Dear Friends and Supporters, Welcome to the Summer 2015 edition of our e-magazine.We hope you enjoy this edition. Warm Regards, Mami MizutoriExecutive Director
Issue 12 Summer 2015
Posted on: 29 August, 2015
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e-Magazine Issue 12 Summer 2015
Artist Profile
Posted on: 28 August, 2015
Moriguchi Kunihiko Moriguchi Kunihiko working in his studioThe textile art of Moriguchi Kunihiko demonstrates the powerful and creative energy that can be found in the best of Japanese art crafts (Kôgei). In addition to being a master yûzen textile artist, Moriguchi Kunihiko (b. 1941) is a visionary who can see the future through the past […]
Letters from Our Fellows
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Robert Hellyer I was delighted to spend three months at the Sainsbury Institute during the summer of 2014, an experience that helped me expand the parameters of my research project. For the past few years, I have been researching Japan’s place in the history of the global tea trade. In the mid-nineteenth century, Japan became […]
The Sainsbury Institute Abroad
Posted on:Ukiyo-e in Edo period publishing culture Ukiyo-e, or ‘pictures of the floating world’, is a familiar term even in the English language. Conjuring nostalgic images of traditional Japan, ukiyo-e prints have long been cherished outside of Japan in the West by enthusiasts since the late 19th century. However their production, distribution and domestic market history […]
Museums in Japan
Posted on:Sunritz Hattori Museum of Art Sunritz Hattori Museum of Arts is situated along the bank of Suwa Lake in Nagano prefecture, a prefecture located in the center of Japan. Designed by the late architect Uchii Shozo, renown for his iconic structures, the museum is a concrete modernist building conveniently located within 15 minutes walk from […]
Treasures of the Library
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The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement by Josiah Conder was published by Hakubunsha, a bookseller once in the Ginza district of Tokyo in 1891. One of the striking features of the book are the fourteen beautifully coloured woodblock prints of seasonal flowers, of which six are depicted by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Yoshitoshi […]
The Institute and Our Community
Posted on:Let’s Go Walkies! Heritage mapping for kids by kids For this edition’s ‘Institute and Community’ article, we are delighted to feature our colleague Kazz Morohashi. During the past two years, Kazz has been juggling work at the Institute, including creating the e-magazine you are reading, with her MA degree in Communication Design. In this article […]
Behind the Scenes
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Our numerous lecture series I would not be surprised if our Sainsbury friends told me that they have in the past been disappointed by the poor presentation style or the shallow content of a recent lecture attended somewhere else. In our day and age, there is already an easy abundance of information accessible with just […]