Syllabus / 课程大纲

1. Introduction (What is the Sengoku Period?)  / 简介（什么是战国时代？）

• Explanation of terms
• What is "Bushi/Samurai"?
• The political situation under the bushi’s governments (Kamakura and Muromachi Shogunate)
• The Onin War

2.  Japan at the period (1) - The dawn of the Sengoku period / 战国时代下的日本 (1) - 战国时代的开始

• What was the political situation of the shogunate?
• The birth of sengoku daimyo (feudal lords) - Model case: Ise Moritoki (Hojo Soun)
• Development of Edo by Ota Dokan
• The introduction of guns (1543), Christianity (1549), and the slave trade by Europeans

3.  Japan at the period (2) / 战国时代下的日本 (2)

• Situation in Kyoto and the position of the emperor and the Muromachi shogunate
• Eiroku No Hen (Assassination of Shogun)
• The rise of typical sengoku daimyo (Model cases: Matsunaga Hisahide and Saito Dosan)

4. The state of the local provinces / 地方省份情况

• Kyushu (Shimazu Clan)
• Shikoku region (Chosokabe clan)
• Chugoku region (Mori clan)
• Kanto Koshinetsu (Takeda, Imagawa, Hojo and Uesugi clans)
• Tohoku region (Date clan)
• About castles in Japan
• Waka poetry

5.  Oda Nobunaga / 织田信长

• Early life (about Oda clan)
• The Battle of Okehazama
• The rise and fall of the Muromachi Shogunate
• Related people (Akechi Mitsuhide, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie etc.)
• Rivals (Azai and Asakura clans, etc.)
• Azuchi government
• The Honnoji Incident (and its mysteries)

6. Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi / 丰臣秀吉

• Early life
• Episodes
• His action after the Honnoji Incident
• Unification of Japan
• His tactics
• Political system of Toyotomi government
• Osaka Castle and Jurakudai
• Related people (Ishida Mitsunari, Hashiba Hidenaga and Hidetsugu, Kato Kiyomasa)
• Cha No Yu (tea ceremony) ("Wabi-sabi", "Suki", Tea masters: Rikyu, Oribe, Urakusai)

7. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1) / 德川家康 (1)

• Early life
• Period as an ally of Nobunaga
• Period as a vassal of Hideyoshi (Transferred to Edo)
• Related persons (Tokugawa Hidetada, Hattori Hanzo, Miura Anjin)

8. Tokugawa Ieyasu (2) / 德川家康 (2)

• The Battle of Sekigahara: how it happened, how it progressed, and after the war
• Establishment of the Edo Shogunate (the last shogunate)
• A milestone for the isolation of Japan
• Formation and development of Edo
• Related people (Date Masamune, Miyamoto Musashi)

9. Osaka Fuyu No Jin (Osaka Winter Campaign) / 大坂冬之阵

• The Toyotomi clan after Hideyoshi's death (Related people: Toyotomi Hideyori, Yodo-gimi)
• Background of the war
• The process of the war and the peace
• Related people (Sanada Nobushige /Yukimura)

10. Osaka Natsu No Jin (Osaka Summer Campaign) - The End of the Sengoku Period / 大坂夏之阵 - 战国时代的终结

• Background of the battle
• The end of the Toyotomi clan
• Post war treatment
• Epilogue (Ieyasu's death, the beginning of the Edo period)

11. Influences of the Sengoku period / 战国时代的影响

• Cultural influences
• Societal influences

12. Portrayal of the Sengoku period in today’s mass media / 当今大众媒体对战国时代的描绘

• Portrayal in movies and dramas
• Portrayal in manga and games

Learning Outcomes / 学习成果

On completion of the programme, students should be able to

1. Discuss the history, society and culture of the Sengoku period in Japan;
2. Explain the societal and cultural influences of the Sengoku period on modern Japan;
3. Compare and contrast the description of the Sengoku period in today’s mass media with the actual historical facts.

Assessment and Award / 评核及学衔

A Certificate for Module (Japanese Sengoku Period) will be awarded within the HKU system through HKU SPACE to students who have satisfied the following criteria:

• achieve 70% attendance of the programme; and
• pass all the assessments

学员符合下列所有要求，将可按香港大学体制，经香港大学专业进修学院颁授「证书(单元 : 日本战国时代)」：

• 出席率达70%或以上；及
• 通过所有评核取得合格成绩

此课程已列入持续进修基金可发还款项课程名单。如学员成功修毕课程及符合有关条件，可获发还有关课程费用的最多80%（首10,000元）及60%（次15,000元）。申请人可不限次数申领合共最多 25,000 港元的资助，但必须在成功修毕基金课程后的一年内（注：根据成功修毕课程日期或指定的语文基准试的考试日期（如适用），以较后者计一年内）递交申请。该基金申请视乎持续进修基金可供运用款项的多寡审批（以上资料如有更改，以CEF网页内资料为准）。

• 课程总成绩达50%。及
• 达到70%出席率