54007001 Japanese Culture and History

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 54007001 Subject Classification Area Courses

Subject Name 日本の歴史と文化［旧パッケージ］

Subject Name
（Katakana）ニホンノレキシトブンカ

Subject Name in
English Japanese Culture and History

Instructor WATANABE MAKOTO

Instructor
(Katakana) ワタナベ　マコト

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Mon1-4：IAS K107

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Seminar

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 07 : History

Eligible Students

Keywords Intercultural exchange, Japan in Asia, Globalization, History of diplomacy, Recognition of history

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Anthropology / Geography / History
*Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”.
If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline From the viewpoint of international relations, we think about how the formation of the Japanese culture was carried out.

Class Schedule 1. About the aim and contents of lecture
2. Transmission of the letter and wooden plate
3. Inheritance of Buddhism culture
4. Building of the ancient times
5. Japan and international relations in the Nara period
6. Internationality of Tenpyo culture
7. Tang style culture in the early Heian period
8. Chinese culture in "national culture"
9. Current theory of "national culture" theory
10. Growth of the people
11 Interchange of Japan and China in the Heian Kamakura period
12. New tide in the Kamakura period
13. Relations with Japan and Ming China, Korean Dynasty (1)
14. Relations with Japan and Ming China, Korean Dynasty (2)
15. Culture of Muromachi and Sengoku period

Report

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Reference books for better understanding will be introduced at any time.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) PC-necessary

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review 1. The first one What is the broad view, the viewpoint, and the method necessary for understanding the history of a country?
2. Let's think about the constitution of the Japanese letter.
3-4. Let's think about influence on Japan of the Buddhism.
5-9. Let's be conscious of the Japanese placed position and mutual relations of the culture intake in international environment.
10-12. It is the same, and, as for the culture of the Kamakura period, what is different from the Heian period in what?
13-14. Let's think about relations of the culture with international relations.
15. Look back on the whole.

Requirements This lecture is given in Japanese.

Grading Method Quizzes and comment 40％, report 60％

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Bring a laptop to class

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	54007001	Subject Classification	Area Courses
Subject Name	日本の歴史と文化［旧パッケージ］
Subject Name （Katakana）	ニホンノレキシトブンカ
Subject Name in English	Japanese Culture and History
Instructor	WATANABE MAKOTO
Instructor (Katakana)	ワタナベ　マコト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Mon1-4：IAS K107
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Seminar
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : History
Eligible Students
Keywords	Intercultural exchange, Japan in Asia, Globalization, History of diplomacy, Recognition of history
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Anthropology / Geography / History *Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”. If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome	1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline. 2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	From the viewpoint of international relations, we think about how the formation of the Japanese culture was carried out.
Class Schedule	1. About the aim and contents of lecture 2. Transmission of the letter and wooden plate 3. Inheritance of Buddhism culture 4. Building of the ancient times 5. Japan and international relations in the Nara period 6. Internationality of Tenpyo culture 7. Tang style culture in the early Heian period 8. Chinese culture in "national culture" 9. Current theory of "national culture" theory 10. Growth of the people 11 Interchange of Japan and China in the Heian Kamakura period 12. New tide in the Kamakura period 13. Relations with Japan and Ming China, Korean Dynasty (1) 14. Relations with Japan and Ming China, Korean Dynasty (2) 15. Culture of Muromachi and Sengoku period Report
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Reference books for better understanding will be introduced at any time.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	PC-necessary
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	1. The first one What is the broad view, the viewpoint, and the method necessary for understanding the history of a country? 2. Let's think about the constitution of the Japanese letter. 3-4. Let's think about influence on Japan of the Buddhism. 5-9. Let's be conscious of the Japanese placed position and mutual relations of the culture intake in international environment. 10-12. It is the same, and, as for the culture of the Kamakura period, what is different from the Heian period in what? 13-14. Let's think about relations of the culture with international relations. 15. Look back on the whole.
Requirements	This lecture is given in Japanese.
Grading Method	Quizzes and comment 40％, report 60％
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Bring a laptop to class
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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