Asia Society Texas in partnership with Houston Ballet presents Genji, about a time when Japanese people really cultivated their own art. asiasocietytx HoustonBallet
“During this time period is when the Japanese people really cultivated their own forms of art,” says Kusuzaki. “Not only was it my mother’s favorite literary work, but it was written by a woman back in the day…It’s fiction, but you can understand and learn a lot about [Japanese] history through the novel, and so that intrigued me tremendously.”
“Even if you were a close family member, once you came of age you were divided,” says Kusuzaki. “But instead of featuring the division, I wanted to bring out the voices of the women, which was rare during that time.” “We tend to think of Genji as just going through one after the other, going through relationship after relationship, but each character does have their own voice and you do have their point of view,” says Kusuzaki. “I wanted to bring that out, that it may not have been like that. Maybe it was really the women that held him up, and brought him to life.”
Once she began reading the novel, Kusuzaki says she found the relationships and emotions of Shikibu’s work to be quite familiar.
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