| Description |
12 audio discs : CD digital, audio ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 176 pages : ill. ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Great courses. History. Civilization & culbure |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
"Course no. 8332." |
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"Smithsonian"--Container. |
| Bibliography |
Course guidebook includes biographical information, lecture notes and outlines, maps, and bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. 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 -- Disc 2. 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 -- Disc 3. The importance 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 -- Disc 4. 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. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Mark J. Ravina, Emory University. |
| Summary |
A series of 24 30-minute lectures on the culture of Japan, from prehistoric through contemporary times. |
| Subject |
Japan -- Civilization -- Sound recordings.
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- Sound recordings.
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Japan -- History -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Ravina, Mark, 1961- instructor.
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Teaching Company, publisher.
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Smithsonian Institution.
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| ISBN |
9781629971827 |
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1629971820 |
| Music No. |
I8332A-01 Teaching Co. (discs) |
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PB8332A Teaching Co. (text) |
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