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Ravina, Mark, 1961- author, narrator.

Understanding Japan : a cultural history / Professor Mark J. Ravina.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2015]

©2015

12 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Lecturer Mark J. Ravina presents a series of 24 30-minute lectures on the culture of Japan, from prehistoric through contemporary times.

Great courses

Great courses (Compact disc)

Japan -- Civilization.

Japan -- Social life and customs.

Japan -- History.

Teaching Company. production company, publisher.

"Smithsonian"--Container.

Accompanying course guidebook includes the professor biography, course scope, lecture guides and bibliographical references.

"Course no. 8332"--Disc labels.

Lecturer: Professor Mark J. Ravina, Emory University.

Japan: a globally engaged island nation -- Understanding Japan through ancient myths -- The emergence of the Ritsuryō state -- Aspects of the Japanese language -- Early Japanese Buddhism -- Heian court culture -- The rise of the samurai -- Pure land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism -- Samurai culture in the Ashikaga period -- Japan at home and abroad, 1300-1600 -- Japan's isolation in the Tokugawa period -- Japanese theater: Noh and Kabuki -- The important of Japanese gardens -- The meaning of Bushidō in a time of peace -- Japanese poetry: the road to Haiku -- Hokusai and the art of wood-block prints -- The Meiji restoration -- Three visions of prewar Japan -- War without a master plan: Japan, 1931-1945 -- Japanese family life -- Japanese foodways -- Japan's economic miracle -- Kurosawa and Ozu: two giants of film -- The making of contemporary Japan.

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1629971820

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