Sunday 9 August 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Emmanuel College Queen’s Lecture Theatre
Emmanuel College, St Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB23AP
About
This free concert introduces a type of popular music from early modern Japan called shinnai bushi. The first of its kind in the UK and featuring renowned performers from Japan, this event transports you back to eighteenth century Japan in the megacity of Edo and its pleasure quarter.
All details below:
Free event: Japanese music from early modern Japan – Japanese Early Modern Palaeography
The event is part of the Thirteenth edition of the Mitsubishi Corporation Summer School in Early Modern Japanese Palaeography (University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies).
Contact
Prof Laura Moretti