A Brief History of Japanese Culture Prof. Ian Condry Lecture 2: February 10, 2003.

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A Brief History of Japanese Culture Prof. Ian Condry Lecture 2: February 10, 2003

“The” Japanese

Analyzing Popular Culture formal aesthetic quantitative sociological political Gangurofashion, late 1990s (source: New York Times) Lawrence Grossberg(1989 )

"Japan" What is culture? – Humanist Arts and letters – Anthropological Meanings and lifeways – Historical Traditions, institutions Bunrakupuppet theater

Goals of the Class Analyze Japanese popular culture Locate popular culture in social context Understand its power and politics TEZUKA Osamu (1949) Metropolis

Course Dynamics Lecture Presentations Discussion Media Outside events

Reading Three texts + articles – Treat, Contemporary Japan and Pop Culture – Craig, Japan Pop! – Kinsella, Adult Manga

Why take this course? Japan – 2nd largest economy – Asian modernity Popular culture – information economies – media power – fan cultures – new millennium politics

A Brief History of Japan

Japan: Traditional and Modern “Although time may pass, the important things never change. Trust. Proven results. Nichie.” --NichieBank (TV commercial)

Geisha see also Golden Memoirs of a Geisha

Map of the world with Europe at the center. Map of the world with the Pacific Rim as the center

QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Locating Japan in Asia

Japan Geography Four main islands – Hokkaidô (north) – Honshû (main) – Shikoku (small) – Kyûshû (southern) – also, Okinawa (small islands like Hawaii)

Pre-historic Japan (1) first humans over 30,000 yrs ago 10,000 -7,000 yrs ago from Korea Jomon up to 300 BC (pottery with cord markings, figurines)

Pre-historic Japan (1) Yayoiafter site in SW Japan by 100 AD replace Jomon 500s AD fighting men on horses, armor, swords, bows (from Korea) Yamato clan, Shintô, Buddhism

Classical age (6th-12th c.) Nara capital Heiancourt in Kyoto Literacy (kanji, kana) dueling aesthetics see also Totman(1981) Japan Before Perry

Warring states period ( ) local warlords (daimyô) samurai (historical change) shifting centers of power – Kamakura – late 1200s Mongols invade (fail) – Muromachi etc. Religion moves to the masses Yukio MISHIMA, 20th c. novelist, posing as a samurai

Tokugawa Period ( ) Shogun rule Edo (Tokyo) – TOKUGAWA Ieyasu samurai bureaucrats rigid class structure – samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants but power shifts to merchants – rise of mercantile culture HimejiCastle near Osaka

Meiji Restoration Commodore Perry “Black Ships” Reformers “restore” Meiji Emperor Modernization following Western models Imperial aggression begins in 20th century IzumoShrine, the Emperor as living god of Shintôreligion

Reading Discussion

Homework Reading for Wednesday – from Craig, Japan Pop! Atkins, Can Japanese Sing the Blues

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