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Class number:
3032
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Title: Encounters in the Shogun's Era |
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Department: History |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 29 |
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Current enrollment: 31 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, SH - N217 |
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Instructor(s): Said Monteiro, Daniel |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
After decades of political violence, Japan was unified under the hegemonic power of a single ruler, the shogun. During the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868), the country was closed to foreign contact, creating a period of stability away from the vicissitudes of the world-or so goes the conventional narrative. In this course, you will learn how economic, cultural, and intellectual connections were established across boundaries under a militarized regime. We look at evidence that challenges the notion of Tokugawa Japan as a "double-bolted land." We encounter Chinese and European vessels on the southern shores, embassies from Korea and Ryukyu, and indigenous Ainu populations in the north. You will understand Japan within broader transnational contexts, tracing parallels between early modern and contemporary patterns of global interconnectedness. |