12018-06-12T00:30:26-07:00Ronae Matriano8ed24d71e6036affdb22f6e2fd0ec83a8e515e95149431plain2018-06-12T00:30:26-07:00Ronae Matriano8ed24d71e6036affdb22f6e2fd0ec83a8e515e95The timeframe for our course is the period stretching from the early 17th century to approximately the middle of the 19th. This era goes by several names, including the Edo period(after the central city of Edo, which is modern-day Tokyo), the Tokugawa period(after the family that exerted political control over Japan during this period), or the early modernperiod. If we consider ourselves to live in the modern (or postmodern) era, then the term “early modern” suggests that, in some ways, the ideas and institutions that we see during this period prefigure our own world. This is an argument I’d like you to think about, and we’ll revisit it periodically
