Rethinking “Nature” in Japanese Literature and Culture
Rethinking “Nature” in Japanese Literature and Culture
(in English with Discussion in Japanese)
Thursday, 30 April 2026, 4:00-6:15 PM
Kent Hall, Room 403, Columbia University
Preregistration required. Register HERE. Seating is limited.
Hanako KINOSHITA
Professor of Japanese Literature, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
University of Tokyo
“Nature, Reclusion, and “The Ten-Foot Square Hut” (Hōjōki)” (4:10-4:50 PM)
Keisuke UNNO
Professor of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences
Waseda University
“Spiritual Awakening of Non-Sentient Objects, Painting, and the Intersection of Buddhism and Animism in Medieval Japan” (5:00-5:40 PM)
Discussants:
Haruo Shirane (Columbia University) and
Yoshitaka Yamamoto (Yale University)
