01. Ancient Japan: Jomon and Yayoi Periods, art history
02. Kofun "key-hole" tombs, context
03. Shinto Shrines, authenticity, copy
04. Buddhism from Asuka to Hakuho: Horyuji, appropriation and influence
05. Buddhism from Hakuho to Nara: Yakushiji, ritual
06. Buddhism in Nara Japan: Todaiji and Silk-Road Treasures of the Shoso-in, collecting, display
07. Toji and Early Heian Esoteric Buddhism, sign
08. The Byodo-in Amida Hall and Visions of the Western Paradise in Heian Japan, representation
09. Painting formats and early Yamato-e of the Heian Era, style (to be passed out in class)
10. Heian-era handscrolls, narrative
11. Kamakura Realism, realism
12. Kamakura Visions of Heaven and Hell, function
13. Kamakura Zen Temples, space and place
14. Kamakura Zen Painting, icon, iconoclasm
15. Muromachi Tea Ceremony, performance
16. Momoyama Castles and Nanban Art, multiculturalism
17. Momoyama Imperial Architecture: The Katsura Detached Villa, production
18. The Edo-period Rinpa School and Decorative Arts, commodity
19. Maruyama Okyo and Shiba Kokan: Exploring the West in the Edo Period, identity
20. Edo Ukiyo-e Geisha and Actors: Sharaku, Harunobu, and Utamaro, gender
21. Edo Ukiyo-e Landscapes and Cityscapes: Hiroshige and Hokusai, orientalism
22. Meiji Woodblock Prints, modernism
23. Meiji Nihonga and Yöga, originality
24. Twentieth-Century Zen Paintings, avant-garde
25. Japanese Art Now, postmodernism