Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils and sunshine! Spring is undoubtedly in the air: or in Japanese 春の陽気 (haru no yōki). The Sainsbury Institute hosted the Centre for Japanese Studies’ Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Students’ Conference last week, and our twelve participants enjoyed Norwich at its best: clear blue skies, crisp starlight nights with the aligned planets all on […]
Katsushika Hokusai (1769-1849) could turn lead into gold. This was the premise of the Sainsbury Institute’s Third Thursday Lecture given by Dr Ellis Tinios titled ‘Hokusai the Alchemist’ on 20 February 2025. Instead of discussing the widely praised and studied inventiveness and variety of Hokusai’s work (his genius), Tinios turned our attention to the way […]
Sadly for the Institute, Ryoko leaves us this month to take up a newly established professorial position in Kyoto in a new Department of Art and Design at her alma mater, Ritsumeikan University. Ryoko has been with the Sainsbury Institute since 2018, when she curated our first major foray into the world of digital arts, […]
Last week, we were delighted to invite a group of students to Norwich to participate in the Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Student Conference which ran 03-07 March. Generously supported by the Toshiba International Foundation and organised by the Sainsbury Institute and the Centre for Japanese Studies, UEA, the event brought together students at advanced undergraduate and […]