Grantee tags Japanese culture

Meet Murasaki Shikibu Followed by Book-Signing, and Other Things

Izumi, Julia

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

In this theatre/stand-up hybrid comedy, Murasaki Shikibu, author of one of the first novels ever written, comes to our contemporary world and holds a book-signing at a struggling bookstore. It seems she has much to say and many opinions to share on anything and everything -- except for her own book. Read More