Lecture: Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912

May 8, 2002

Lecture: Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
Donald Keene (University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University and Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature Emeritus)
Asia Society and Museum (725 Park at 70th Street, New York City)
6:30 PM
Tickets: $7 Asia Society members; $10 nonmembers; free to students with valid I.D. on a first come first served basis
Book signing and reception follow
For further information about this lecture, please call the Asia Society at (212) 517-ASIA (2742) or go to www.asiasociety.org
The preeminent American authority on Japanese literature presents a vivid and engrossing biography of the Emperor Meiji, who opened Japan to the West and saw the country transformed from a land dominated by the shogun and the daimyos to a modern, industrialized state.
This lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition New Way of Tea presented simultaneously at Asia Society and Museum and Japan Society, March 6 through May 19.
Co-sponsored by Asia Society and the Japan Society