Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
“We are Shingon Buddhist monks from Hasedera in Nara, Japan.We have visited Norwich to pray for people’s happiness and world peace.We would like to thank you for welcoming us so kindly.Our country is very far from the UK. However, the skies of both countries are connected as one.So we believe that our souls also can […]
Ellen Van Goethem is a scholar of early Japanese Buddhism and Shinto working at the University of Kyushu. Her talk on the 16 May was a wonderful way to kick off a nine-day celebration of the Nara to Norwich project and the 25th anniversary of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and […]
From Monday 20 – Saturday 25 May, the Sainsbury Institute was delighted to bring an ambitious display of information boards, artworks and a 12m replica scroll from the Hase Temple in Japan right to the heart of Norwich. Suspended in full from the ceiling of the Atrium at The Forum, the scroll formed the centrepiece […]