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
【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “When a Woman Grieves in Bunraku: The Expression of Sorrow as Exemplified by Ushiro-buri” (November 2)
【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “Buraiha Writers and Literary Monuments: On the Deaths of Sakaguchi Ango, Dazai Osamu, and Dan Kazuo” (September 3)
【Event Report】Dr. Daniel Poch (University of Hong Kong) Public Lecture| “Sexuality and Aesthetic Knowledge in Mori Ōgai’s Literary Fiction”
【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “From Karma to Kabuki: Kasane and the Making of an Early Modern Ghost” (July 2)
Dr. Daniel Poch (University of Hong Kong) Public Lecture | Sexuality and Aesthetic Knowledge in Mori Ōgai’s Literary Fiction | Thursday, June 25, 2026