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Week 8 May 20-24
Special Japan Films, Presentations on Dailly Life
Topics:  Special films and presentations on Japanese society (see questions in your Packet);
Readings: The Doctor's Wife 

9 May 27-31
No class on Monday, May 27th
East Asia: Languages and Literatures
Topics:  Chinese, Korean, Japanese Languages and Literatures; 
Readings: The Doctor's Wife (finish);

10 June 3-7
The Art and Craft of Living
Topics: may include presentations on: graphic arts and artists; popular media; Korean costume; etc. festival and food in East Asia; 
mini-review for final on Weds.   Review on Friday.. 
Readings: Look for the on-line reading "Ying-Jing Plays the Qin"


Final Exam Week (June 4-8): The FINAL will be scheduled according to the Master Schedule of Classes: Monday, June 10th, 11:30-1:18 PM in regular classroom (any changes to time and place will be announced in class during the last few weeks)

Planting a Pine tree

Japanese Painting
Yamada Doan
Patriarch Rinzai (c: Linji) planting a pine tree
ink and color on paper, mid-16th century
Tokyo University of Arts
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Note the attributes of this hanging scroll of Rinzai, also known as Linji.  The patriarch, setting off to plant a pine tree, wears a garment which has two holes in it and has an otherworldly expression on his face.  The painting shows Rinzai as a Buddhist unconcerned about his outward appearance and the concerns of this world.  The artist has placed his own identifying rectangular seal in the lower left.  Above, an unidentified person has added five lines of a passage from the collected sayings of Linji Yixuan, and has left a circular seal.  The addition of calligraphy and the placement of seals is an artistic skill which adds beauty to the painting.

Source: Yoshiaki Shimuzu, ed., Japan: The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868 (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1988), plate 94.
 
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