Workshops
Samurai, Kissing Circles, and the Geometry of Shinto Shrines: an NCTA workshop for K-12 Educators
During the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868), Japan was somewhat isolated from the West, including the products of the European revolutions in math and science. At the same time, the Japanese witnessed a cultural renaissance in the visual and performing arts, music, fashion, ceremony … and mathematics. New problems and solutions appeared in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines across the Japanese landscape. In this talk, Dr. David A. Clark, Randolph-Macon College, and Master Educator Angie Miesle Stokes will help explore how wasan (“wa” = Japanese, “san” = mathematics) became so delicately folded into 18th century Japanese culture.