[CLICK on underlined links for more detail]   AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (three sessions)   FAMILIAL JAPAN and the NATIVE TRADITION Tuesday, January 29, 2009 - Thursday, February 3, 2009 (two sessions)   ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the RULE OF TASTE Thursday, February 5, 2009 - Thursday, February 12, 2009 (three sessions)   MILITARY - ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the WAY OF THE WARRIOR Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - Thursday, February 26, 2009 (four sessions)   MILITARY - BUREAUCRATIC JAPAN  and the FLOATING WORLD Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Tuesday, March 24, 2009 (five sessions)   MODERNIZATION and WESTERNIZATION Thursday, March 26, 2009 (one session)   THE COMING OF THE WEST and the MEIJI RESTORATION (1868) Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - Thursday, April 2, 2009 (one and one-half sessions)   MEIJI ERA JAPAN Thursday, April 2, 2009 - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 (three and one- half sessions)   TAISHO and EARLY SHOWA JAPAN Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (four sessions)   JAPAN SINCE 1952 Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 (four sessions)