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.

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