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Spring 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

HONORS 212A: Modern Japan through Cinema<\/a><\/p>\n

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Upcoming Courses: Summer 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAPAN 325: Introduction to Japanese Cinema (online, asynchronous)<\/p>\n

Early Fall Start 2026: ARTSCI 160P: College Edge<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Courses: Autumn 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

ASIAN 207A\/GLITS 200A: World Literature and the Nobel Prize
\nTTh 1:30-3:20<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Courses: Winter 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAPAN 531: Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
\nTTh 3:30-5:20<\/p>\n

JAPAN 322: Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature
\nTTh 1:30-3:20<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Courses: Spring 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAPAN 431: Advanced Reading in Japanese
\nMW 1:30-3:20<\/p>\n

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Past Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduate Seminars<\/p>\n

Autumn 2025 (with Professor Horii Kazuma<\/a>): Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nAutumn 2024 (with Professor Gomibuchi Noritsugu<\/a>): Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nAutumn 2023: Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nAutumn 2021: New Approaches to Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nAutumn 2020 (with Professor Takahashi K\u014dhei<\/a>): Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nWinter 2020: Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nAutumn 2018:\u00a0Graduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nSpring 2018 (with Professor\u00a0K\u014d Youngran): Contemporary Japanese Literature
\nAutumn 2016: Short Fiction from Sekai<\/em> magazine: 1946-56<\/a>
\nSpring\u00a02016: Fetishism and Representations of the Body in Tanizaki and Kawabata\/Vernacular Modernism and Avant-Garde Documentary Film
\nWinter\u00a02016: Advanced Writing Seminar
\nWinter 2015 (with Professor\u00a0Tsuboi Hideto<\/a>):\u00a0Japanese-Language Literature in North America<\/a>
\nSpring 2014 (with Professors Davinder Bhowmik and\u00a0Suga Keijir\u014d<\/a>):\u00a0Contemporary Japanese Fiction
\nAutumn 2011:\u00a0New Directions in English-language Japanese Colonial Studies<\/a>
\nSpring 2011 (with Professors Odaira Maiko and K\u014d Youngran):\u00a0Readings in Modern Japanese Cultural Studies<\/a>
\nAutumn 2009:\u00a0New Directions in Japanese Cultural Studies<\/a>
\nSpring 2009 (with Professor Hibi Yoshitaka):\u00a0Japanese-Language Texts at Seattle’s Nihongo Gakk\u014d<\/a>
\nSpring 2008:\u00a0Introduction to Disciplinary Methods<\/a>
\nWinter 2008:\u00a0Literature and Diaspora: Japanese Fiction in Brazil<\/a>
\nAutumn 2006:\u00a0Literary Debates and The Ascription of Value<\/a>
\nSpring 2006 (with Professor K\u014dno Kensuke):\u00a0The Taish\u014d Literary Scene<\/a>
\nAutumn 2004:\u00a0Nihongo bungaku<\/a><\/em>: Japanese (Language) Literature<\/a>
\nSpring 2004 (with Professor Rimbara Sumio):\u00a0The Golden Demon: Ozaki K\u014dy\u014d’s\u00a0Konjiki yasha<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Oguri F\u016by\u014d’s\u00a0Konjiki yasha (sh\u016bhen)<\/em><\/a>
\nWinter 2004:\u00a0Banned Books: Literary Censorship in Imperial Japan<\/a>
\nAutumn 2002:\u00a0The Early Akutagawa Prizes, 1935-1941<\/a><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Courses<\/p>\n

Winter 2023: Undergraduate Seminar: Ogawa Y\u014dko<\/a>
\nAutumn 2022: Introduction to Japanese Film<\/a>
\nWinter 2022: Edo to Meiji: Japanese Literature, 1814-1920<\/a>
\nSpring 2021: Undergraduate Seminar<\/a>: Contemporary Women Authors<\/a>
\nAutumn 2020: The Short Fiction of Murakami Haruki, 1980-96<\/a>
\nSpring 2019: Advanced Undergraduate Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature<\/a>
\nAutumn 2019: Introduction to Japanese Film<\/a>
\nAutumn 2018: Introduction to Japanese Film<\/a>
\nAutumn 2017 (with Professor Andrea Arai):\u00a0“Mixed Race” and Modern Japan<\/a>
\nSpring 2017:\u00a0Proletarian Literature in Japan and the Critique of Capitalism<\/a>
\nSpring 2017:\u00a0Introduction to Japanese Cinema<\/a>
\nSpring 2015:\u00a0Japanese-Language Literature of North and South America
\n<\/a>Autumn 2014:\u00a0New Voices in Japanese Literature
\n<\/a>Spring 2012:\u00a0Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Literature
\n<\/a>Winter 2007 (with Professor Chris Hamm):\u00a0Righteous Violence: Power, Justice, and the East
\n<\/a>Winter 2006 (with Professor Scott Swaner): Citizen, Subject, Traitor: The Paradox of National(ist) Literature<\/a>
\nSpring 2005, 2007, Winter 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021: Modern Japanese Literature, 1868-today<\/a>
\nWinter 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008: Early Modern Japanese Literature, 1600-1900<\/a><\/p>\n

