Participant Info
- First Name
- Kendra
- Last Name
- Strand
- Country
- United States
- State
- IA Iowa
- kendra-strand@uiowa.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Iowa
- Website URL
- Keywords
- premodern Japan, medieval Japan, literary history, book history, geography, landscape, travel, pilgrimage, waka poetry, text-image, calligraphy, paper decoration
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I specialize in premodern Japanese literature and visual culture, with expertise in travel writing, poetry, calligraphy, text-image interaction, and book history. In my first book project, I am investigating descriptions of travel to famous places in the poetic canon by aristocratic and warrior elites of fourteenth-century Japan. My teaching interests extend to the ways in which historical themes surface in contemporary popular culture.
- Recent Publications
“Souvenirs for the Capital: A Travel Journal by Sōkyū.” Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques, 71.2 (De Greuter Press, June 2017).
“Hashihime: Bridging Text and Image in the Tale of Genji Scrolls.” In Dennis Washburn, trans., Tale of Genji (Norton Critical Edition, in press).
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Japan
- Expertise by Geography
- Asia
- Expertise by Chronology
- Medieval, Pre-17th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Book History
