HMJ342 Performance, Tradition and Modernity in Japan

The webpage is under construction - the complete page with details of teh overseas study course will be uploaded in mid August 2010.

Come on a quest for Yoshitsune, Japan's twelfth century tragic hero.

6 to 16 January 2010 in Japan

The journey will take you to the mountains of Yoshino

..and to the Shikoku's Konpira-san to climb the thousand steps to the Edo era kabuki theatre.

Staff: Barbara Hartley (SALS Coordinator Japanese Literary Studies) and Jenny Scott (traditional Japanese theatre)

The unit requires a good level of fitness, and preparatory study during December 2009 in Hobart. Enrolment will be HECS liable. Students are required to meet additional travel and accommodation costs.

A detailed timetable will be available here at the end of August.

The learning sites

This unit will be conducted in a number of sites in and around the Kansai area of Japan.

The base will be Okayama City in Okayama Prefecture. Other sites visited include:

Kompira Shrine, Kotohira, Shikoku http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompira_Shrine
Mt Yoshino, Nara, http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara_e/area07/index.html
Hattoji, Okayama, http://www.harenet.ne.jp/villa/villa/hatto.htm

Students will also participate in traditional theatre workshops for kyogen and noh. These will be held in Okayama and Osaka respectively.

The Characters
To find out more about Yoshitsune, visit http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshitsune.html