Past special exhibition

In 1940 (Showa 15), just before the Pacific War, a fateful encounter with Arthur Ueli's translation of The Tale of Genji led him to pursue a career as a Japanologist and introduce the charms of Japanese culture to the world. , and Donald Keene (1922-2019) who told the people of Japan.Traveling back and forth between the United States and Japan, he engaged in research and translation in a wide range of genres, including literature, history, and performing arts from ancient times to the present, and devoted himself to educating researchers of Japanese culture that followed.
In this exhibition, with the special cooperation of the Donald Keene Memorial Foundation, we will reexamine the charm, depth, and beauty of Japanese literature as seen from the world through the works of Donald Keene.Introduces works such as "Hyakudai no Kakyaku," which discusses diary literature from the Heian period to the Edo period, and "History of Japanese Literature," which has become his lifework.We delve into the Japanese spirit while showing Keane's love of traditional performing arts such as Noh and Kyogen, as well as his interactions with writers such as Junichiro Tanizaki and Yasunari Kawabata.