Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki's lecture, “Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji is now available to watch on YouTube! youtu.be/N_A486BTWgc?...

“Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji

YouTube video by Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

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"Making Tokyo’s Craftswomen Visible": A photography exhibition by our postdoc fellow Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida | 1-13 Sep | The Old Piano Shop Gallery, Norwich www.sainsbury-instit...

This talk with Prof Bert Winther-Tamaki is happening on Thursday. It will be a good one! Don't miss it!

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Join us for a special keynote lecture at Norwich Castle Museum and online via Zoom! “Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji. Speaker: Prof Bert Winther-Tamaki. Thu 9 July 2026, 6.00–7.30pm BST More info & registration -> www.sainsbury-instit...

[July Third Thursday Lecture - In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan] 📢Professor Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) 🗓️ Thursday 16 July 2026, 6:00pm BST 📍 Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS, and on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/webi...

Join us for a special keynote lecture at Norwich Castle Museum and online via Zoom! “Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji. Speaker: Prof Bert Winther-Tamaki. Thu 9 July 2026, 6.00–7.30pm BST More info & registration -> www.sainsbury-instit...

Join us online for Alternative Paths in Japanese Arts: the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme Workshop! 9-11 July, plus 16 July www.sainsbury-instit...

Alongside his exhibition After Zero, IFNet Fellow Luis López Matus has published a new blog exploring the relationship between Japan’s Mono-ha movement and Mexican art. dig.sainsbury-instit...

Congratulations Eugenia! Professor Bogdanova-Kummer Wins Prestigious Kenneth B. Pyle Prize for Best Article in The Journal of Japanese Studies

Professor Bogdanova-Kummer Wins Prestigious Kenneth B. Pyle Prize for Best Article in The Journal of Japanese Studies - Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

We are delighted to announce that Professor Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer (Deputy Director and Professor of Japanese Arts at the Sainsbury Institute) has been awarded the Kenneth B. Pyle Prize for Best Article in The Journal of Japanese Studies (JJS) 2025. The prize recognises Professor Bogdanova-Kummer’s outstanding essay: “Zen Violence: The Legacy of Nantenbō Tōjū’s Calligraphy in […]

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[Women in Japan’s Contemporary Craft: Crossing the Boundaries of ‘Tradition’ in Arakawa, Tokyo] June Third Thursday Lecture | 18 June, 6pm BST | In-person at Norwich Cathedral Hostry and online on Zoom | speaker: Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida | www.sainsbury-instit...

Read our IFNet Fellow Emily Clarkson's blog series Dispatch from the Archive to find out how she's progressing with the archiving project of artist Takako Saito. dig.sainsbury-instit...

Here's an article from Norwich University of the Arts that mentions our collaboration with them: Norwich hosts visit from the Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom norwichuni.ac.uk/news/norwich...

Norwich hosts visit from the Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom

Norwich University of the Arts welcomed Ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki to tour the university’s creative technology facilities and explore ongoing research projects.

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Our IFNet Fellow Edi has organised a symposium in Mexico where she is based on 29 May 2026 as part of the her research project for the IFNet programme. Find out more: dig.sainsbury-institute.org/ifnet/stagin...

Always fun to do something fancy, so was lovely to be invited to a civic dinner in the company of Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Big thanks to @sainsbury-institute.org for the invite and all of their work in promoting Japanese culture regionally and beyond.

The Robert Sainsbury Lecture is today at 5pm BST. Join us in-person or online from the link: www.sainsbury-institute.org/events/rewri...

Rewriting History Through Art: The Challenge of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

Wednesday 13 May, 2026 @ 5:00pm BST - 6:15pm BST - In person lecture at the Thomas Paine Study Centre Lecture Theatre, University of East Anglia (NR4 7TJ) and online via Zoom. 60 min lecture followed ...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures@sainsbury-institute.org · 3mo ago

Robert Sainsbury Lecture with Katsuo Suzuki (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Wed 13 May 5pm BST, Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEA, followed by a reception. Also available to watch online. More information: www.sainsbury-instit...

