News
【Yanai Initiative】Lecture By “Oppenheimer” Playwright Allan Marett “The Oppenheimer Noh: a story for the nuclear age viewed through an ancient lens.” (August 5)
Exploring Premodern Japan Series Vol. 13 Understanding Nyōbō through Women’s Writing in Heian and Kamakura Japan
Exploring Premodern Japan Series Vol. 12 Utamakura: Poetry and Place Names in Premodern Japan
Exploring Premodern Japan Series Vol. 11 Travel in Noh II
Exploring Premodern Japan Series Vol. 10 Travel in Noh I
Events
Dr. Daniel Poch (University of Hong Kong) Public Lecture | Sexuality and Aesthetic Knowledge in Mori Ōgai’s Literary Fiction | Thursday, June 25, 2026
Prof. Haruo Shirane Open Seminar | The Eco-Social Imaginary: A New Approach to Ghosts and the Supernatural in Japan | Wednesday, June 24, 2026
【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “Beyond the Travel Guide: Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s Portrayal of “Kyoto” and “Tourism”” (June 8)
Event Report：Public Lecture by Rachel Saunders, Assistant Professor at Princeton University
Event Report： Public Lecture by Takuya Tsunoda, Assistant Professor at Columbia University
