The mission of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures is to promote world class research and be a leader in the study of Japanese arts and cultures from the past to the present. — COPY – Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

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Jews in Japan during the Asia Pacific War (1941)

News

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023, we are publishing a special article written by Dr...
Online Jomon Matsuri: Winter Solstice 2022

Online Jomon Matsuri

Professor Simon Kaner will be spending the Winter Solstice (morning of 22 December) at Stonehenge,...
Call for Applications: Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2023-24

Fellowships, Study

We are now inviting applications for the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2023-24. The Fellowships...

June 2022 Message from the Executive Director

As those of you who follow us on social media already know, the roses bloomed...
Faraway is close at hand in images of elsewhere

Report on the talk ‘Distinguishing the Phoenix: Conceptual Landscapes of Buddhist India in Medieval Japan’...
From shogakai to sake: a week in the life of an MA student

As teaching finishes for our MA students and they begin the preparation of their final...