In the year 1008, Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting serving at the Japanese imperial court, wrote in her diary of the feverish excitement surrounding the distribution of her story, now known as The Tale of Genji. Demand was so high that a group of women was assigned the task of producing multiple copies under Murasaki’s […]

The Canadian Society for Asian Arts, the City of Vancouver Archives, the BC Provincial Heritage Fair and Emily Carr University of Art and Design faculty and students are collaborating to host an exhibition celebrating Asian Heritage Month and British Columbia Heritage month, May 2010. The City of Vancouver Archives gallery will host the exhibition of […]