Informações sobre o curso: In their ambition to capture “real life,” Japanese painters, poets, novelists and photographers of the nineteenth century collaborated in ways seldom explored by their European contemporaries. This course offers learners the chance to encounter and appreciate behavior, moral standards and some of the material conditions surrounding Japanese artists in the nineteenth century, in order to renew our assumptions about what artistic “realism” is and what it meant. Learners will walk away with a clear understanding of how society and the individual were conceived of and represented in early modern Japan. Unlike contemporary western art forms, which acknowledge their common debt as “sister arts” but remain divided by genre and discourse, Japanese visual and literary culture tended to combine, producing literary texts inspired by visual images, and visual images which would then be inscribed with poems and prose. Noticing and being able to interpret this indivisibility of visual/literary cultures is essential in understanding the social and psychological values embedded within the beauty of Japanese art.
Para quem é direcionado este curso: Anyone interested in visual and written arts, and the connections between them. No particular background is necessary.
Desenvolvido por: Universidade de TóquioUniversidade de Tóquio
Ministrado por: Robert Campbell, (Former Affiliation) Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
(Current Affiliation) Director-General, National Institute of Japanese Literature
| Nível | Beginner |
| Compromisso | 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Como ser aprovado | Seja aprovado em todas as tarefas para concluir o curso. |
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Programa
SEMANA 1
Samurai Portraits
One good way to gauge the distance between literary and visual culture in early modern Japan is to examine the ways in which painters and poets depicted their contemporaries. Portraits of samurai are especially rich in information about how men at the top of the social ladder wished to be “viewed” as physical entities, and how they expressed themselves as moral actors within society. In the first module, we will learn the basic formal aspects of samurai portraiture, and at the same time begin to interpret poems and prose inscribed onto the images themselves.
12 vídeos, 1 leitura, 12 questionários de prática
- Vídeo: 1-1 Introduction
- Reading: Course Description
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-1
- Vídeo: 1-2 "Portrait of Satō Issai" by Watanabe Kazan I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-2
- Vídeo: 1-3 "Portrait of Satō Issai" by Watanabe Kazan II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-3
- Vídeo: 1-4 "Portrait of Satō Issai" by Watanabe Kazan III
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-4
- Vídeo: 1-5 Representation of Reality in Literatures I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-5
- Vídeo: 1-6 Representation of Reality in Literatures II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-6
- Vídeo: 1-7 Watanabe Kazan's Representation of Reality
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-7
- Vídeo: 1-8 Chinese Quatrain by Rai Mikisaburō
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-8
- Vídeo: 1-9 "Portrait of Yoshida Shōin" by Matsura Shōdō I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-9
- Vídeo: 1-10 "Portrait of Yoshida Shōin" by Matsura Shōdō II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-10
- Vídeo: 1-11 Yoshida Shōin and His Writings I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-11
- Vídeo: 1-12 Yoshida Shōin and His writings II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1-12
Nota atribuída: Module 1 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 2
Painted Beauties
Visual images of women produced in Japan before the introduction of photography can be divided into two types: portraits of women who actually existed in society, and painted or printed images of idealized “beauties,” whose resemblance to physical reality was subsumed often to an intense interest in mode and situational aspect. Like samurai portraits, images of women, both real and imagined, would often be inscribed with texts which instruct viewers how to understand and appreciate them. In this module, we will overview several painted and printed images, and learn how contemporary viewers used these images and their texts as a tool to understand the world.
