THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

WELCOMES THE

HAKUBI GROUP TO CAMPUS

SATURDAY 24 MAY, 1997

Fine weather, clear skies, and an abundance of tulips in full bloom welcomed the Hakubi Group for a morning of sightseeing at the University of Toronto's main St. George campus in the heart of downtown Toronto, adjoining the Parliament Buildings of Ontario.

The University of Toronto was established in the early 1830's. Its oldest building, known as University College, was built in 1856 and is one of Canada's historic sites of architectural importance. Like most of the campus buildings, it is built of hand-carved stone and inset with windows of stained glass, in the high Victorian Gothic style of the day.The Hakubi Group had its photograph taken on the front steps of this building.

Prof. Kenneth L. Richard then greeted Mr. Takayoshi Mizushima outside the adjoining building, called the Croft Chapter House, where the Hakubi Group would spend the rest of the morning listening to a lecture given by Prof. Richard on 'Mothers in The Tale of Genji.'

Mr. Mizushima looked particularly dashing in a beautiful silver-grey silk kimono with haori jacket,while Prof. Richard dressed in the usual university blazer.

The Croft Chapter House is built, again of stone, but in an earlier style of English architecture resembling a medieval chapel. The ladies in kimono looked especially charming against the background of the Chapter House and the tulips.

The round room inside the Chapter House was well suited for the Hakubi Group, allowing them each a seat around the large table. The lecture was designed to be informal, amusing where possible, and to be followed by a discussion and a light luncheon before the group had to depart for the short walk to the headquarters in Canada of The Japan Foundation, where they were to put on an afternoon show of kimono fashion for the general public. See the next section on that performance and reception sponsored by the Canada-Japan Society of Toronto.