Yukio Lippit (Harvard University) highlights techniques being used in Japan to create replicas from the Shoso-in, an imperial treasury in Nara, Japan, that houses over 9,000 objects and ancient documents dating to the eighth century or earlier. A reception follows at the Spencer Museum of Art.
This program is made possible through support from the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Kyoto Bunka Kyokai and the United States-Japan Foundation (USJF).