Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code 54007002 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,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Weds1-4: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
【As for student who enrolled after AY2018, and if they take this subject and get credit, this subject are regarded as “Area Courses“. But as for the student who enrolled before AY2017, “Package-Based Subject”. And also, for the student who enrolled before AY2017, if they take this subject, not regarded as “Area Courses”.】 
Expected Outcome1. 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   
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