HIST 354 - History of Japan to 1600

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the fall semester

A history of Japan from antiquity to the period known as the Warring States. Beginning with the origin of the Japanese people, the course traces the making of “classic” Japanese culture and institutions through cross-cultural interactions and indigenous developments. It also focuses on the rise to prominence of the samurai class.