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Japanese Literature 170. Traditional Japanese Literature: From Mythology to (Early) Modernity

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Prof. David Atherton Poetry written by gods, incestuous aristocratic romances, exorcist theater, samurai fantasy novels, fart literature: traditional Japanese literature has something for everyone, and invites us to rethink our assumptions about what...

Japanese Literature 170: Traditional Japanese Literature--From the Dawn of Writing to the Dawn of Modernity

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Prof. David Atherton Poetry written by gods, incestuous aristocratic romances, exorcist theater, samurai fantasy novels, fart literature: traditional Japanese literature has something for everyone, and invites us to rethink our assumptions about what...

Japanese Literature 170. Traditional Japanese Literature: From Mythology to (Early) Modernity

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Poetry written by gods, incestuous aristocratic romances, exorcist theater, samurai fantasy novels, fart literature: traditional Japanese literature has something for everyone, and invites us to rethink our assumptions about what literature is and how...

Japanese Literature 124. The Tale of Genji in Word and Image: Seminar

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Prof. Melissa McCormick Introduces students to The Tale of Genji, often called the world's first novel, authored by the court lady Murasaki Shikibu around the year 1000 CE. In addition to a close reading of the tale, topics for examination include...

Japanese Literature 162. Girl Culture: Media and Japan

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Prof. Tomiko Yoda In contemporary Japan, girls and girl culture are considered to be among the most significant sources of popular cultural trends. For instance, the girly aesthetics of “cute” ( kawaii ) has animated broad areas of Japanese culture since...

Japanese Literature 162. Girl Culture--Media and Japan

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Prof. Tomiko Yoda In contemporary Japan, girls and girl culture are considered to be among the most significant sources of popular cultural trends. For instance, the girly aesthetics of “cute” ( kawaii) has animated broad areas of Japanese culture since...

East Asian Studies 153. Buddhism, Japanese Arts and Culture

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This course is designed to enable students to analyze a wide range of Japanese cultural creations - including the traditional Noh theater, classical and modern Japanese paintings, and contemporary anime – by illustrating the influence of Buddhism both in...

East Asian Studies 153. Buddhism, Japanese Arts and Culture

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Prof. Ryuichi Abe This course is designed to enable students to analyze a wide range of Japanese cultural creations - including the traditional Noh theater, classical and modern Japanese paintings, and contemporary anime – by illustrating the influence of...

Japanese

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Japanese is the language spoken by 120 million natives of the Japanese islands and by an additional 2 million people outside of Japan, primarily in South America and the United States. Parallel to the emergence of Japan as the world's second greatest...

Ami Tanahashi

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Ami Tanahashi studies contemporary Japanese literature, focusing on portrayals of girlhood and feminine adolescent identity. She received her B.A. from Soka University of America in 2017 and recently received her M.A. from the University of Washington in...

Emily Lopez

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Emily Lopez studies contemporary Japanese literature from the 1960s to the 1980s, focusing on representations of activism, violence, and resistance. She earned her B.A. in Japanese from the University of California, Davis, in 2020, followed by an M.A. in...

Peter Bernard

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Rural Japanese Gothic: The Topography of Horror in Modern Japanese Literature