Chevron Left
Back to Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan

Learner Reviews & Feedback for Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan by The University of Tokyo

4.8
stars
764 ratings

About the Course

In their ambition to capture “real life,” Japanese painters, poets, novelists and photographers of the nineteenth century collaborated in ways seldom explored by their European contemporaries. This course offers learners the chance to encounter and appreciate behavior, moral standards and some of the material conditions surrounding Japanese artists in the nineteenth century, in order to renew our assumptions about what artistic “realism” is and what it meant. Learners will walk away with a clear understanding of how society and the individual were conceived of and represented in early modern Japan. Unlike contemporary western art forms, which acknowledge their common debt as “sister arts” but remain divided by genre and discourse, Japanese visual and literary culture tended to combine, producing literary texts inspired by visual images, and visual images which would then be inscribed with poems and prose. Noticing and being able to interpret this indivisibility of visual/literary cultures is essential in understanding the social and psychological values embedded within the beauty of Japanese art....

Top reviews

DP

Oct 9, 2020

Very interesting where I finished the whole course 2 weeks before the due date because I really enjoyed it. I have been a Japan fanatic since middle school so this course is really my cup of tea

OB

Aug 16, 2021

For me this course has been a first approximation to Japanese culture. I´m glad to be able to recognize the concepts learned here when encountering them, which happens surprisingly often!

Filter by:

176 - 200 of 244 Reviews for Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan

By Melina C K

•

Mar 6, 2019

Very interesting course! Great to start understanding Japanese art!

By Moldir K

•

Mar 11, 2025

please can you send me a certificate of completion of this course

By Sagan-Indiana C

•

Aug 10, 2020

Loved it! Inspired a whole new literary area of research for me.

By Yuliya A S

•

Oct 5, 2020

Loved it, Very interesting fantastic material, and explanation.

By Addilene V

•

Feb 29, 2024

Excellent course. Interesting topics and simple explanations.

By Juyoung R

•

Jan 7, 2018

Very usful and informative course. Highly recommanded for

By Phyllis L S

•

Aug 2, 2020

Thank you for this delightful and stimulating course.

By JOHN Q

•

Sep 23, 2017

Enjoyable and interesting course. Thanks so much!

By aleks l

•

Aug 29, 2019

Engaging lecturer. Unique and interesting content.

By Syn-Ti L

•

Jan 6, 2018

Great introduction to Japanese art and literature!

By Martha P

•

Aug 25, 2024

Excelent japanese art course. Thank you, so much.

By Darina G T

•

Feb 22, 2021

Es un curso que tiene varios momentos muy bellos.

By Viktoria V

•

Dec 6, 2020

Very interesting course and lecturer. Thank you!

By Valerie M

•

Nov 29, 2020

Japanese Culture is so interesting. Who knew...

By Dwight T

•

Jan 28, 2022

examples. Many thanks for a fine presentation.

By Luiza V

•

Feb 15, 2019

Incrível, me ajudou muito com a minha pesquisa!

By DEEPA K

•

Jul 8, 2020

Informative and Knowledgeable course.

Thankyou.

By Alvaro Z

•

Sep 8, 2023

great class structure and class presentations

By Alena R

•

Nov 2, 2018

Thank you! Brilliant course, very inspiring.

By ANDREA V C G

•

Jul 1, 2020

Excelente Curso, muy completo e inspirador.

By Janelle H

•

Sep 2, 2020

Very interesting and enjoyable. Thank you.

By Desmond Y

•

Jan 4, 2018

Comprehensive and precise in the teaching.

By Elodie M

•

Mar 4, 2024

Very interesting entry point into the era

By K. L

•

Aug 23, 2020

Very interesting course. I learned a lot.

By Giel B

•

Aug 7, 2023

great course, with an inspiring lecturer