Pictures for Meiji-Heisei Periods

Meiji Emperor
























Kido, Takayoshi (or Katsura, Kogoro)


























Saigo, Takamori


























Okubo, Toshimichi


























Okuma, Shigenobu


























Itagaki, Taisuke


























The 1st Prime Minister Ito, Hirobumi (on 1000yen bill)













U.S.President Theodore Roosevelt


























Taisho Emperor


























Prime Minister Okuma, Shigenobu


























Prime Minister Hara, Takashi


























Showa Emperor


























Showa Emperor with Douglas MacArthur


















Prime Minister Yoshida, Shigeru


























Prime Minister Sato, Eisaku with Richard Nixon



























Prime Minister Ikeda, Hayato



















Prime Minister Tanaka, Kakuei with Richard Nixon

next week

for the next class, you need to do 3 things below:
1. write the movie review as the comment of the post below.
2. write the 2nd comparison paper
3. study for the test on edo period, flower arragement and traditional performing arts (noh, kabuki, and bunraku).
see you in a week.

pictures from 10/25 class

Tokugawa, Ieyasu
























Amakusa, Shiro

























Tokugawa, Tsunayoshi












Mito, Mitsukuni



























Matthew Perry

























Tokugawa, Yoshinobu (before Perry)

























Tokugawa, Yoshinobu (after Perry)
























Sakamoto, Ryoma

























Saigo, Takamori

Extra Credit Work

I want some of you to ask you to work on something for the extra point.

Can anybody make the transcript of some DVD/VCR?

There are 4 DVD/VCR to be transcribed, so I guess I need 4 people.

1. "The Meiji Transformation" (DVD, 30min): have to be transcribed by October 31st
*this transcription will be used in our class this semester in November.
2. "Community Relations in Japanese Schools" (VCR, 60min): have to be transcribed by the end of this year
3. "Facts about the Islands: The Northern Territories" (VCR, 35min): have to be transcribed by the end of this year
*this video is the one which we used this semester.
4. "Hiroshima: City of Peace" (VCR, 30min): have to be transcribed by the end of this year
*this video is the one which we used this semester.

Probably it takes about 5 hours to transcribe 30-min-long movie.
If you do any one of the movie, I can give you 1% extra point on your total grade for this class.

Please think about that. Thank you.

pictures from Oct 11th class

Kamakura Period
Minamoto no Yoritomo













Minamoto no Yoshitsune













Musashibo benkei













Yoshitsune and Benkei










Hojo Masako













Genghis Khan and Khubilai Khan















Muromachi Period
Francisco de Xavier














Azuchi Momoyama Period
Oda, Nobunaga










Toyotomi, Hideyoshi













Tokugawa, Ieyasu










Sen no Rikyu

pictures from Oct 4th class

1. Jomon Period
Cord-marked (=”Jomon”) pottery vessels













Pit houses










Clay Jomon figurines (Dogu)














2. Yayoi Period
Yayoi Pottery













3. Kofun Period
Front-squared and rear round tomb mound












Haniwa















4. Asuka Period
Prince Shotoku (on 1000 yen bill)







Horyuji temple










5. Nara Period
Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) in Todaiji temple












Kukai (Kobo Daishi)