Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Happy New Year! According to Japanese traditional belief, the Year of the Snake (巳) promises wisdom, adaptability and transformation, and is particularly associated with renewal, revival, and financial good fortune (encouraged by carrying a bit of snakeskin with you in some form): the snake is one of the incarnations of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Wealth […]
Thanks to the generous support of the Ishibashi Foundation, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures is delighted to announce the launch of a major new initiative, the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts. Directed at postgraduate students in Japanese arts from around the world, the programme is […]
Dr Luk gave us an insider’s view of the process of co-curating and pulling together a major international exhibition at the British Museum. This is the first time that a co-curatorial team has undertaken an exhibition of this scale, and the scope and span of the subject is really impressive. The British Museum is keen […]
We congratulate our Professor for Japanese Arts and Cultural Heritage, Toshio Watanabe, on his retirement and his subsequent appointment as Professor Emeritus. Toshio now becomes a Senior Advisor to the Sainsbury Institute and will continue with his various research projects. Toshio joined the Sainsbury Institute following a long and distinguished career at the Chelsea College […]