HIST 280 - Japan to 1800: From Shamans to Samurai

FDR: HU, GE4b.
Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter 2012 and alternate years

A specialized survey. The emergence of indigenous Japanese society and its adaptation to cultural and political influences from mainland East Asia, including Buddhism, Confucianism, and Chinese concepts of empire. The course also focuses on the development of a uniquely Japanese model of social organization, samurai society, from these earlier influences.Bello.