HISTORY 171A

AGE OF THE SAMURAI

Tu, Th, 11:00-12:20, ELH 110

Anne WalthallÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ MKH 259

walthall@uci.edu

office hours: Tu, Th. 9:30-10:30

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the impact of the military ethos on premodern Japanese society. To this end, the primary readings are heavily drawn from literature, supplemented by translations of a variety of documents and essays of a more analytic nature. The primary emphasis will be on the rise and transformation of the warriors as a dominant if not the ruling class in Japan, but in order to understand what happened to them, it is necessary to examine the social, economic and cultural changes that took place during their heyday as well as their interaction with other members of society in the arenas of politics, economics, society, and culture.

IT IS THE POLICY OF THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES THAT STUDENTS MUST DO ALL OF THEIR ADDS AND DROPS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK OF CLASS (JANUARY 18, 2001)

Assignments:Ý Most assigned readings can be found in the 4 books available at the University Boookstore. In addition, a number of articles are assigned and required. These are available on line through www.jstor.org. You are expected to understand and remember the lectures and keep up with the readings.Ý You are also expected to do the readings before each discussion marked on the syllabus, prepare the assignments for each in advance, and be prepared to talk about them.Ý It is your responsibility to attend class regularly, do the assignments, and talk.ÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ An in-class midterm will be held on Tuesday, February 12. A study sheet will be given out in advance.Ý The Final exam is on Tuesday, March 19.Ý It too will be drawn from a study sheet handed out in advance. In determining your grade for the course, your work will be weighted roughly as follows: Written assignments for classroom discussionó30%; Verbal participation in classroom discussionó10%; Midterm (held in class)--30%; Final exam -- 30%.

Required Reading available at the Bookstore:

Helen McCullough, trans. Genji and Heike

Eiko Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai

Donald Keene, trans. Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers

Teruko Craig, trans. Musuiís Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai

Week 1: Introduction and Ancient Japan

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Readings for Discussion on January 10: Joan Piggott, ìSacral Kingship and confederacy in Early Izumoî Monumenta Nipponica 44.1 (1989):45-74

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Mark C. Funke, ìHitachiÝ no kuni fudokiî Monumenta Nipponica 49:1 (1994).

Week 2: Heian Japan

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on January 17: McCullough, ìGenjiî chapters in Genji and Heike

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Recommended: William Ritchie Wilson, ìThe Way of the Bow and Arrow: The Japanese Warrior in Konjaku monogatariî Monumenta Nipponica 28:2 (1973).

Week 3: Kamakura Japan

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on January 22: McCullough, ìHeikeî chapters in Genji and Heike

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Recommended: William McCullough, ìThe Azuma Kagami Account of the ShÙkyš Warî Monumenta Nipponica 23:1/2 (1968).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ William McCullough, ìShÙkyški: An Account of the ShÙkyš War of 1221î Monumenta Nipponica 19:1/2 (1964); 19:3/4 (1964).

Week 4: Muromachi Japan

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on January 31: Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai, Introduction through chapter 4.

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Carl Streenstrup, ìSata Mirensho: A Fourteenth Century Law Primerî Monumenta Nipponica 35:4 (1980).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ James Kanda, ìMethods of Land Transfer in Medieval Japanî Monumenta NipponicaÝ 33:4 (1978).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Recommended: Chigusa Steven, ìHachikazuki : A Muromachi Short Storyî Monumenta Nipponica 32:3 (1977).

Week 5:Ý Warring States

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for discussion on February 7: Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai, Chapters 5-6

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Carl Streenstrup, ìHÙjÙ SÙunís Twenty-one Articles: The Code of Conduct of the Odawara HÙjÙî Monumenta Nipponica 29:3 (1974).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Carl Streenstrup, ìThe Imagawa Letter: A Muromachi Warriorís Code of Conduct which Became a Tokugawa Schoolbookî Monumenta Nipponica 28:3 (1973).

Week 6: Tokugawa Settlement

MIDTERM: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on February 14: Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai. Chapters 7-9

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Recommended: John M. Rogers, ìArts of War in Times of Peace: Archery and Swordsmanshipî Monumenta Nipponica 45:3 (1990); 45:4 (1990); 46:2 (1991).

Week 7:Ý Samurai Apotheosis

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on February 21: Chushingura; Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai. Chapters 10-12.

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Recommended: Caryl Callahan, ìTales of Samurai Honour: Saikakuís Buke giri monogatari ì Monumenta Nipponica 34:1 (1979).

Week 8: Urban and Rural Society

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on February 28: Michiko Y. Aoki and Margaret B. Dardess, ìThe Popularization of Samurai Values: A Sermon by Hosoi Heishšî Monumenta Nipponica 31:4 (1976).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ J. Mark Ramseyer, ìThrift and Diligence: House Codes in Three Tokugawa Merchant Familiesî Monumenta Nipponica 34:2 (1979).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Constantine Vaporis, ìCaveat Viator: Advice to Travelers in the Edo Periodî Monumenta Nipponica 44:4 (1989).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Anne Walthall, ìVillage Networks: SÙdai and the Sale of Edo Nightsoilî Monumenta Nipponica 43:3 (1988).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ronald Toby, ìBoth a Borrower and a Lender Be: From Village Moneylender to Rural Banker in the Tenpo Eraî Monumenta Nipponica 46:4 (1991)

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Recommended: Leon M. Zolbrod, ìThe Vendetta of Mr. FleacatcherÝ ManagorÙ, The fifthî Monumenta Nipponica 25:1/2 (1965).

Week 9: Intellectual Transformations

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on March 7: Sey Nishimura, ìThe Way of the Gods: Motoori Norinagaís Naobi no Mitamaî Monumenta Nipponica 46:1 (1991)

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ John s. Brownlee, ìThe Jeweled Comb-box: Motoori Norinagaís Tamakushigeî Monumenta Nipponica 43:1 (1988).

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Richard Devine, ìHirata Atsutane and Christian Sourcesî Monumenta Nipponica 36:1 (1981).

Week 10:Ý External Pressure versus Internal Disorder

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Required Reading for Discussion on March 14: Craig, Musuiís Story; Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai. Chapter. 16.

FINAL EXAM: TUESDAY

ÝMARCH 19:Ý 10:30-12:30

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