Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Bill Coaldrake brought the Taitokuin, the mausoleum of the second Tokugawa Shogun, Hidetada, back to life through his exemplary lecture, Taitokuin Reborn. The mausoleum itself, in the grounds of Zōjōji temple some three kilometres south of Edo Castle, was destroyed in the closing days of the Second World War. Whereas the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, […]
I am writing this en route from London to Fukuoka in northern Kyushu where I will be speaking at a conference on The Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites of the Munakata Region World Heritage Site, where we will be concluding a Memorandum of Understanding with the Fukuoka Prefectural World Heritage Promotion Division to […]
It is a pleasure to introduce myself and my research in this month’s edition of the Sainsbury Institute e-bulletin. I arrived in Norwich only a few days ago, and I am very honoured to be here as one of the current Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellows, 2026-27. I was born in Padova, a beautiful city […]
Between Tuesday 01 to Sunday 13 September 2026, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow Dr. Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida gave local audiences in Norwich an insight into the world of women in traditional craft in Tokyo through a specially curated exhibition, Making Tokyo’s Craftswomen Visible: Traditional Techniques in Motion. Despite their long history of working in craft […]