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David Spafford
HSTAS 520
Seattle Campus
Field course; Japanese history prior to 1868. Prerequisite: HSTAS 421 and HSTAS 422, or SISEA 441 and SISEA 541, or permission of instructor.
Class description
This reading course aims to provide an introduction to some of the themes and problems in the cultural and political history of medieval Japan (with a little spillage into the early modern period, for perspective). We shall read a number of works that tackle the ways in which artistic, religious, and political patronage have intersected. We shall focus on their contribution to shaping social and power relations in Japan, as well as the ways in which their overlap has been negotiated or rejected by participants through protest and play.
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