Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2023 - HIST 236 D100

Japan from 1603 to 1867: Peasants, Merchants, Warriors (3)

Class Number: 3233

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 8 – Aug 4, 2023: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 16, 2023
    Wed, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines aspects of the political, economic, social, cultural life during the Tokugawa/Edo period or what has been termed early modern Japan. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course examines political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental developments during the Tokugawa/Edo period or what has been termed early modern Japan.  

Often equated with “traditional” Japan, the period has been represented in a variety of ways: a time when the country was isolated from foreign influences; an era when the arts considered most representative of Japan came into existence; the age of the samurai/warrior and feudal oppression.

Recommended: While it is not a prerequisite for this course, students who have taken a course on Japan prior to this one will be at an advantage. 

Grading

  • Tutorial Work (Using Perusall and collaboratively commenting on the readings 20% and Weekly group discussion: formulating potential examination questions 20%) 40%
  • Examination 25%
  • Essay Project 25%
  • Mini-quiz 10%

NOTES:

The Department of History respectfully acknowledges the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), Səmyámə (Semiahmoo), and sc̓əwaθən (Tsawwassen) Peoples, on whose ancestral, traditional, and unceded territories Simon Fraser University’s three campuses stand. We are committed to reconciliation through decolonization and Indigenization.

        

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

TOTMAN, Conrad. Early Modern Japan.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Available through SFU Library as an online source

or as a Kindle ebook through Amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=conrad+totman+early+modern+japan&ref=nb_sb_noss

Tutorial readings (available through CANVAS/Perusall)


REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.