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CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
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Centre for Japanese Research:
This week's Lunchtime series, Tea and Transformation in Medieval Japanese Folklore and KIREI SABI and the World of Enshu Sado
Lunchtime Series:
Narrative, Performance, and "Premodern" Forms:
Ishimure Michiko's Contemporary Noh Play Okinomiya
and its Costuming by Shimura Fukumi
Tuesday, October 23rd
Time: 12:30pm
Asian Centre, room 604
Dr. Christina Laffin
Join Dr. Laffin as she examines Ishimure's contemporary noh play Okinomiya and its production from the perspective of translator and tangential contributor. Her presentation will talk about how scholars and interlocutors have approached Ishmure's complex use of narrative, voice, and dialect by sometimes reducing it to an interaction with classical, traditional, or premodern forms.
What does this tell us about our understanding of the "premodern" and why is a noh play about war, natural disaster, and human sacrifice being painstakingly produced
in 2018?
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Tea and Transformation in Medieval Japanese Folklore:
The Legend of Sotan Inari and
the Tsukumogami "Tool Spirits"
Friday, October 26, 2018
1:00 PM
I. K. Barber Learning Centre, Dodson Room 302 (1961 East Mall)
By: Professor Tokuda Kazuo
Professor Tokuda Kazuo of Gakushuin Women's College offers a firsthand look at medieval tales and legends of supernatural transformations connected with
Japanese tea culture. In one such tale, a fox learns the tea ceremony so well that he is able to disguise himself as Sen Sotan, the grandson of the great tea master, Sen no Rikyu. In other legend, it is said that once everyday objects, including utensils for tea preparation and flower arrangement, grow old and worn, they come to life in the form of charming demons (yokai) that haunt the night.
The talk will be followed by a viewing of original illustrated hand-scrolls, books, and colour woodblock prints.
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KIREI SABI and the World of Enshu Sado:
An Afternoon of Traditional Japanese Tea Culture with
KOBORI SOJITSU, Grand Master
Friday, October 26th
3:30 PM
Royal Bank Cinema at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
By: KOBORI Sojitsu, Grand Master
Join us for this rare opportunity to learn about traditional Japanese tea culture in
the Enshu tradition with KOBORI Sojitsu, 13th Grand Master of the Enshu Sado
School. Ever since its founding in the early 17th century by KOBORI Enshu-tea
instructor to the Tokugawa shogunate, painter, calligrapher, poet, architect, and
garden designer-the Enshu Sado School has upheld the spirit of kirei-sabi, the
aesthetic of gracefulness and simplicity.
The presentation will include an introduction to the history and aesthetics of the Enshu Sado School accompanied by a formal tea preparation in the Enshu tradition.
The audience is invited to stay for a bowl of matcha tea in the Great Performers' Lounge following the program.
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That's all for now
Have a great week!
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