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Gallery Talk: The Cinematic Worlds of Medieval Japanese Handscrolls [CANCELED]

Earthquake, from the Legendary History of the Jin’o-ji, Japanese, Nambokuchō period, c. 1350–1400. Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Hofer Collection of the Printed and Graphic Arts of Asia in honor of Professor and Mrs. Edwin A. Cranston, 1973.64.

Gallery Talk

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

This event has been canceled.

Graduate student Leah Justin-Jinich will examine sacred handscroll paintings from Japan, focusing on how cinematic techniques and slapstick humor are used to bring these narrative paintings to life.

Our galleries are full of stories—this series of drop-in talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.

Offered by:
Leah Justin-Jinich, Ph.D. candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; and graduate student intern, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums

Free with museums admission. Gallery talks are limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before each talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Museums staff will be on hand to collect tickets.