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All due dates

Time of day when assignments are due

All assignments are due at 10PM (nighttime) unless otherwise stated. I use a "bright line" for deadlines: 10PM is on time 10:01PM is late.

Assignments submitted during a class or a section are rejected. Do not use class time to submit material.

Midterm 01 — Thurs, Sep 22

Midterm 02 — Tues, Oct 18

S00 — Saturday, Oct 22 (due at regular time of day, see above)

S01 — Saturday, Nov 5 (due at regular time of day, see above)

Midterm 03 — Tues, Nov 15

S02 — Saturday, Nov 19 (due at regular time of day, see above)

S03 — Sunday, Dec 4 (RRR week begins Monday, Dec 5) (due at regular time of day, see above) *Changed to Tuesday, Dec 6, regular time

S04 — Monday, Dec 12 (the first day of finals week) (due at regular time of day, see above)

Final exam period — Dec 16, 8AM-11AM

♦ Jomon ca. 11,000-300 BCE

♦ Yayoi 300 BCE - 300 AD

♦ Kofun 300 - 552

♦ Asuka 552 - 710

♦ Nara 710 - 794 (Kojiki, Man'yōshū)

♦ Heian One 794 - 900

♦ Heian Two 900 -1185 (Kokinshū, Tosa Nikki, Tales of Ise, Izumi Shikibu Diary, Pillow Book, Genji, sponsored cultural salons)

♦ Kamakura 1185 - 1333 (Shin-Kokinshu, Buddhist reforms in 1200s; Hōjōki; Tale of Heike; Essays in Idleness; Confessions of Lady Nijō)

♦ Muromachi 1333 - 1573 (Northern Hills late 1300s, first half 1400s, Zeami & Nō drama) (Eastern Hills late 1400s)

♦ Momoyama 1568/73 - 1603/15 (Sen Rikyū & wabi-cha)

♦ Edo 1603-1868 (Genroku 1688-1704) (Narrow Road, Love Suicides, Ihara Saikaku) *graphic of complicated name designation systems for Middle Period eras

Quick links to aesthetic & related terms: iki, karumi, makoto, masurao, miyabi, mono no aware, mujōkan, okashi, sabi / wabi, taketakashi, wa