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.

授業日程（未定）／Course Schedule (TBA) Please note that whether or not this course will be offered in AY2020 will depend on the situation with the novel coronavirus. The course schedule will be announced when the situation allows.

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）