Introduction: Social Structure 

Readings: Levi Ch 1 and 2  Reader: Befu "Ethnography of Dinner Entertainment," * Parkes "Ways of Japanese Thinking"

Art form: gardening

Vocabulary

Family and Personality Structure, Amae Relations 

Readings: Nelson Ch.1 and 2, Reader:  Caudill and Weinstein, "Maternal Care," Caudill and Plath, "Who Sleeps by Whom?"

Cultural Values and Public/Private Spheres 

Insiders and Outsiders: Koreans in Japan
 

Readings: Nelson Ch.3, 4 and 5, Reader: Bestor "Conflict, Legitimacy, and tradition in aTokyo Neighborhood," Ishida, "Conflict and It's Accommodation: Omote/Ura and Uchi/Soto," Mori "Cosmic Tea Bowl: The Ritual Serving of Food and  Drink in Japan" 

Art form: Gagaku

Film: "Japan: Customs and Manners" "Inner Harmony" "Taste of Japan" "Neighborhood Tokyo" and "Gagaku"

Cultural Values and Religion: Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism

Readings:  Levi Ch 3 , Nelson Ch.6 & 7  Reader: Pelzel, "Human Nature in Japanese Myths"

Art form: Noh

Film: "Noh" "Shinto" "Japanese Tea ceremony"

Buddhist meditation practice and lectures.

Individual vs. The Group: Morality and Ethics

Education

Readings: Levi Ch. 5 and 6  Reader:

Art form: Bunraku

Film: "Bunraku"  "Lovers' Exile" "Schools of Thought"

Cultural Values and Art Aesthetics 

Readings:  Reader:  *Ames "Bushido," *Shively "Tokugawa Kabuki"

Art form: Kabuki (onnagata, men, scenes)

Film: "Kabuki""Bushido"

Gender and Traditional Arts 

Readings:  Levi Ch.7  Reader:   Mori "The Traditional Arts as Leisure Activities for Contemporary Japanese Women," and Smith "Gender Inequality in Contemporary Japan", 

art form: tea ceremony

Film: "Principles and Practices of Zen"

Cultural Values and Perpetuation 

Readings: Levi Ch. 8

art form: manga and anime 

Films: "Sazae-san" and "Hakkenden"