[CLICK on underlined links for more detail]   AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Monday, August 30, 2004 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 (three sessions)   FAMILIAL JAPAN and the NATIVE TRADITION Monday, September 13, 2004 - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 (two sessions)   ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the RULE OF TASTE Monday, September 20, 2004 - Monday, September 27, 2004 (three sessions)   MILITARY - ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the WAY OF THE WARRIOR Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 (four sessions)   MILITARY - BUREAUCRATIC JAPAN  and the FLOATING WORLD Monday, October 18, 2004 - Wednesday, November 3, 2004 (five sessions)   MODERNIZATION and WESTERNIZATION Monday, November 8, 2004 (one session)   THE COMING OF THE WEST and the MEIJI RESTORATION (1868) Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - Monday, November 15, 2004 (two and one-half sessions)   MEIJI ERA JAPAN Monday, November 15, 2004 - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 (four sessions)   TAISHO and EARLY SHOWA JAPAN Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - Wednesday, December 1, 2004 (two sessions)   JAPAN SINCE 1952 Monday, December 6, 2004 - Wednesday, December 8, 2004 (three sessions)