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STUDENT PAPERS

The following papers are written by Washington University students
enrolled in East Asian Studies 226: Japanese Civilization Fall 2000 and 2001

In response to the First Essay Assignment (Fall 2000 and 2001), a number
of students attempted their hands at "the day-in-the-life" exercise. Others
wrote on the development of Buddhism; and a smaller number compared
the Heian with the later Medieval periods. Whereas all the papers
submitted for this assignment were outstanding, the following were
particularly noteworthy:

Topic One: Defining the Aristocrat and the Warrior

Topic Two: A Day in the Life

Topic Three: Buddhist Developments