Self-Introduction and Ozu question

[Julie Nelson Davis]

Hello,

I am completely new to the list, although I have loitered about the 
website for some time, and am hoping that I might rely upon the experise 
of those on the list for some assistance.

I am also an amateur in the field of film studies, having been trained as 
an art historian, and am now teaching a Japanese cinema course with an 
emphasis on film as an extension of the "visual continuum" of Japanese 
culture.  There are many connections between cinema and more traditional 
media, and we are primarily involved in those kinds of concerns.

As an art historian, my area of specialization is in ukiyo-e prints, and 
I wrote my dissertation on the famous print artist, Kitagawa Utamaro.  I 
am more familiar, of course, with visual works in the pre-modern period, 
but am increasingly intrigued by film.

I would also like to ask a question of the list regarding Ozu's _Late 
Spring_. Has the Noh play been identified?  And do what know what exactly 
is going on in the play at that moment? I have not seen this discussed in 
the sources I have briefly consulted, and hope that someone might point 
me in the right direction.

Thank you in advance.

Julie Nelson Davis
Lecturer, Japanese Art History
School of Art, University of Washington