Demonstration: Incense Demonstration

September 22, 1998

Demonstration: Incense Demonstration
Professor Seiji Lippit (Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA)
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

The appreciation of incense was a favorite pastime of Japanese courtiers and aristocrats, and incense contests were frequently described in The Tale of Genji and other literary works. Hata Masataka (Director of Shoeido Incense Co., Kyoto), Ota Kiyoshi (Professor of Buddhist Studies at Koka Women’s College and Master of the Shino School of Incense), and Morita Kiyoko (author of The Book of Incense) will demonstrate ancient Japanese incense rituals and speak on the relationship of incense and classical Japanese poetry.