Special Topics in Film<\/p>\n

Winter 2023: Japanese Noir<\/a>
\nWinter 2021: Kurosawa and Ozu<\/a>
\nWinter 2018:\u00a0The Films of Mizoguchi Kenji
\n<\/a>Autumn 2014:\u00a0The Films of Naruse Mikio<\/a>
\nAutumn 2012:\u00a0The Films of Kurosawa Akira<\/a>
\nWinter 2012:\u00a0The Films of Ozu Yasujir\u014d<\/a><\/p>\n

Advanced Reading<\/p>\n

Autumn 2025: Kawakami Mieko, Kanai Mieko, and Greg Khezrnejat<\/a>
\nAutumn 2024: Murata Sayaka<\/a>
\nAutumn 2022: Fujino Kaori, Tanaka Shin\u2019ya,\u00a0and\u00a0Miyauchi Y\u016bsuke<\/a>
\nAutumn 2021: Asabuki Mariko, Matsuda Aoko, and Takahashi Gen’ichir\u014d<\/a>
\nSpring 2021: Kobayashi Erika,\u00a0Nishi Kanako, and\u00a0Takiguchi Y\u016bsh\u014d<\/a>
\nSpring 2020: Shibasaki Tomoka, Maruyama Osami, Oyamada Hiroko<\/a>
\nWinter 2020: Murata Sayaka, Hashimoto Osamu, Matsuo Suzuki, and Murakami Haruki<\/a>
\nWinter 2019: Hoshino Tomoyuki<\/a>
\nSpring 2018: Hoshino Tomoyuki and Kawakami Hiromi<\/a>
\nWinter 2017:\u00a0Yan Ii and Kinoshita Furukuri<\/a>
\nWinter 2015:\u00a0Prewar Fiction
\n<\/a>Autumn 2015:\u00a0Tsumura Kikuko, Sawanishi Y\u016bten, Oyamada Hiroko<\/a>
\nAutumn 2012: Matsuda Aoko, Akazome Akiko, Yoshimoto Banana, and Okada Toshiki<\/a>
\nSpring 2012:\u00a0Japanese-Language Short Fiction from Brazil
\n<\/a>Autumn 2011:\u00a0Ikezawa Natsuki, Nakagami Nori, and Asabuki Mariko<\/a>
\nSpring 2011:\u00a0Nishimura Kenta<\/a>
\nWinter 2011:\u00a0Itoyama Akiko<\/a>
\nAutumn 2010:\u00a0Tawada Y\u014dko, Matsunami Tar\u014d, and Ishii Shinji<\/a>
\nSpring 2010:\u00a0Tanizaki Yui, Maeda Shir\u014d, Kawakami Mieko<\/a>
\nWinter 2010:\u00a0Matsuura Rieko,\u00a0Natural Woman<\/em><\/a>
\nAutumn 2009:\u00a0Murakami Haruki’s\u00a01Q84<\/em><\/a>
\nSpring 2009:\u00a0Japanese-language Literature in Brazil<\/a> (prewar)
\nAutumn 2008:\u00a0Kanehara Hitomi, Horie Toshiyuki, Ikezawa Natsuki, Aoki Jungo<\/a>
\nSpring 2008:\u00a0Japanese-language Literature in Brazil<\/a>\u00a0(prewar)
\nAutumn 2007:\u00a0Koike Mariko, Kakuta Mitsuyo, and Aoyama Shinji<\/a>
\nWinter 2007:\u00a0Ikuta Sayo, Shigematsu Kiyoshi, and Sh\u014dno Yoriko<\/a>
\nAutumn 2006:\u00a0Levy Hideo, Nakashima Taiko, and Ikuta Sayo<\/a>
\nSpring 2006:\u00a0Ogawa Y\u014dko and Horie Toshiyuki<\/a>
\nAutumn 2004:\u00a0Murakami Haruki’s\u00a0After Dark
\n<\/em><\/a>Spring 2004:\u00a0Kanehara Hitomi’s “Hebi ni piasu”<\/a>
\nSpring 2003:\u00a0Contemporary Film, Anime, and Art<\/a>:\u00a0Akasegawa Genpei, Sat\u014d Tadao, and Miyadai Shinji
\nSpring 2003:\u00a0Okamatsu Kazuo, Adachi Chika, and Chino Yukiko<\/a><\/p>\n

Honors Courses<\/p>\n

2010-12, 16-17, 20, 22-23, 25, and 26: Film and Modern Japan<\/a>
\nAutumn 2015: Japanese-Language Literature in the Americas
\nSummer 2008: Self and Other: Alterity and Japanese Literature, Film, Anime<\/a>
\nWinter 2008: Literature and Diaspora: Japanese Fiction in Brazil<\/a><\/p>\n

Summer Courses<\/p>\n

2024-26: Introduction to Japanese Cinema<\/a> (online, asynchronous)
\n2020-23: Introduction to Modern Japanese Film<\/a>
\n2019: Modern Japanese Literature, Film, and Anime<\/a>
\n2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017:\u00a0Modern Japanese Literature, Film, and Anime<\/a>\u00a0(also as a Catalyst\u00a0workspace<\/a>\u00a0and Canvas site<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Discovery Seminars<\/a><\/p>\n

Early Fall Start 2024-25: College Edge<\/a>
\nEarly Fall Start 2023: Path to UW Academic Introduction Seminar<\/a>
\nEarly Fall Start 2018-22: Modernity Through Japanese Film & Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Microseminars<\/p>\n

30 October 2012 – 20 November 2012: Transnationalism, Visuality, and Identity:\u00a0A Microseminar with Shu-mei Shih
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