Our Symposium, "The Makino Collection at Columbia," was a success. A total of 64 people attended throughout the day. The week following the symposium, we had extended viewing of the Collection (for 5 hours per day). Several visitors to the Makino Collection viewed portions of the Collection, with many of you emailing me with great […]
Category: Charlie Chaplin and Kono Toraichi
Charlie Chaplin and Kono Toraichi
In addition to Japanese and East Asian materials in the Makino Collection, there are items related to Western film stars. This includes materials related to Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin visited Japan four times in his life and was clearly a popular star there – as everywhere else in the world. Chaplin was even in Japan in […]