JAP100 History 1: Premodern Japan
1. Introduction: Jōmon to 1600 (27 August 2021) Overview This first class will be an overview of premodern Japanese history, from the Neolithic (Jōmon) period to the end of the period of samurai rule ...
18 Elo 20211h 58min
JAP100 History 2.1: Edo Period Japan
In this episode, we will complete our look at the premodern period by examining the long peace and relative prosperity under the Tokugawa shoguns. This sets us up to examine Japan’s “opening” to the W...
18 Elo 20211h 13min
JAP100 History 2.2: Meiji Japan
In part 2 of our lectures on Meiji, we will begin to examine Japan’s “opening” to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, and the proactive ways that Japan engaged with this new challenge.
18 Elo 202157min
