HASEKURA TSUNENAGA Conference on the History of an Unusual Traveler

On March 7th at 10 am in the Nostromo Hall there will be a conference on the figure of the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga, the first Japanese ambassador in Europe to the Holy See, who stayed in Santa Severa in the year 1615, during the Papacy of Paul V.

In a historical period in which we witness the journeys of discovery to the East and the European missionaries arrive in Asia to spread the Teaching, Tsunenaga comes to Rome, in these lands kissed by the sea and is converted to Catholicism. Moreover, in the context of cultural relations between the Italian State and the Japanese Empire, the members of the Bunshin Bunkyo Musical Cultural Association of Ishikawa Prefecture will be hosted for a rehearsal of the Mozart Requiem in the ETHNO version in which, to the execution of the original movements of the famous Mozart opera, it alternates performances of traditional Japanese music with original instruments.

Free admission while seats last.