Asian Classics Through Art
Mon, Apr 5, 2021Online
A series of 5 monthly lectures online exploring art related to classic Asian epics from Japan, Java, India and Persia
A Dish Best Served Cold: the Akō Incident and the Forty-seven Rōnin
For over 300 years the story of the forty-seven rōnin has been retold endlessly on the stage, in print and on the large and small screens, transforming it from a national legend of Japan to an international phenomenon
