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 HIS 373/573,
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
CLASS SCHEDULE

CODES OF CONDUCT  
(THREE CLASS SESSIONS)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2005:
CODES OF CONDUCT I: SHINTO, BUDDHISM AND NEO-CONFUCIANISM  

  READING:
ARTICLES:
  • "In a Computer Age, Shinto Devils Still Prowl" (The New York Times, October 15, 1995: 2 pages)
  • "What Is Shinto?" (lecture by Haken Eilert, January 7, 1986: 7 pages)
INTERNET DISCUSSION FOUR (RELIGION) OPEN

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2005:
CODES OF CONDUCT II: SHINTO, BUDDHISM AND NEO-CONFUCIANISM  

READING:

James Brooke, "Ikitsuki Journal: Once Banned, Christianity Withers in an Old Stronghold", The New York Times, December 25, 2003.

ARTICLES:

  • Michael Shapiro, "Japan: The Spiritual Side" (The New York Time Magazine, November 23, 1986: 4 pages)
  • "Barren Ground: Christian Missionaries Sow the Seed in Japan but Find Little Grows" (Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1986: 1 page
  • excerpt from "Matters of Faith" (CWRU: The Magazine of Case Westem Reserve University, May 1991: 2 pages
  • "Strict Etiquette Lives On In Japan: Pick A Seat Wisely" (The Christian Science Monitor, March 6, 1997: 1 page) 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2005:  
CODES OF CONDUCT III: SHINTO, BUDDHISM AND NEO-CONFUCIANISM

VIDEOS AND DISCUSSION: Shinto: Man, Gods and Nature in Japan and Land of the Disappearing Buddha

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005:
CODES OF CONDUCT: LANGUAGE
ASPECTS OF CULTURE: CALLIGRAPHY   

LECTURE AND DISCUSSION: Characteristics and Structure of Japanese as a Language (and the Cultural Consequences Thereof)  

READING:

Chapter 4, "Calligraphy" in Stephen Addiss' How to Look at Japanese Art (hereafter ART), pages 76 - 93

ARTICLES:

  • "Japanese Importing English Words with Surprising Results" (Knight-Ridder Newspapers, undated: 1 page)
  • "Japanspeak: Moon Grow Over Tokyo" (Wall Street Journal, December 11, 1984: 1 page)
  • "English in Japan Not Just Language" (Associated Press, February 1, 1986: 1 page)
  • "Copywrite Japan" (letter from Charlotte Briggs, April 1987: 4 pages)
  • "Japan's Linguistic Revenge" (Nisho Iwai Journal, Winter 1995: 5 pages

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE  

INTERNET DISCUSSION FIVE (LANGUAGE) OPEN
  CLASS SCHEDULE:
| THINKING ABOUT JAPAN | CODES OF CONDUCT | SOCIETY | POPULAR CULTURE | CULTURAL HERITAGE | THE POSTMODERN | EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY AND POLITICS | CONCLUDING THE COURSE OF STUDY |
This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela for the use of students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in HIS 373/573, Contemporary Japan in Historical Perspective during the Fall Semester of the 2005 - 2006 Academic Year; please contact him with any comments by email at l.makela@csuohio.edu.  
 last revised: September 26, 2005