Mission Impossible: Supplemental Materials


Heian Period

Informative and playful video about the Heian period, 13 minutes

 

Overview of Chinese influence on Classical Japan, 4 minutes

 

Heian Period, An Introduction, 3 pages 

 

Heian Japan: An Introductory Essay, 10 pages


About The Tale of Genji

Visually engaging lecture about the The Tale of Genji  (1 hr, 10 min)


Culture of the Aristocracy

Traditional Culture as found in The Tale of Genji, 30 minutes

 

Aristocracy and Art of the Heian Period, 15 minutes

 

Ancient Japanese Waka (Tanka) Poetry – Hyakunin-Isshu / 百人一首, 15 minutes

 

Japanese Coming-of-Age Ceremony, 6 minutes

 

Koto and Shakuhachi "Tale of Genji" Instrumental Performance, 30 minutes

 

About the Koto Instrument, 3 minutes


Shinto and Buddhism

 

 

History of Shinto and Buddhism, 3 pages

 

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