Part One: Bibliography

1.You will submit a preliminary bibliography.

Choose ONE of the following primary documents. These are available on Canvas.

a."Codes of Merchant Houses: The Testament of Shimai Soshitsu (1610)",

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/japan/shimai_soshitsu.pdf

b."Excerpts from The Greater Learning for Women(Onna daigaku )", http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/japan/ekken_greaterlearning.pdf

c."Excerpts from Hagakure ("In the Shadow of Leaves"): On Death, Living in the Moment, Speaking, etc.",http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/japan/hakagure_wilson_version.pdf

part-2 analyze the primary document selected in Part One. T