Visualizing Japan in the Modern World

We will explore images that pertain to the emergence of Japan as a modern state. We will focus on images that depict Japan as it comes into contact with the rest of the world after its long and deep isolation during the feudal period. We will begin with Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s arrival in Japan in 1853-54 using images drawn from a wide range of collections in the U.S. and Japan. Later sections of the course will cover the opening of Japanese ports, especially Yokohama (Smithsonian’s Arthur Sackler Gallery); Russo-Japanese War (the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) and the Hibiya Park riot immediately after it; foreign photographers’ images of Japanese people and places (Hood Museum, Dartmouth University); modern Japanese women (the Shiseido Archives); and so forth. Time permitting, we will also cover city planning of Tokyo that took place after WWII, and such topics as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

授業日程／Course Schedule: (1) 2月13日（木） 2限、3限、4限 ／ 2nd, 3rd, & 4th period of Thursday, Feb. 13th (2) 2月14日（金） 2限、3限、4限 ／ 2nd, 3rd, & 4th period of Friday, Feb.14th (3) 2月18日（火） 2限、3限、4限 ／ 2nd, 3rd, & 4th period of Tuesday, Feb. 18th (4) 2月19日（水） 2限、3限、4限 ／ 2nd, 3rd, & 4th period of Wednesday, Feb. 19th (5) 2月20日（木） 2限、3限、4限 ／ 2nd, 3rd, & 4th period of Thursday, Feb. 19th

授業参加度・発表・最終成果物／Contribution, Presentations and Final output

基礎を固める（工学部共通）