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Ravina, Mark, 1961-
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Japan -- Civilization.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Japan -- History.
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Ravina, Mark, 1961-
Japan -- Civilization.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Japan -- History.
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Understanding Japan [videorecording (
DVD
)] : a cultural history / Mark Ravina.
by
Ravina, Mark, 1961-
Teaching Company, 2015.
Call #:
DVD
952
R265u
Subjects
Japan -- Civilization.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Japan -- History.
Series
Great courses (
DVD
)
Great courses (
DVD
). Civilization & culture.
ISBN:
9781629971834
1629971839
Alternate title:
Great Courses. Understanding Japan [videorecording (
DVD
)] : a cultural history
Format:
[videorecording (
DVD
)] :
Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (176 p.)
Notes:
Course guidebook contains lecture transcripts and outlines and bibliography.
"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Course no. 8332.
Home use only.
Contents:
Disc 1. Japan: a globally engaged island nation -- Understanding Japan through ancient myths -- The emergence of the Ritsuryō state -- Aspects of the Japanese language -- Early Japanese Buddhism -- Heian court culture -- Disc 2. The rise of the samurai -- Pure land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism -- Samurai culture in the Ashikaga period -- Japan at home and abroad, 1300-1600 -- Japan's isolation in the Tokugawa period -- Japanese theater: Noh and Kabuki -- Disc 3. The important of Japanese gardens -- The meaning of Bushidō in a time of peace -- Japanese poetry: the road to Haiku -- Hokusai and the art of wood-block prints -- The Meiji restoration -- Three visions of prewar Japan -- Disc 4. War without a master plan: Japan, 1931-1945 -- Japanese family life -- Japanese foodways -- Japan's economic miracle -- Kurosawa and Ozu: two giants of film -- The making of contemporary Japan.
Performers:
Lecturer: Professor Mark J. Ravina, Emory University.
Summary:
"Take a dazzling tour of Japanese history, life, art, and culture in this exquisite course made in partnership with the Smithsonian."--Container.
Genre:
Educational films.
Filmed lectures.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Teaching Company.
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