Course title
歴史学   [History]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01SS0214
Instructor(s)
高橋 美貴   [TAKAHASHI Yoshitaka]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
[This lecture will be discussed in Japanese.] The purpose of this lecture is to consider the characteristics and the establishing process of the civilization, which appeared in Japan in the Edo era. Recently, this civilization has attracted attention as a recycling-based civilization, and it has been said that it will be one of the important analysis subjects in considering the environmental history of Japan. In this class, I’d like to think about the features of Japanese traditional culture and society, following the establishing process of this civilization.
Expected Learning
You might think that these subjects above will be made clear by analyzing the Japanese history in the era. But it’s a misunderstanding. To make them clear, we need to expand our views into the relationships between Japan and Asia, or between Japan and the West in those days. In fact, the civilization of the Edo era was formed related with those world situations in those days. The attainment target of this class is to understand the process how Japanese traditional culture and society were formed through relations to those world situations.
Course schedule
The structure of this lecture will be as follows.

Introduction ?the characteristics of Japanese civilization in the Edo era-
Ⅰ The position of the civilization of the Edo era in world history
Ⅱ The establishment of traditional societies in Asia and the large era of development in Japan
1 The world and sea of East Asia in the 14-15th century
2 The Asian trade area and the West in the 15th century
3 The Asian trade area and silver in the 16th century
4 The upheaval of the Asian trade area and its frontiers in the 16th century
5 Japan as a frontier and the Asian trade world in the 16th century
6 Japan and the world in the 17th century
In conclusion
-the characteristics and the development of the civilization of the Edo era-
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
To be announced in the lecture. Prints to be distributed in the class.
References
To be announced in the lecture.
Assessment/Grading
The grade will be calculated by the comment cards. Throughout the course, the lecturer will raise a question to the participants and ask you to write the answer on the comment cards every class. The lecturer will check them and add points to the proper comment cards. And the lecturer will select interesting cards among them and introduce them in the next class. If students’s comment cards are adopted, the submitters can receive added points. However, this comment cards aren’t the attendance cards. The unsuitable comment cards can’t be the object to be graded.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Traditional civilization in Japan, the Asian trade area, “Wako” (the Asian pirates in the medieval period), the expansion of the West into Asia
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
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3/2/2017 6:13:58 PM