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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2026
College University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Comprehensive Courses)
Course Code FA512
Theme・Subtitle Introduction to Japanese Philosophy
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Fri.2
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Credits 2
Course Number CMP2131
Language English
Class Registration Method Exceptional Lottery Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
Course Cancellation 〇(履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/about/disclosure/educational_policy/qo9edr0000006ur7-att/zengakukyoutu_sougou.pdf
Notes

【Course Objectives】

1.Understand key figures and themes in Japanese philosophy 2.Compare Japanese and Western philosophical assumptions 3.Practice active reading and interpretive strategies 4.Apply philosophical concepts to personal and social questions

【Course Contents】

This seminar systematically introduces the Japanese philosophical tradition through four pillars: Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, and modern philosophy. Without reducing these traditions to Western philosophical frameworks, it aims to elucidate the distinctiveness of Japanese thought while engaging with universal philosophical questions from a comparative philosophical perspective. The secondary source for the seminar is Thomas Kasulis’s Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook. This seminar is given in English only. Fluency in Japanese is not required. Each class will have a lecture in the first half. In the second half, students will be assigned joint work and discussion based on the lecture.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 Introduction to Japanese Philosophy: What is Japanese Philosophy?
2 Shinto and the Japanese Worldview: Kami, Nature, and the Sacred in Shinto Thought
3 Buddhism in Japan: Saichō and Kūkai: Tendai and Shingon
4 Zen Buddhism I - Soto Zen: Dōgen: Zen and the Philosophy of Direct Experience
5 Zen Buddhism II - Rinzai Zen: Kōan: Language and Its Limits
6 Pure Land Buddhism -Shinran: Evil Persons and Other-Power
7 Confucianism in Japan -Itō Jinsai and Ogyū Sorai: Ancient Learning School
8 Shintō in Edo period: Indigenous Religious Philosophy: Motoori Norinaga and Hirata Atsutane
9 The Kyoto School I - Nishida Kitarō: Absolute Nothingness and Pure Experience
10 The Kyoto School II - Nishitani and Tanabe: Nihility, Emptiness, and Metanoetics
11 Japanese Ethics - Watsuji Tetsurō: The Betweenness of Existence and Relational Ethics
12 Japanese Aesthetics - Kuki and Tanizaki: Philosophy of Japanese Aesthetics
13 Conclusion and review of major themes: Free Discussion 1 + Students' 3-5 mins Presentation on their Final paper
14 Free Discussion 2 + Students' 3-5 mins Presentation on their Final paper

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

Students will be assigned a reaction paper each week.

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 Reaction paper(40%)
Discussion(20%)
最終レポート(Final Report)(40%)
備考 (Notes)

【テキスト / Textbooks】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 Thomas Kasulis Engaging Japanese philosophy : a short history University of Hawaii Press 2018 9780824874070
その他 (Others)
There is no requirement to buy the text. However, the lecture uses the text as a secondary source.

【参考文献 / Readings】

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

Each lecture consists of joint group work and discussion based on the lecture. Students are required to actively participate and engage with the lecture.

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

Not in particular.

【その他 / Others】

Looking forward to having a fruitful discussion with you all!

【注意事項 / Notice】

・F科目中級(外国語による総合系科目)
・他に特別外国人学生が履修
・この授業は英語で実施する
・履修者はTOEIC®L&R 550点相当以上の英語力を有することが望ましい
・多彩な学び科目