“A Thousand Years of Genji: Envisioning the Tale of Genji, Canonization, Popularization, and Visual Culture”
October 2, 2008
6:00 – 7:30 PM
“A Thousand Years of Genji: Envisioning the Tale of Genji, Canonization, Popularization, and Visual Culture”
Haruo Shirane, Professor of Japanese Literature, Columbia University
Location: 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University (116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
To celebrate the one-thousandth anniversary of The Tale of Genji, one of the great classics of Japanese literature, the Keene Center presents a special lecture by Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature at Columbia University. Prof. Shirane is an eminent Genji scholar and is editor of the recent publication Envisioning the Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production (Columbia University Press, 2008). A reception follows the talk.
This lecture is offered as part of a special Genji Millennium celebration.
