A talk in conjunction with the Beinecke Library building-wide exhibition, “Revisiting the Past—Imagining the Future,” on view through July 9.
Haruko Nakamura, Librarian for Japanese Studies, will discuss some of the items she selected for the exhibition.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3kQr8ow
This exhibition features books, manuscripts, and visual materials from many different time periods and locations. Some of the materials have been at Yale for decades, others have only recently been added to the collections. More information: https://bit.ly/3J2EY12
The materials on view in the show include Gōketsu Karuta 豪傑カルタ [Playing cards of great men]. Japan, c. 1930–1940.
Mondays at Beinecke online talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and question and answer beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm.