Chūshingura & the Edo Literary Imagination
Presented by: University of CalgaryCategory: Other Event
Price: $0
Date: February 25, 2016 – February 25, 2016
Address: 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Website: http://www.ucalgary.ca/
Speaker: Professor William Fleming (Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages, Literatures and Theater Studies, Yale University) In the spring of 1701, a daimyō from western Japan drew his sword against a senior shogunal official within the hallowed halls of Edo Castle. This rash, split-second decision set in motion a dramatic chain of events that is retold in a theatrical masterpiece that remains one of Japan’s most captivating and enduring cultural markers: Chūshingura, the story of the forty-seven rōnin. Chūshingura enjoyed immediate success on stage and quickly captured the Japanese popular imagination, inspiring all manner of imitators, adaptations, and parodies. This talk introduces several works of comic pictorial fiction based on the Chūshingura story and considers their significance as products of the flourishing literary culture of early modern Japan. Please e-mail llc@ucalgary.ca for more information. Website: http://llc.ucalgary.ca/event/2016-02-25/chushingura-edo-literary-imagination
Location:
ICT 122
Speaker:
Professor William Fleming (Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages, Literatures and Theater Studies, Yale University)
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/chushingura-edo-literary-imagination