Samurai, Kissing Circles, and the Geometry of Shinto Shrines
David A. Clark, Randolph-Macon College
During the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868), Japan was somewhat isolated from the West, including the products of the European revolutions in math and science. At the same time, the Japanese witnessed a cultural renaissance in the visual and performing arts, music, fashion, ceremony … and mathematics. New problems and solutions appeared in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines across the Japanese landscape. In this talk, Dr. David A. Clark, Randolph-Macon College, and Master Educator Angie Miesle Stokes will help explore how wasan (“wa” = Japanese, “san” = mathematics) became so delicately folded into 18th century Japanese culture.
Free and Open to the Public
If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact smith.12674@osu.edu. Requests made at least two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
This event is coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University . Sponsors: University of Pittsburgh national coordinating site for the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University.
