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Exhibitions

  • Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan

    Co-curated by Professor Simon Kaner, Executive Director of the Sainsbury Institute Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan, on display at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre 30 September 2022 – 3 September 2023, celebrates the rich culture of prehistoric Japan. Through a number of exquisite objects, some seen for the first time outside of Japan, the […]


  • Avebury and the Stone circles of Jomon Japan

    On display at Avebury, Wiltshire from May 2023. The prehistoric Jomon inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago constructed stone monuments which, although not megalithic, are comparable in area and function to the great stone circles of Avebury and Stonehenge. They were built and used over many years spanning multiple generations. They were used to mark time […]


  • Kyōsai: The Israel Goldman Collection

    19 March – 19 June 2022
    Royal Academy of Arts, London


  • The Citi exhibition Manga マンガ

    23 May – 26 Aug 2019
    British Museum, London


  • Julius Bissier and East Asia: The Realm of My Imagination

    19 May – 23 Sep 2018
    Städtische Museen Freiburg, Germany


  • Global Perspectives on British Archaeology

    8 Oct 2017
    The Forum, Norwich


  • Japanese Art Dolls: Muñecas artísticas de Ohno Hatsuko

    10 May – 23 Jun 2017
    Centro Cultural Hispano-Japonés, Salamanca, Spain


  • Kakiemon: a history of making Japanese porcelain

    23 June – 21 August 2016
    British Museum, London


  • One Thing Leads to Another – A Ceramic Journey

    3 Dec – 11 Nov 2015
    Sainsbury Institute, Norwich


  • Dressed to impress: netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion

    19 Jun – 17 Aug 2014
    British Museum, London


  • JAKUCHU Exhibition with high resolution reproduction

    11 – 15 Mar 2014
    Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London


  • Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art

    3 Oct – 5 Jan 2014
    British Museum, London


  • Beauty in Detail: Japanese Art Dolls by Ohno Hatsuko

    7 Jun 30 Oct 2013
    Corfu Museum of Asian Art, Greece


  • 1000 Years of the Art of Japanese Books: Treasures from the Tenri Central Library

    Exhibition, Partners EventThursday 18 Apr 2013 – Saturday 22 Jun 2013 | The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of LondonThornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG About the Workshop Tenri Central Library, in Japan, holds an extraordinary collection of rare books, including manuscripts and documents, about 1,830,000, roughly two-thirds of which are Japanese, Korean and Chinese […]


  • Japanese Art Doll by Ohono Hatsuko

    Japanese Art Dolls: Figurative Sculptures by Ohno Hatsuko

    13 Nov – 16 Nov 2012
    Assembly House, Norwich


  • Crown type pot. Middle Jōmon period, about 3000BC, earthenware. Excavated from the Iwanohara site, Niigata prefecture. Nagaoka Municipal Science Museum

    Flame and Water Pots: Prehistoric Ceramic Art from Japan


    4 Oct 2012 – 20 Jan 2013

    British Museum, London

Upcoming events

  • Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference 2023 - Climate Archaeology: Temporalities and Ontologies
    UEA
    Monday 18 December, 2023 - Wednesday 20 December, 2023
  • Nihonga: Restyling the Past and Present in Modern Japanese Painting
    Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury Institute
    Thursday 21 December, 2023

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