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LACMA: Lecture: Transposing The Tale of Genji
When
Sunday, December 04, 2011
3:30 PM
Location
LACMA (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, December 4, 2011
3:30pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Dorothy Collins Brown Auditorium
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Written a millennium ago by Murasaki Shikibu,
The Tale of Genji
has captured the hearts of generations of Japanese audiences.
Lynne K. Miyake, professor of Japanese, Asian studies, and Asian American studies at Pomona College, delivers the Twenty-fourth Annual Michele Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese Art, in which she traces the incredible cultural journey of what is considered to be the world’s first novel to its current influence on manga comics.
Free admission.
Reservations required. Call (323) 857-6565 by November 28. Seating is limited.