The Tale of Genji and Japan's Golden Age
When: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Time: 6:30pm Drinks, 7pm Dinner
Where: 10th Floor Hilton Osaka
Guest Speaker: Bob Hengal
Cost: ￥4,000 Members, ￥6,000 Non-members
Nearly 1000 years ago Murasaki Shikibu began work on what would become one of the world's greatest novels: The Tale of Genji. The story of Genji paints a picture of the Heian Period when an elite class lived for pleasure and the pursuit of the arts. This talk will explore not only Murasaki's work but will give an overview of life in the Heian Period.
Bob has a Bachelor and Master Degrees from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where he majored in History. He has taught in Germany and Australia before coming to Japan in 1976. He has been teaching Asian and Japanese History at Canadian Academy in Kobe since 1976.
Please RSVP with menu preference to Sara Revell by Sunday, September 23rd.
SEPTEMBER MEETING DINNER MENUS
Please specify your menu preference when you RSVP by Sunday, September 23rd.
All menus include coffee with dessert: Freshly baked nashi pear tart, pineapple mousse with roasted white sesame ice cream
Regular
- Grilled black peppered tuna, basil-tomato vinaigrette
- Steamed sea bream on shrimp flan with mushroom essence
Meat
- Salad of frisee, autumn fruits and chestnut with goat cheese
- Walnut and cider vinaigrette
- Roast beef fillet with sweet potato duchesse, tarragon Madeira sauce
Vegetarian
- Salad of frisee, autumn fruits and chestnut with goat cheese
- Walnut and cider vinaigrette
- Sautéed eringi mushroom with celeriac flan and herbs, mushroom essence
