Understanding Japan: A Cultural History

Understanding Japan: A Cultural History « Series from 2015

Series from 2015

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Genres: Documentary

Japan’s extraordinary 2,000-year-old civilization has grown through periods of engagement and isolation into a society responsible for immeasurable influences on the rest of the world.

These 24 fascinating episodes, produced in partnership with the Smithsonian, offer an unforgettable tour of Japanese history, life, art, and culture.

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Japan: A Globally Engaged Island Nation

Understanding Japan through Ancient Myths

The Emergence of the Ritsuryo State

Aspects of the Japanese Language

Early Japanese Buddhism

Heian Court Culture

The Rise of the Samurai

Pure Land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism

Samurai Culture in the Ashikaga Period

Japan at Home and Abroad, 1300 - 1600

Japan’s Isolation in the Tokugawa Period

Japanese Theater: Noh and Kabuki

The Importance of Japanese Gardens

The Meaning of Bushido in a Time of Peace

Japanese Poetry: The Road to Haiku

Hokusai and the Art of Wood-Block Prints

The Meiji Restoration

Three Visions of Prewar Japan

War without a Master Plan: Japan, 1931 - 1945

Japanese Family Life

Japanese Foodways

Japan’s Economic Miracle

Kurosawa and Ozu: Two Giants of Film

The Making of Contemporary Japan