Laudable Landscapes: Famous Places and the Japanese Tradition of Cultural Geography

April 30, 2014 - April 30, 2014
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The Japanese archipelago has long been full of geographical sites charged with particular significance in visual art, material culture, and literature. Known as famous places, or meisho, these fascinating micro-geographies continue to inspire complex appreciations of landscape owing to the thick layers of meaning they have accumulated over time. Professor Robert Goree, Instructor of Japanese Literature at Boston University, an authority on cultural geography in early modern Japan, leads us on a journey as he highlights works featuring famous places in Points of DepartureFollowed by a reception.

This lecture is part of the exhibition-related programming for Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum.
 
Tickets: $12/$8 Japan Society members

Arts & Culture Lecture Programs are made possible by funding from the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund.
 
Additional support is provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.

  • Apr 30, 2014 at 6:30 pm