Course: Japanese History 1

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Course title Japanese History 1
Course code ASJ/1SD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ulman Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Pazderka Radek, Mgr.
Course content
Topics: Japanese prehistory and protohistory the first cultures on the Japanese islands, ethnic group and state forming arrival of Buddhism, continental influences the high period of emperors´reign, Nara period land owning, state land quota, agriculture regents and ex-emperors (insei), court culture military nobility period of inland wars (15th and 16th century) unification of the country, late feudal society of the Tokugawa period South-West domains, contacts with Europe

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
This course provides the students with an overview of Japanese history until Meiji Restauration. The course presents the development of home affairs in Japan, as well as the relations to the Asian continent, and it introduces the East-Asian periodosation and kanji transcription of basic terminology and names to the students.
Upon successful completion of the course students will have a good knowledge of the historical development in Japan until Meiji revolution.
Prerequisites
The course is designed for students of the Bachelor´s programme of Japanese Philology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam, Seminar Work

essay, test (knowledge of basic terminology and names in kanji, historical development in Japan until Meiji revolution)
Recommended literature
  • (1988). Cambridge History of Japan. Vol.1-6. Cambridge.
  • (1979). Kokushi daijiten (Velký slovník národních dějin). Vol.1-15. Tokyo.
  • BIX, H.P. (2002). Hirohito a vznik moderního Japonska. Praha: BB art.
  • HOYT, E.P. (2000). Japonsko ve válce. Velký pacifický konflikt.. Ostrava: Oldag.
  • Lu, J. (1997). Japan. A Documentary History. New York.
  • MASON, R. - CAIGER, J. (2007). Dějiny Japonska. Praha: Fighters Publications.
  • Mass, J.; Hauser, W. (1985). Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford.
  • Myers, R.; Peattie, M. (1984). Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945. Princeton.
  • Reischauer, E.O.;Craig, A.M. (2000). Dějiny Japonska. Praha.
  • SKŘIVAN, A. (1997). Japonská válka 1931-1945. Praha: Libri.
  • Vasiljevová, Z. (1986). Dějiny Japonska. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019_24) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2016) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter