[CANCELLED]The Visualization of The Tale of Genji in Manga
Dr. Akihiko Niimi
Professor, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Asian Centre Room 604
*Please note this talk will be delivered in Japanese.
*Due to the snowstorm The Visualization of The Tale of Genji in Manga by Dr. Akihiko Niimi will unfortunately be cancelled. We apologize for any inconveniences.
In this lecture, Dr. Niimi will talk about the visualization of The Tale of Genji in manga. The readers of Japanese manga are divided into different categories by gender. Generally speaking, we could divide Japanese manga into four categories:
Shōjo manga (a manga type aimed at female adolescents),
Shōnen manga (a mange type aimed at male adolescents), Lady's Comic (a mange type aimed at female adults), and Seinen manga (a mange type aimed at male adults). Although most manga versions of
The Tale of Genji are targeting female readers, there are various types being produced in the visualization of
The Tale of Genji in manga. Dr. Niimi will talk about how the visualization of
The Tale of Genji in manga change from the 1970s to the present.
