The 2000 Soshitsu Sen XV
Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture
Makoto Ooka
at Columbia University
Kuruma-za (Sitting in a Circle):
Thoughts on Japanese Group Mentality
Monday, March 6th, 2000
Sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University
Introduction by Mr. John Ashbery, Poet
Opening Remarks by Mr. Peter Grilli of the Donald Keene Center
Introduction by Professor Donald Keene, University and Shincho Professor Emeritus
Mr. Ooka and Mr. Grilli with Mr. James Schoff and Ms. Jill C. Villatoro, Program Officers at the U.S.-Japan Foundation