<<• • • Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) • • •>>
Key Points: China during the Ming and Qing
History: China, Japan, and the West: The Ming, Qing, and the Tokugawa
<<• • • Medieval Japan (1185-1600)
• • •>>
** Country at War (1573-1568)
** Reunification (1568-1598)
History: China, Japan, and the West: The Ming, Qing, and the Tokugawa
Drama:
• The
Forms of Japanese Drama
• Introduction
to Noh Drama
• Noh
Drama [Multimedia Unit]
• Introduction
to Kyôgen
• • • Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) • • •
History:
• China's
Grandeur under the Qing
• Recording the Grandeur of the Qing: The Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls of the Kangxi and Qianlong Emperors [Interactive Unit]
• • • Tokugawa/Edo Period (1600-1867) • • •
Key Points: China, Japan, and the West: The Ming, Qing, and Tokugawa
History (1600-present): Japan's Modern History: An Outline of the Periods
Gov't/Politics (1577-1635): Unifying and Governing Early Modern Japan: Edicts of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Early Tokugawa Shôguns [Primary Source]
Society/Culture:
• The
Four Classes
• Bushidô:
The Way of the Warrior [Primary Source]
Economy: The Prosperous Merchant
Literature:
• Saikaku
(1642-93): The Comic Novelist
• Chikamatsu
(1659-1725): "Japan's Shakespeare"
• Haikai:
Comic Linked Verse
Video: "Bunraku:Japan's Puppet Theater" [Teaching Guide]
