{"id":41725,"date":"2016-05-26T11:40:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T02:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=41725"},"modified":"2016-05-27T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T23:17:51","slug":"special-collections-exhibit-at-waseda-the-tale-of-genji-as-a-cultural-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/41725","title":{"rendered":"Special collections exhibition at Waseda: \u201cThe Tale of Genji\u201d as a cultural device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waseda Campus, 125th Anniversary Room on the 10th floor of Building 26, May 13, 2016<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160520_01.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumiyoshi, Jokei. <em>Genji Monogatari Senmen Gajo<\/em>. Early Edo period. 21.7\u00d728.3cm painting. Waseda University Library.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160520_02.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kano, Yusei.<em>Genji Monogatari Emaki: Shiki Genji<\/em>. Late Edo period. 30.5cm, 2 picture scrolls. Waseda University Library.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160520_03.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katsushika, Hokusai. <em>Genji Karuta<\/em>. 1812. Playing cards. Waseda University Library.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160520_04.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rare manuscripts and artifacts on display<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A special collections exhibition on \u201cThe Tale of Genji\u201d is currently held on campus. This masterpiece, written by Murasaki Shikibu in the eleventh century, is considered to be the world\u2019s first novel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tale of Genji\u201d has been passed down for centuries in many forms: a textbook for women and children, a manual for writing <em>waka<\/em> (classical Japanese poetry), a symbol of enthronement, and as a cultural device, like a fashion magazine, to understand the trends and social structure during the Heian period.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibition will mainly display items from the Kuyo Bunko Library.<\/p>\n<p>The Kuyo Bunko Library was originally part of Waseda University\u2019s Professor Emeritus Koichi Nakano\u2019s personal collection. Waseda University Library acquired theses rare manuscripts and artifacts through Professor Emeritus Nakano\u2019s generous donation.<\/p>\n<p>For convenience sake, we divided the exhibition into three themes: annotations, texts, and paintings. However, these items are not bounded by their categories but rather flow together in harmony. This exhibition is open to anyone looking to take a step away from reality and enter the dreamy world of Japanese literature.<\/p>\n<h4>Exhibition Information<\/h4>\n<p>Dates: May 13 \u2013 28, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 10AM \u2013 6PM<br \/>\nPlace: 125th Anniversary Room on the 10th floor of Building 26, Waseda University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waseda Campus, 125th Anniversary Room on the 10th floor of Building 26, May 13, 2016 A special collections exh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":41566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[185,114,167],"class_list":["post-41725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic","tag-arts-en","tag-asia-en","tag-culture-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41734,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41725\/revisions\/41734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}