Understanding Japan - A Cultural History
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Overview
Japan’s extraordinary culture is like no other in the world. The 2,000-year-old civilization grew through periods of seclusion and assimilation to cultivate a society responsible for immeasurable influences on the rest of the world. What makes Japan so distinctive? The answer is more than just spiritual beliefs or culinary tastes. It’s the ongoing clash between tradition and modernity; a conflict shaped by Japan’s long history of engagement and isolation.
1 season
Season 1
2015 · 24 episodes
Season 1
2015 · 24 episodes
- 1 1. Japan - A Globally Engaged Island Nation
- 2 2. Understanding Japan Through Ancient Myths
- 3 3. The Emergence of the Ritsuryō State
- 4 4. Aspects of the Japanese Language
- 5 5. Early Japanese Buddhism
- 6 6. Heian Court Culture
- 7 7. The Rise of the Samurai
- 8 8. Pure Land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism
- 9 9. Samurai Culture in the Ashikaga Period
- 10 10. Japan at Home and Abroad, 1300-1600
- 11 11. Japan's Isolation in the Tokugawa Period
- 12 12. Japanese Theater - Noh and Kabuki
- 13 13. The Importance of Japanese Gardens
- 14 14. The Meaning of Bushidō in a Time of Peace
- 15 15. Japanese Poetry - The Road to Haiku
- 16 16. Hokusai and the Art of Wood-Block Prints
- 17 17. The Meiji Restoration
- 18 18. Three Visions of Prewar Japan
- 19 19. A War without a Master Plan: Japan, 1931-1945
- 20 20. Japanese Family Life
- 21 21. Japanese Foodways
- 22 22. Japan's Economic Miracle
- 23 23. Kurosawa and Ozu: Two Giants of Film
- 24 24. The Making of Contemporary Japan
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