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About the Course

In their ambition to capture “real life,” Japanese painters, poets, novelists and photographers of the nineteenth century collaborated in ways seldom explored by their European contemporaries. This course offers learners the chance to encounter and appreciate behavior, moral standards and some of the material conditions surrounding Japanese artists in the nineteenth century, in order to renew our assumptions about what artistic “realism” is and what it meant. Learners will walk away with a clear understanding of how society and the individual were conceived of and represented in early modern Japan. Unlike contemporary western art forms, which acknowledge their common debt as “sister arts” but remain divided by genre and discourse, Japanese visual and literary culture tended to combine, producing literary texts inspired by visual images, and visual images which would then be inscribed with poems and prose. Noticing and being able to interpret this indivisibility of visual/literary cultures is essential in understanding the social and psychological values embedded within the beauty of Japanese art....

Top reviews

DP

Oct 9, 2020

Very interesting where I finished the whole course 2 weeks before the due date because I really enjoyed it. I have been a Japan fanatic since middle school so this course is really my cup of tea

OB

Aug 16, 2021

For me this course has been a first approximation to Japanese culture. I´m glad to be able to recognize the concepts learned here when encountering them, which happens surprisingly often!

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By Barbara K

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Sep 21, 2018

charming course, beautifully presented

By Aleksandra B

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Jun 19, 2021

This is a great course! Thanks a lot!

By Saravana K

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Dec 30, 2020

Excellent course, interesting topics.

By Clarisa L

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Apr 22, 2020

very good explanation and sources!

By Monika

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Apr 18, 2020

Incredibly beautiful

Interesting

By Nicolas G

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Aug 23, 2021

Excellent and informative.

By Paloma C I

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Dec 8, 2020

Muy interesante y didáctico

By Yuda P A S

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May 24, 2021

This course is very good

By Juan M C

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Apr 24, 2020

Ha sido de gran ayuda!!

By Lisheng H

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Dec 10, 2017

Unique scope of history

By Vy N

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Mar 16, 2019

I love this course!!!

By jordi o j

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Dec 7, 2017

so interesting info!

By Dinno B L

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Apr 17, 2022

thank you very much

By Douglas Q

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May 18, 2020

Very Interesting!

By Sebastian G

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Dec 1, 2017

Excellent Course!

By Sean M

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Jun 5, 2024

Wonderful class!

By Fabíola d S F d R

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Apr 25, 2022

Excelente curso.

By Britt W

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Apr 16, 2021

great professor

By София З

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Feb 22, 2021

Amazing course!

By Hisanori S

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Mar 24, 2021

Hisanori Sato

By Kleber L d S

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Oct 24, 2019

Muito bom.

By Pratap J

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Nov 30, 2020

Loved it

By Lucia S

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Aug 25, 2024

Amazing

By Riajul H

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Mar 27, 2025

Thanks

By Gabriela A C

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Dec 30, 2017

Great.