JAPAN STUDIES LUNCHTIME SPEAKERS SERIES, 2024-2025
This talk, featuring Professor Joshua Mostow (University of British Columbia, Asian Studies), will explore how knowledge of the Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) collection spread among the commoner class in Japan’s early modern Edo period (1603-1868), becoming the foundation of popular literary literacy through the booming print culture, especially by means of illustrated commentaries in books and popular prints. A distinctly vernacular interpretative tradition will be revealed, which even influenced the earliest English translations of these poems.
This talk is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location:
CK Choi Building, Room 351, 1855 West Mall, Vancouver
