview Press, 2012).
Fawcett, Clare. “Nationalism and Postwar Japanese Archaeology.” In P. L. Kohl and C. Fawcett (eds.). Nationalism, Politics, and the Practice of Archaeology (Cambridge University Press, 1995), 232–48.
Habu, Junko. Ancient Jomon of Japan (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Hudson, Mark. Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999).
Imamura, Keiji. Prehistoric Japan: New Perspectives on Insular East Asia (University of Hawaii Press, 1996).
Kidder, J. Edward Jr. Himiko and the Elusive Kingdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History and Mythology (University of Hawaii Press, 2007).
Lu, David John. Japan: A Documentary History (M.E. Sharpe, 1997).
Mass, Jeffrey P. Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History (Stanford University Press, 1992).
Massarella, Derek. A World Elsewhere: Europe’s Encounter with Japan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 1990).
McCallum, Donald F. The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2009).
Mizoguchi, Kōji. An Archaeological History of Japan: 30,000 B.C. to A.D. 700 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002).
Piggott, Joan (ed.). Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300–1180 (Cornell University East Asia Program, 2004).
Tsutsui, William M. (ed.). A Companion to Japanese History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
Course Handouts : Handouts and supplementary materials will be uploaded to the course Dropbox

Course Plan ()
Tentative Weekly Schedules Lecture Exercise, Field trip etc. Comments, suggestions for the course preparation, review, etc.
1 October 4 – Introduction: Geography, Historiography, and Periodization (3rd and 4th period) Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus
2 October 11 (9:30-12:00) – Prehistory Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus
3 October 16 (Sunday) – Proto-history: Field trip to 王塚古墳 Field trip to 王塚古墳 See readings in syllabus
4 October 18 – State Formation (3rd and 4th period) Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus
5 October 25 – The Nara Period (3rd and 4th period) Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus
6 November 8 – The Heian Period (3rd and 4th period) Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus
7 November 29 – The Kamakura Period (3rd and 4th period) Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus
8 December 6 – The Muromachi & Sengoku Periods (3rd and 4th period) Lecture and discussion See readings in syllabus

Evaluation
Standpoint→
Evaluation Method
MP_B2-c
[問題解決能力]
MP_A-c
[研究史と方法論の説明]
MP_B1-a
[一次資料の読解]
Grading Percentage, Disqualification etc.
Class tests 25%
In-class contribution 20%
Report 25%
Final Exam 30%

GPA Evaluation
A B C D F
授業を通じて、総じて「かなり優れている」に相当する活動を行った。 授業を通じて、概ね「優れている」を超える活動を行った。 授業を通じて、「及第する」に相当する活動を行った。 授業を通じて、総じて「及第する」には達しないものの、それに近い活動を行った。 授業を通じて、「一層の努力が必要」の活動にとどまった。

Additional Information regarding Evaluation Method : Students will be asked to be active participants in class discussions (20%) and to complete short written assignments (25%), pop quizzes (25%), and a take-home final exam (30%).
Study Consultation (Office Hours) Study Consultation (Office Hours) : By request; planned office hours and place of meeting to be announced. Appointments also available by request; consultation in Japanese or English is welcome.

Suggestion for success (Specific) : Students are requested to attend all classes, to arrive to class on time, and to complete all assigned readings and homework in timely fashion. If there are unforeseen emergencies, please inform the professor at the earliest opportunity. Please do not bring phones or electronic devices to class or read/write texts or email. It is essential to take notes at every lecture and during discussions and to review the content frequently.

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