– ABOUT THIS COURSE
It is becoming ever more important to reconsider the intrinsic value of Japanese culture from diverse perspectives and disseminate the findings with people from vastly different cultural backgrounds and areas of expertise. This course will examine some of the specialized fields in which Tokyo Geidai educates its students and conduct research to help students understand the doctrines of each field—in English—in a systematic manner with a historical perspective.

For the Spring Semester of 2024, we will explore various fields such as Art, crafts, architecture, animation, design, traditional Japanese music (hogaku), architecture, ceramics, etc…

This course offers Japanese students the opportunity to reexamine the arts and culture of their own country from an international perspective and gives international students the opportunity to study the general outline of Japanese arts and culture that may lie outside their usual fields of study.

The series will be taught through lectures with an emphasis on critical thinking and discussions.
Basically, this class is conducted in English. However, for those students with insufficient English skills, we try to provide as much support as we can. Everyone is welcome, provided they are students at Tokyo University of the Arts, regardless of whether they are Japanese or international students.

– STAFFS
Kenichiro Egami (Project Assistant Professor, Global Support Centre)
Arisa Chinen (Staff, Global Support Centre)

– DAY&TIME
Wednesdays 13:00-14:30 (3rd period)

-Venue       　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　GSC Lecture Room, 2F University Hall, Ueno Campus　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Map 18 University Hall

– 2025 Fall CLASS SCHEDULE

Schedule (Changes may be made) :

The schedule may be subject to change.

– HOW TO ATTEND THE CLASS
The information of each lecturer will be provided via the Google Classroom
This semester, classes will be held as in-person lectures (the lecture room on the 2nd floor of the University Hall) however, some lectures will be held as online lectures.

– ATTENDANCE POLICY
Everyone is required to turn in a reaction paper (comment paper, no longer than 1 page) after each lecture in order to be counted in attendance. The deadline is 6 pm next Monday.
At the same time, real-time attendance will be counted for each lesson and figured into the normal overall class grade. In order to pass the course, students have to turn in at least 10 reaction papers.

– PRESENTATION BY STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER
We have scheduled a short student presentation on Nov 19th and 26th, but this may change to a different topic.
Further information to be posted.

– CONTACT
Global Support Center：globalsupport@ml.geidai.ac.jp