Cul & Soc Env

Week 1

Video 3:

A Brief History of Japan

Living with Tragedy

The Military History

Religious Mixtures

The Emperor Then

The Emperor Today

The West

Tokugawa Era

Haiku & Calligraphy

An old silent pond

A frog jumps into the pond,

Splash! Silence again

Translation of poem by Basho (1644–1694)

July 8, 1853