IMAP Department of Philosophy

(Credit 2)
コース必修科目
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Japan: A History to 1600
Japan: A History to 1600
Sub Title  Japan’s premodern past
Associate Professor Ellen VAN GOETHEM
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2024 FallTerm
weekly Mon2
Ito C212(30) Classroom
E科目 (English, English)
: 2024/2/7 (13:34)
Course Overview This course will examine Japan’s past from its origins in prehistory to the turn of the seventeenth century and will provide an overview of a number of major 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.
Keywords : history, historiography, primary sources
Prerequisites : None, prior completion of an introduction to Japanese history course is advisable
Required Ability : None
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
G_A-2 [修士:専修分野の知識と理解]
当該分野における研究史と方法論を説明できる。
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.
G_B-1-1a [修士:資料の蒐集・分析能力]
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.
G_B-1-2b [修士:実証的な歴史像、歴史・地理認識の提示]
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 Lectures will be supplemented with class discussions, required readings (background reading in Japanese and English as well as primary sources), independent research, as well as museum and site visits.
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, but several readings are drawn from Friday, Karl (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Premodern Japanese History (Routledge, 2017) and Friday, Karl (ed.). Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850, (Westview Press, 2012).
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 readings will be distributed via Dropbox.

Course Plan ()
Tentative Weekly Schedules Lecture Exercise, Field trip etc. Comments, suggestions for the course preparation, review, etc.
1 Introduction Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
2 History, Historiography, and Geography Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
3 Periodization Discussion and student presentation See readings and assignments in syllabus
4 The Jōmon Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
5 The Yayoi Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
6 The Kofun Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
7 The Nara Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
8 The Heian Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
9 The Kamakura Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
10 The Muromachi Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
11 The Sengoku Period Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
12 The Ryukyus Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
13 Ezo and the Ainu Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
14 Kyushu Discussion See readings and assignments in syllabus
15 Final exam Final exam See readings and assignments in syllabus

Evaluation
Standpoint→
Evaluation Method
G_A-2
[修士:専修分野の知識と理解]
G_B-1-1a
[修士:資料の蒐集・分析能力]
G_B-1-2b
[修士:実証的な歴史像、歴史・地理認識の提示]
Grading Percentage, Disqualification etc.
Final Exam 60%
In-class contribution Willingness to ask and answer questions during discussion, evidence of having read (and reflected on) the assigned readings 50%

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 :
Study Consultation (Office Hours) Study Consultation (Office Hours) : By appointment

Suggestion for success (Specific) : By the end of the semester, successful students should
1.have a thorough understanding of select political, social, economic, and cultural developments taking place through the late sixteenth century
2.be able to contextualize these developments within the larger contours of East Asian history, society, and culture
3.understand the historical background of important features of present-day Japanese society

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