• Tokugawa Japan [Audio/Video/Text]
This video unit on Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868) highlights the importance of this period and contextualizes the political and social stability of the period in light of the many important changes in that also occurred. Featuring Columbia University professors Donald Keene, Carol Gluck, Paul Varley, and Henry Smith, and Asia Society President Emeritus Robert Oxnam.
••••• Skip to any subtopic in this unit: Importance of the Tokugawa era Economy, urbanization, modernity ****Tokugawa Order**** Unification Political order The Tôkaidô road The four-class structure Confucian social values Isolation from the West ****Tokugawa Change**** Change within order Change in the samurai class The samurai as models Change in the national consciousness Economic growth & urbanization ****Tokugawa Culture**** Ukiyo: "The Floating World" •••••

• Haiku by Bashô [Audio/Video/Text]
This video unit on Matsuo Bashô, the 17th-century haiku master, discusses the history of haiku and Bashô's contributions to the art, both in the context of Tokugawa culture. Featuring Columbia University professors Donald Keene and Haruo Shirane, and Asia Society President Emeritus Robert Oxnam.
••••• Skip to any subtopic in this unit: Haikai, Hokku, Haiku Tokugawa culture Writing haikai (linked verse) Seasonal word and cutting word Interpreting haiku Bashô's contribution to haiku  •••••