Culture & Society

Guided tour

Mori Ōgai Memorial

Love between Fact and Fiction: A biographical backdrop to Mori Ōgai’s story "The Dancing Girl" (1890)

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  • Duration approx. 30 min
  • In German
  • Limited number of participants

Ōgai's autobiographically inspired novella “The Dancing Girl” is considered the beginning of modern literature in Japan. It tells the story of a Japanese scholarship holder who finds happiness in love with a dancer in Berlin in the 1880s. Nora Bartels' guided tour of the permanent exhibition focuses on this controversial love story.

From 19:30 until 20:00

From 21:30 until 22:00

Unfortunately, the Mori Ōgai Memorial is not barrier-free.

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