Samurai Japan

The Shinto religion’s reverence for nature, the Heian aristocrat’s penchant for the subtle and the sublime, the samurai warrior’s insistence on loyalty and honor, and Zen Buddhism’s reminder that nothing lasts come together to form the culture that produced Tanka/Haiku poems, the tea ceremony, Noh drama, the Bushido (warrior) Code and the world’s first great novel The Tale of Genji.
Prerequisites: EN 102, COM 101