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Final
 

Week 4
Gender, the earthly, and the divine in Medieval Japan

T 10/3
Barbara RUCH, "The Other Side of Culture in Medieval Japan"
In The Cambridge history of Japan vol. 3 -- ON 2-HOUR RESERVE
<click here for background info on the Kamakura period (1186-1333), the onset of Medieval culture and politics>

Th 10/5
Nô plays "Atsumori" and "Yamanba" (CR)
Short Paper #3 due
<notes on nô drama>
<pictures and background on nô drama>

 


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