About the lecture

In this module we think about what Japan was like in the mid-19th century, focusing in particular on the social, economic and cultural developments that had taken place during the Tokugawa shogunate.

About the lecturer

Andrew Cobbing is Associate Professor in History at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on cultural relations between Japan and the West with particular reference to the experience of samurai travellers and the diaries they kept during their explorations abroad. His recent publications include Kyushu, gateway to Japan: a cultural history (2009) (as editor) and Hakata: the cultural worlds of northern Kyushu (2013).