Tetsuo Najita, eminent scholar of Japan’s early modern and modern intellectual history, 1936-2021
Historian remembered for ‘exemplary combination of kindness and rigor’
Lost art of “magic lantern” performance comes to life at Rockefeller
On Friday, April 22, the Minwa-za Company of Tokyo enchanted the crowd at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel with the lost art of magic lantern performance, utsushi-e. This Japanese art form uses lanterns (furo) and slides (taneita) to project brightly color...
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Scholars revive China’s broken treasures
Historical sleuthing and digital techniques help Smart Museum recreate Buddhist cave temples.
Susie Allen