On April 13–14, 2019, the symposium, “Illuminating The Tale of Genji: New Art Historical Perspectives,” was held in conjunction with the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated.
Symposium program:
Saturday, April 13 – At Columbia University
614 Schermerhorn Hall
10:00 am Welcome. Matthew Mckelway.
10:15–12:45 Motoaki Kōno (Seikadō Bunko Museum)
Masayuki Kawada (Kubosō Art Museum)
Aya Ryūsawa (Kinjō Gakuin University)
Haruo Shirane (Columbia University)
2–5:30 pm Special focus on “Maboroshi no Genji emaki” (“Phantom Genji” handscrolls)
Naoko Kojima (Risshō University)
Midori Sano (Gakushūin University)
Tōru Takahashi (Independent scholar)
Estelle Bauer (Columbia University, INALCO)
Masako Watanabe (Independent scholar)
Discussion led by Melissa McCormick (Harvard University)
Sunday, April 14 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sacerdote Hall, Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance)
10:30 am Welcome. John Carpenter
Kyōko Kinoshita (Tama University)
Tomoko Sakomura (Swarthmore College)
Monika Bincsik (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Matthew McKelway (Columbia University)