SOURCE: The Freer|Sackler
WHAT: Moonlight Revelry: A Rakugo Performance
WHEN: Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 12 pm & 2 pm
WHERE: S. Dillon Ripley Center in Lecture Hall
Special performances of rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of comic theater, mark the opening of the landmark exhibition Inventing Utamaro. Actor Katsura Sunshine brings to life a masterwork by the eighteenth-century artist Kitagawa Utamaro, revealing its hidden stories. This performance will be featured on NHK World