Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
And so we approach the end of another year, Norwich has already enjoyed its first snowfall of the season and the Christmas decorations are up at 64 The Close. We still have a few more events to squeeze in before we break for Christmas and the New Year. I am heading to San Francisco this […]
Ahoy there me hearties! For our November treasure chest, Dr Michelle Damian gave us an excellent account of premodern piracy in Japan in three segments. The talk was designed to coincide with the major exhibition on Pirates at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (until late January 2026) which, although it contains nods to some […]
I’m delighted to be guest editing the December issue of the Sainsbury Institute Bulletin, at the end of a busy and successful year for the Institute’s Nara to Norwich project and at the start of a collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society and the Courtauld Institute of Art for a year-long series of lectures on […]
Okinawan Kōgei: Crafting Continuity and Change was held in Norwich from 29 October to 3 November 2025. The project presented a series of public events designed to introduce the diversity and dynamism of Okinawa’s contemporary crafts, along with the traditional knowledge and creativity that underpin them, to audiences. The programme included a four-day exhibition at […]