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Session 16: Mujōkan / mono no aware VII: Tale of Heike III
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❖ I will write this page later but the reading assignment is Chpt 9 to end, in McCullough's abridged edition
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Terms and such mentioned this day that are not otherwise in an obvious place on the web site, the powerpoints, the assigned reading, etc. (to help with capturing items mentioned, perhaps quickly, in class, not for test purposes)
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♦ Jomon ca. 11,000-300 BCE
♦ Yayoi 300 BCE - 300 AD
♦ Kofun 300 - 552
♦ Asuka 552 - 710
♦ Nara 710 - 794
♦ Heian One 794 - 900
♦ Heian Two 900 -1185 (Kokinshū, Tosa Nikki, Tales of Ise, Izumi Shikibu Diary, Pillow Book, Genji, sponsored cultural salons)
♦ Kamakura 1185 - 1333 (Shin-Kokinshu, Buddhist reforms in 1200s; Hōjōki; Tale of Heike; Essays in Idleness; Confessions of Lady Nijō)
♦ Muromachi 1333 - 1573 (Northern Hills late 1300s, first half 1400s, Zeami & Nō drama) (Eastern Hills late 1400s)
♦ Momoyama 1568/73 - 1603/15 (Sen Rikyū & wabi-cha)
♦ Edo 1603-1868 (Genroku 1688-1704) (Narrow Road, Love Suicides, Ihara Saikaku) *graphic of complicated name designation systems for Middle Period eras
Quick links to aesthetic & related terms: iki, karumi, makoto, masurao, miyabi, mono no aware, mujōkan, okashi, sabi / wabi, taketakashi, wa