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Humanities (Japan and East Asia) in English(Seminar III) Humanities (Japan and East Asia) in English(Seminar III) Sub Title　 Religious Beliefs and Practices in Ancient Japan Associate Professor Ellen VAN GOETHEM

Numbering Code: LET-HUM4103E Course Code: 2017 SpringTerm weekly Thu3 Hakozaki Classroom E科目 (English, English)

Course Overview

This course offers an introduction to the richness of religious practices on the Japanese archipelago in ancient times. The lectures will present an overview of developments in ritual practices and religious beliefs from their obscure beginnings to the ninth century CE. While occasionally referencing early modern and contemporary ideas and beliefs, the course will trace religious developments from the Jōmon through the early Heian periods. The course will thus address native and imported religious and philosophical ideas, beliefs, and practices that helped shape early Japanese culture and society.

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: 2017/3/5 (03:31)