HST 285 - The Samurai: Lives, Loves, and Legacies

Course Units: 1.0

(Winter: Madancy) This course explores the evolution of the samurai as a caste, their military and family lives, their passions, and their symbolic meaning to Japanese and to others. We will be reading first-hand accounts written by samurai men and women, viewing a number of well-known and lesser-known samurai films, and looking at how the realities of samurai life compare with the many meanings the samurai have acquired over the centuries. CC: LCC, SOCS