[CLICK on underlined links for more detail]   AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Monday, August 29, 2005 - Friday, September 9, 2005 (five sessions)   FAMILIAL JAPAN and the NATIVE TRADITION Monday, September 12, 2005 - Friday, September 16, 2005 (three sessions)   ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the RULE OF TASTE Monday, September 19, 2005 - Friday, September 23, 2005 (three sessions)   MILITARY - ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN and the WAY OF THE WARRIOR Monday, September 26, 2005 - Wednesday, October 5, 2005 (five sessions)   MILITARY - BUREAUCRATIC JAPAN  and the FLOATING WORLD Friday, October 7, 2005 - Monday, November 4, 2005 (seven sessions)   MODERNIZATION and WESTERNIZATION Monday, November 7, 2005 (one session)   THE COMING OF THE WEST and the MEIJI RESTORATION (1868) Wednesday, November 9, 2005 - Wednesday, November 16, 2005 (three sessions)   MEIJI ERA JAPAN Friday, November 18, 2005 - Monday, November 25, 2005 (three sessions)   TAISHO and EARLY SHOWA JAPAN Wednesday, November 28, 2005 - Friday, November 30, 2005 (four sessions)   JAPAN SINCE 1945 Monday, December 5, 2005 - Friday, December 9, 2005 (three sessions)