February 2023 Message from the Acting Director

January was a busy start to the new year for the Sainsbury Institute. Between Friday 13th to Sunday 15th January, we were delighted to help host the 39th annual conference of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group in Norwich. The group aims to promote dialogue and cooperation between UK and Japan, and is formed of members […]

Report on the talk ‘Reflections of The Sun Goddess: The Evolution of a Japanese Myth Over Time’

Dr. Tetsuei Tsuda, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, is a professor in the Department of Comparative-art and currently a visiting researcher at The Sainsbury Institute. Speciailising in the history of Japanese and Oriental religious culture and art in the ancient and medieval periods, Dr Tsuda provides this month’s report on our Third Thursday Lecture. The first […]