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 books, and one-third Western, including Arabic and African books. 2013 will see J400 an international celebration of the 400th anniversary of Japan-UK relations with a series of cultural events planned in Japan and the UK throughout the year. This exhibition is to be part of that cultural programme intending to present together and show for […]