Technologies Of East Asian Performance: Presented by The Yanai Initiative@Waseda University & UCLA and the UCLA Center for Performance Studies
Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles
Free
4:30 pm January 26, 2018 243 Royce Hall In 1907, three sets of eighth-century objects were discovered from underneath the bronze pedestal of the seated Vairocana Buddha in the Great Buddha Hall, Tōdaiji, Nara prefecture. The objects were initially identified as examples of “platform pacifying objects” (chindangu), but their actual function has been debated...