We’re delighted to announce that the poster and video presentations for the upcoming conference Transnational Japanisms: Art, Craft, Design (15-16 May) are available to view from a password protected page! Register here to get full access:

Transnational Japanisms: Art, craft, design - Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May 2026 This two-day conference will address the future of the study of art, craft and design in a transnational perspective. This event is held to honour the memory of Toshio Watanabe (1945-2025), late Emeritus Professor of Japanese Arts and Heritage at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts […]

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Cambridge Heritage Research Centre 26th Annual Symposium is currently underway (8-9 May). You can still join online to learn about the topic of heritage and ontological security and how it relates to ideas of reconciliation and commemoration.

We're wrapping up our Japan lecture series with a special talk on 14 May by Professor Simon Kaner from @sainsbury-institute.org on Japanese archaeology. Join us to explore 150 years of European entanglements in Japanese archaeology! Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260514

📢 Transnational Japanisms: Art, Craft, Design (15-16 May) The conference programme is now live! 💻 Livestream and online access available 🔗 Register via the conference website www.sainsbury-instit...

Robert Sainsbury Lecture with Katsuo Suzuki (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Wed 13 May 5pm BST, Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEA, followed by a reception. Also available to watch online. More information: www.sainsbury-instit...

Our Third Thursday Lecture is this week. We hope you can join us either in-person or online!

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures@sainsbury-institute.org · 4mo ago

Join us in-person at the Norwich Cathedral Hostry or online for April’s Third Thursday Lecture as Dr Eve Loh‑Kazuhara explores the luminous world of nihonga artist Tanaka Isson. 16 April 2026 6pm BST. www.sainsbury-instit...

Join Peter Kornicki, Emeritus Professor of Japanese at Cambridge, on 23 April for a lecture as he explores the dynamic relationship between manuscript and print cultures in Edo‑period Japan. Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260423

Join Prof. Simon Kaner for Circles of Stone, part of the open‑access International Seminar: Architecture, Design & Research, exploring heritage, interpretation, and preservation in a global context. 📅 17 April 2:30pm online 🔗 www.sainsbury-instit...

Join us in-person at the Norwich Cathedral Hostry or online for April’s Third Thursday Lecture as Dr Eve Loh‑Kazuhara explores the luminous world of nihonga artist Tanaka Isson. 16 April 2026 6pm BST. www.sainsbury-instit...

[Call for Applications: Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts 2026–27] Funding, mentorship, online training + 2027 UK residency for early‑career scholars in Japanese arts. Apply by 31 May 2026. More info:

Call for Applications: The Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts 2026-27 - Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

Project Summary: Since 2025, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures has established the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowships in Japanese Arts, a programme offered to exceptional candidates from around the world and generously supported by the Ishibashi Foundation. In 2025–26, five Network Leader Fellows were selected, and their research projects […]

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[Transnational Japanisms: Art, craft, design] Join us online for a two day conference in memory of Professor Toshio Watanabe (1945–2025) exploring the future of the study of art, craft and design in a transnational perspective. 15-16 May 2026. www.sainsbury-instit...

Join us on 31 March for an exploration of Japanese Noh theatre masks with master carver Kitazawa Hideta and author Jannette Cheong, as they reveal how these hauntingly beautiful masks are created and used! Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260331

IFNet blog - Emily Clarkson reflects on the death of the artist at the centre of her research. She writes movingly how this unusual situation became both a profound loss and a source of insight, purpose, and renewed motivation when she found herself facing writer’s block. dig.sainsbury-instit...

Prof Simon Kaner will be giving a talk titled 'Land of pots: sixteen millennia of ceramic creativity in the Japanese archipelago' at the Ceramics Symposium 2026 at Messums West tomorrow at 3pm. www.messums.org/product/cera...

Ceramics Symposium 2026 - Messums.org

Buy Ceramics Symposium 2026 at Messums. View artwork details, pricing, and secure checkout.

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[IFNet blog - Archipelagic thinking and the question of region: Japan within Asia] Edisabel Marrero Tejeda (PhD student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico) explains how she uses “archipelagic thinking” in her project. Curious? Find out more: dig.sainsbury-instit...

[Third Thursday Lecture - Beyond Doom and Gloom: How Disasters, Survival, and Recovery Have Shaped Japanese Culture]📍 Online via Zoom 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026 🕕 6:00–7:00pm GMT (50-min lecture + Q&A) us06web.zoom.us/webi...