14 vídeos, 14 questionários de prática
- Vídeo: 2-1 "Portrait of a Geisha" by Watanabe Kazan I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-1
- Vídeo: 2-2 "Portrait of a Geisha" by Watanabe Kazan II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-2
- Vídeo: 2-3 "Portrait of a Geisha" by Watanabe Kazan III
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-3
- Vídeo: 2-4 "A Courtesan" by Takahashi Yuichi I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-4
- Vídeo: 2-5 "A Courtesan" by Takahashi Yuichi II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-5
- Vídeo: 2-6 "The Courtesan Usugumo of the Miura House at the Age of 89"
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-6
- Vídeo: 2-7 Beauties in Ukiyo-e I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-7
- Vídeo: 2-8 Beauties in Ukiyo-e II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-8
- Vídeo: 2-9 Beauties in Writings I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-9
- Vídeo: 2-10 Beauties in Writings II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-10
- Vídeo: 2-11 "Beauty in the Painting" by Matsumoto Fūko I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-11
- Vídeo: 2-12 "Beauty in the Painting" by Matsumoto Fūko II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-12
- Vídeo: 2-13 Beauties in Photographs I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-13
- Vídeo: 2-14 Beauties in Photographs II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 2-14
Nota atribuída: Module 2 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 3
The Literary Photograph I
What methods did early modern Japanese artists and writers have at hand to “capture the moment,” and how did these methods influence the introduction and adaption of western photography in the mid-nineteenth century? In this module we will see how photographic modes of representation were assimilated into the literary tradition of portraiture, which was covered in modules 1 and 2.
8 vídeos, 8 questionários de prática
- Vídeo: 3-1 "Calligraphy and Painting Gathering in Satte Post Town" by Yoda Chikkoku I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-1
- Vídeo: 3-2 "On Reading" by Miyaoi Yasuo I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-2
- Vídeo: 3-3 "On Reading" by Miyaoi Yasuo II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-3
- Vídeo: 3-4 "Calligraphy and Painting Gathering in Satte Post Town" by Yoda Chikkoku II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-4
- Vídeo: 3-5 Inscribed Photographs I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-5
- Vídeo: 3-6 Inscribed Photographs II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-6
- Vídeo: 3-7 Masaoka Shiki and Post Meiji-Restoration Writers I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-7
- Vídeo: 3-8 Masaoka Shiki and Post Meiji-Restoration Writers II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 3-8
Nota atribuída: Module3 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 4
The Literary Photograph II
Our final module traces the trajectory of the literary photograph from the end of the long nineteenth century into Japan’s modern era. Photographic images of the human figure in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japan were often accompanied by literary writing inscribed either on the image itself, or on its reverse side. Modern novelists sometimes published photographs with short poems as captions. We will wrap up our course with a summary of how visual and written modes of representation colluded, and combined to produce powerful documents of social and psychological actuality.
9 vídeos, 9 questionários de prática
- Vídeo: 4-1 Inscribed Photographs III
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-1
- Vídeo: 4-2 Portrait of Niijima Yae
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-2
- Vídeo: 4-3 Picture Postcard I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-3
- Vídeo: 4-4 Picture Postcard II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-4
- Vídeo: 4-5 Letters from Nagai Kafū
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-5
- Vídeo: 4-6 ”Strange Tale from East of the River” by Nagai Kafū I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-6
- Vídeo: 4-7 ”Strange Tale from East of the River” by Nagai Kafū II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-7
- Vídeo: 4-8 Course Summary I
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-8
- Vídeo: 4-9 Course Summary II
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 4-9
Nota atribuída: Module 4 Graded Quiz
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Very suitable as my first online course. The content was very interesting and taught me a new way to appreciate and learn from different pieces of art. Assignments were generally very light and could be completed very quickly. However, some parts of the lecture can be slightly hard to comprehend at first. I find myself reading through the transcripts (they're really helpful!) again sometimes just to try and let the content sink in further. Anyone interested in art/history/culture and how they intersect should definitely check this out!!
I loved this course - Robert Campbell is expert at conveying not only the knowledge of the material but also his passion for it. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in Japanese culture and art. It has certainly enriched my own understanding and appreciation.
Me encanto el curso, ya que no solo aprendí de arte e historia de Japón, sino que las lecciones me llevaron paso a paso a comprender mejor las formas de expresión como la pintura, literatura y fotografía y su objetivo.
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Fascinating information of Japans changing mindset in reference to the image and the onset of photography.