Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
It is typhoon season in Japan. I am writing this 32,000 feet above the Arctic Circle, en route back to the UK after a turbulent take-off from Tokyo’s Haneda airport, buffeted by the wings of Typhoon No 10, also known as Shanshan. Unprecedented levels of rainfall were predicted as we left, and services on the […]
During the two days of presentations related to Mingei, handicraft groups and dyeing techniques, art education of women in Japan, and Yunoki Samiro’s work and teaching ethos, a myriad of thought-provoking discussions arose. In the first day’s morning session, we experienced Yoko Kataoka‘s expertise in Bingata through a well-rounded explanation of the technique and a […]
The Sainsbury Institute’s July Third Thursday Lecture was a very special talk, and the first for quite a while to be held at the beautiful Norwich Cathedral, just across the Close from the Institute. For this lecture, we were joined by Dr. Akiko Yano, the Mitsubishi Corporation Curator for the Japanese Collections in the Asia […]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sainsbury Institute, we organised exhibitions featuring the works of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and e-tanzaku—small paper strips with pictures. The first exhibition, focused exclusively on Hokusai’s paintings, was held at Wells Maltings from 5-13 July. The second exhibition, which included both Hokusai’s paintings and the e-tanzaku, took place at […]