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Date(s) - 4 Dec 2015
3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location
Fisher-Bennett 401, University of Pennsylvania
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Please join Penn’s Art History Department at a lecture by Prof. Peter Kornicki (East Asian Studies, Cambridge University), author of The History of the Book in Japan, on Friday, Dec. 4 at 3:30, Fisher-Bennett Hall 401.
Professor Kornicki be talking about Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684-1751), the eighth shogun, and his book collecting practices. The lecture is titled: “Cover Story: Why did Yoshimune’s books need new covers?”