[CLICK on underlined links for more detail]   AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Monday, August 27, 2001 - Friday, September 7, 2001 (five sessions)   FAMILIAL JAPAN and the NATIVE TRADITION Monday, September 10, 2001 - Friday, September 14, 2001 (three sessions)   ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the RULE OF TASTE Monday, September 17, 2001 - Friday, September 21, 2001 (three sessions)   MILITARY - ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the WAY OF THE WARRIOR Monday, September 24, 2001 - Wednesday, October 3, 2001 (five sessions)   MILITARY - BUREAUCRATIC JAPAN  and the FLOATING WORLD Friday, October 5, 2001 - Monday, October 22, 2001 (seven sessions)   MODERNIZATION and WESTERNIZATION Monday, November 5, 2001 (one session)   THE COMING OF THE WEST and the MEIJI RESTORATION (1868) Wednesday, November 7, 2001 - Wednesday, November 14, 2001 (three sessions)   MEIJI ERA JAPAN Friday, November 16, 2001 - Monday, November 19, 2001 (two sessions)   TAISHO and EARLY SHOWA JAPAN Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - Friday, November 30, 2001 (four sessions)   JAPAN SINCE 1945 Monday, December 3, 2001 - Friday, December 7, 2001 (three sessions)