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To mark the tercentenary of the Ako Vendetta of 1701-03, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University will sponsor a variety of programs in the spring semester of 2003, including a film series, an exhibition of prints and books, a panel at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and a symposium. All events at Columbia are open to the public and free of charge. This program is made possible by a grant from the Weatherhead Program Development Fund of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University, and with the cooperation of the Waseda University Library and the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum. The Chushingura actor prints on this site are from the collection of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum and will be shown at the exhibition. |
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FILM SERIES: "Exacting Revenge: A Series of Eight Japanese Films" February 3-April 14 Altschul Auditorium (Room 417, International Affairs Building), Columbia University • All films in the series will be shown in Altschul Auditorium on Monday evenings starting at 7:45 pm. • Admission is free. • Please note that all films will be shown in VHS or DVD versions and that all films are in Japanese with English subtitles. Tales of revenge have been a staple of the Japanese narrative and performance arts since the seventeenth century and have continued as a major theme in modern film. From the classic tale of the vendetta of the Soga brothers of the twelfth century, on through legendary versions of such true stories of the Tokugawa period as the Forty-Seven Ronin of Ako, and continuing on to modern gangster films, revenge has struck a special chord with Japanese popular audiences, even though (or perhaps because?) real-life vendettas have been comparatively few in Japanese history. This film series explores the theme of revenge in modern Japanese cinema in the broadest sense, extending in period from the early eighteenth century until the 1970s. Eight of the greatest directors of postwar Japanese film are represented in these films, which were produced from the early 1960s into the 1980s. The series is planned as one of a variety of events sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture in the spring of 2003 in commemoration of the tercentenary of the historical vendetta of the Forty-Seven Ronin of Ako in 1701-02. The story of the Ako Ronin became the most famous of all Japanese revenge tales in the stage version known as "Chushingura," and is depicted in two of the films in the series.
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EXHIBITION: "Chushingura on Stage and in Print: An Exhibition of Books, Manuscripts, and Ukiyoe" March 24-April 18 Note: This program was originally scheduled from March 17 - April 11 Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Butler Library, Columbia University & Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University The exhibition consists of materials from the Waseda University Library, the Waseda Theatre Museum, and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia, and has been organized to mark a new cooperative agreement between the university libraries of Waseda and Columbia. The exhibition will be shown for four weeks, from March 24 through April 18, weekdays only, in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Butler Library, and in the Rare Book Room of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University. Butler Rare Book and Manuscript Library hours Monday: 12 pm-7:45 pm Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:45 pm C.V.Starr East Asian Library Rare Book Room hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday: 1 pm-5 pm Thursday: 10 am-8 pm
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ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES PANEL: "The Many Lives of the 47 Ronin: Three Centuries of Retelling the Chushingura Story" March 30 (Sun), 8:30 am-10:30 am New York Hilton Hotel Registration required: Contact AAS Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Panel #190
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SYMPOSIUM: "Rethinking Chushingura: A Symposium on the Making and Unmaking of Japan's National Legend" March 30 (Sun), 3 pm-6 pm March 31 (Mon), 9 am-6 pm East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University This symposium will follow immediately after the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, beginning on Sunday, March 30, at 3 pm in Buell Hall on the Columbia University campus, and continuing on through the following day of Monday, March 31.
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