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: 2018/2/23 (14:40)

Course Overview

Course content:
This course features the art, visual culture, and fascinating mechanics and products of East Asian exchange during the late Kofun, Asuka, Nara, and early Heian periods. Central themes that inform our examination of surviving materials and historical sites during this time span include the variety of philosophies/religious influences (mythologies, classical Chinese learning, a ritual calendar, Chinese popular religion, local cults, and Buddhism) on the material culture of the royal cult; the dominant influence of Buddhist patronage on the arts; the remarkable survival of ancient art and architecture and the historical agencies that have facilitated their preservation until today; and the sheer artistry of the works and the richness of East Asian cultural exchange they exhibit.
The class begins with important Kyushu sites and their material culture—Okinoshima, the Kōrokan, Dazaifu, and ends with Usa Shrine in Oita Prefecture. Students are introduced to the rich maritime exchange of ideas and objects between China (Six Dynasties period, Sui and Tang dynasties), the Korean Peninsula (Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo [Three Kingdoms] and Unified Silla periods), and Japan. Through the sixth to eighth century, the Yamato polity evolved, government administrative and penal codes were put into place based on Tang Chinese models, and active diplomatic exchange informed writing, ritual, artistic production, and other technologies. This can be seen in a vast body of excavated cultic and practical artifacts, and funerary goods, including texts, ceramics, mirrors, and swords, as well as tombs. In the year 552 (or possibly 538) the King of Baekje made a pious gift to the/a King of Yamato of a gilded bronze Buddha, ritual goods, and religious texts (sutras). Asukadera, vowed in 587, was the first proper, full-scale temple in Japan. It is first of four major Buddhist temples we will study. The second temple, Ikarugadera, was much larger, with two precincts, one of which is well preserved. The Ikaruga precincts also have a theological name, Hōryūji, or the “temple of the flourishing dharma,” where dharma is the Buddhist interpretation of phenomena. Records date its foundation to 607, and the Hōryūji has the world’s oldest free-standing wooden buildings and over a thousand surviving icons and artifacts. Through a study of the icons (statues and paintings), ritual goods, temple plan, and devotional halls at Hōryūji, and the state-sponsored temples of Yakushiji and Tōdaiji in Nara, students can observe changes in practices and patronage that in turn inform our interpretation of important surviving works. The skilled craftsmen of Asukadera and Hōryūji, most if not all of them immigrants from the Asian mainland and first-generation descendants, transmitted styles, materials, and techniques for icons and objects funded by royal pious donations. Foreign monks provided the liturgical and conceptual underpinnings. Tōdaiji’s artistic legacy and role in “national” protection gives witness to cosmopolitan Tang exchange, as our study of the Shōsōin storehouse artifacts and “Silk Road” visual culture will highlight.

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Prerequisites : None
Required Ability : English listening and reading comprehension, a little speaking ability.

Notes

There is a TA to assist.

Attendance at all lectures will ensure that you have access to all information for the course. Readings will be assigned.

Class attendance: 20%
Presentation: 30%
The presentation may be on the same art work or building but you must focus on a different aspect . You may not read the same paper, nor should the content overlap by more than 25%.
Two reports (350 words and 800–850 words): 50%
1) Visit the Kōrokan exhibition and write a report on one work on display. You may consult the catalogue but you may not translate the descriptions in the catalogue. The report must be in your own words. Due Oct. 23 (see (2) below. 350 words.
2) Choose one well known art work or building made between the 6th and 10th century and write an 800–850 word report. Report due on February 8, 9am, by email.

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
B_B1-d [専門的研究手法] Art history, Buddhist visual culture, trade, understanding temples, shrines, Buddhism			X
B_A-b [アプローチの理解] Religion and visual expression theory, reception theory, Buddhism and its relationship to other practices in ancient Japan (Chinese philosophy, Daoism, Onmyōdoō etc.)		X
B_B1-c [外国語運用能力] Lectures in English will discuss works and sites in detail, contextualizing the study of Japanese art, architecture, and visual culture broadly through consideration of East Asian culture (Korea, China) and also Indian or Southeast Asian roots. Students will be asked to participate according to their level of interest and language skill. The language of instruction is English and Japanese when necessary. Students may ask questions in Japanese or English. A short paper (1-2 pages) in English will be required at the end of the semester. There will likely be a field trip to a local museum.			X
B_C-c [発想力] Religion and visual expression theory, reception theory, Buddhism and its relationship to other practices in ancient Japan (Chinese philosophy, Daoism, Onmyōdoō etc.)			X
B_B2-c [思考能力]			X
Relations among East Asian countries
Art and visual culture in Japan before the Fujiwara era (Heian), especially Buddhist arts

九州大学文学部ディプロマ・ポリシー　　　九州大学人文科学府人文基礎専攻ディプロマ・ポリシー
九州大学人文科学府歴史空間論専攻ディプロマ・ポリシー　　　九州大学人文科学府言語・文学専攻ディプロマ・ポリシー
九州大学文学部哲学コース・カリキュラムマップ　　　九州大学文学部歴史学コース・カリキュラムマップ
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 : Readings will be provided.
Reference Books : Mason, Penelope. A History of Japanese Art.
Course Handouts : Weekly handouts will be provided.

Course Plan ()

	Tentative Weekly Schedules	Lecture	Exercise, Field trip etc.	Comments, suggestions for the course preparation, review, etc.
1	Oct. 3 Lecture	○		Oct. 3 火曜日＝月曜日分
2	FIeld Trip 福岡市美術館：鴻臚館の発見100年記念特別展	○		We will go at a time convenient to all during this week. 鴻臚館は古代の迎賓館のような施設です。
3	Lecture OR 鴻臚館　（福岡県福岡市中央区城内1）	○		鴻臚館は古代の迎賓館のような施設です。
4	Presentations	○
5	Lecture	○
6	Lecture	○
7	Lecture	○
8	Lecture	○
9	Lecture	○
10	Lecture	○
11	Lecture	○
12	Lecture	○
13	Presentations	○
14	Lecture	○
15	Lecture	○

Evaluation

Standpoint→ Evaluation Method ↓	B_B1-d [専門的研究手法]	B_A-b [アプローチの理解]	B_B1-c [外国語運用能力]	B_C-c [発想力]	B_B2-c [思考能力]	Relations among East Asian countries	Art and visual culture in Japan before the Fujiwara era (Heian), especially Buddhist arts	Grading Percentage, Disqualification etc.
Report								50% (two reports, 350 words, 850 words)
Presentation								30
Attendance								20
In-class contribution

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 : Attendance at all lectures will ensure that you have access to all information for the course. Readings will be assigned.

Class attendance: 20%
Presentation: 30%
The presentation may be on the same art work or building but you must focus on a different aspect . You may not read the same paper, nor should the content overlap by more than 25%.
Two reports (350 words and 800–850 words): 50%
1) Visit the Kōrokan exhibition and write a report on one work on display. You may consult the catalogue but you may not translate the descriptions in the catalogue. The report must be in your own words. Due Oct. 23 (see (2) below. 350 words.
2) Choose one well known art work or building made between the 6th and 10th century and write an 800–850 word report. Report due on February 8, 9am, by email.

Study Consultation (Office Hours)

Study Consultation (Office Hours) : Monday 4:25pm to 5:00 pm and by appointment

Suggestion for success (Specific) :

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