Play and Pleasure in Early Modern Japan

3 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as HIST 2115) Cultural history of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868), with emphasis on daily life and popular entertainment in the capital of the warrior government, Edo (present-day Tokyo). Woodblock prints, pleasure quarters, kabuki theatre, commoner carnivals, and popular literature. No credit for students who have earned credit for 2115. [3]