Center for Distance and Independent Study
Japanese I, First Half Unit

Course Credits

Developers

Dianne Daugherty and Junko Oba with the Center for Distance and Independent Study

Instructional Editor

Laura Foley

Copyeditor

Joseph Meyer

Media Designers

Jerod Quinn and Laura Foley

Image and Multimedia Attributions

Unless otherwise noted, images accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Title graphic and subnavigation background

Mount Fuji Seen Through Cherry Blossoms, by Katsushika Hokusai. In the public domain (copyright has expired).

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Courtesy of Everaldo Coelho and YellowIcon. Image licensed under GFDL 2.1.

Lesson 1: Introducing Japanese—A Language Written in Three Forms

Figure 1.1 (map of Japan) courtesy of the CIA World Factbook. In the public domain (U.S. government work).

Lesson 2: Japanese Geography and Rites of Passage

Figure 2.1 (map of Japan) courtesy of the CIA World Factbook. In the public domain (U.S. government work).

Timeline of Japanese History, AD 794–1868. Unless noted, all images in the public domain (copyright has expired):
(1) Scene from the chapter "Takewaka" ("Bamboo River") from The Tale of Genji.
(2) Portrait of Yoritomo, copy of the 1179 original hanging scroll, attributed to Fujiwara No Takanobu.
(3) Japanese samurai attacking a Mongol ship circa 1293.
(4) Kongorishi statue from fourteenth century Japan, on exhibit at the Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Quadell. Image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 and GFDL 1.2.
(5) Woodblock print triptych of Emperor Go-Daigo, by Gekko Ogata (1890).
(5) Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, early fifteenth century.
(6) Kinkaju-ji, photo by Yoshikazu Hara.
(7) Music during the Muromachi (Ashikaga) Period, 1538. Photo by Musee Guimet.
(8) Hanging scroll of Oda Nobunaga, sixteenth century.
(9) Contemporary painting of Achuzi Castle.
(10) Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 1601.
(11) Photo of Osaka Castle courtesy of DX Broadrec. Image licensed under GFDL 1.2.
(12) Painting of defense of Busanjin Fortress.
(13) Tokugawa Ieyasu.
(14) Red seal ship, 1634. Tokyo Naval Science Museum.
(15) Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome, 1615.
(16) The Great Wave off Kanagawa, by Katsushika Hokusai (1832).
(17) Japanese woodblock print of Commodore Matthew Perry, circa 1854. U.S. Library of Congress.
(18) Emperor Meiji, circa 1868.

Lesson 3: How to Speak Politely

Figure 3.1 (backpacks and calligraphy tool bags) courtesy of Kanko. Image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

Lesson 4: School Life

Figure 4.1 (Shinjuku skyline) courtesy of Itoshin87. In the public domain (copyright released by author).

Figure 4.2 (junior high classroom) courtesy of Andrew Hancock. In the public domain (copyright released by author).

Lesson 5: A Review—Japanese in Context

Figure 5.1 (Mount Naka, Aso cone group) courtesy of Andrew Hancock. Image licensed under GFDL 1.2.

Lesson 7: Kanji and Culture

Figure 7.1 (Kobayashi Eitaku, Izanagi and Izanami, c. 1885) accessed via Wikimedia Commons. In the public domain (copyright has expired).

Lesson 8: Family, Likes and Dislikes, and Leisure Activities

Figure 8.1 (Puffy AmiYumi) courtesty of Jkelly. Image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.