≪Reading about Japan at I-House Library≫

“Nassrine Azimi and Michel Wasserman read from 'Last
Boat to Yokohama:The Life and Legacy of Beate Sirota
Gordon'”

Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015, 7:00 pm
Venue: The Library, International House of Japan

Readers: Nassrine Azimi (Senior Advisor, United Nations
Institute for Training and Research), Michel Wasserman
(Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
Language: English (without interpretation)
Admission: 1,500 yen (IHJ Members & Library Members:
free)
Reservation:
https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/programs/registration_lib
rary2/
or
https://goo.gl/q1ikbb

Beate Sirota Gordon (1923-2012) is well known for
drafting the equal rights clause of Japan’s new
Constitution.

In this reading session, Nassrine Azimi, who was a
friend of Beate and has often worked throughout her UN
career on post-war issues, and Michel Wasserman, who
has worked and written extensively on Japanese
performing arts and the reception of Western music in
Japan, will read from their latest book Last Boat to
Yokohama : The Life and Legacy of Beate Sirota Gordon.

It is a biography of Beate, including an in-depth look
at her father Leo Sirota (1885-1965), who made great
contributions to Western music in Japan through his
activities as a pianist and teacher during his stay in
Japan for 17 years, from 1929.

The Library, The International House of Japan
5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
TEL: 03-3470-3213 (Mon.-Sat., 9:00 am-6:00 pm)