In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury InstituteThursday 16 July, 2026Read more
6:00pm BST - 7:00pm BST
Women in Japan’s Contemporary Craft: Crossing the Boundaries of ‘Tradition’ in Arakawa, Tokyo
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury InstituteThursday 18 June, 2026Read more
6:00pm BST - 7:00pm BST
Rewriting History Through Art: The Challenge of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Robert Sainsbury Lecture - Sainsbury Institute - Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEAWednesday 13 May, 2026Read more
5:00pm BST - 6:15pm BST
Beauty in Shadows: Tanaka Isson's Paintings from the Japanese Southern Islands of Amami Ōshima
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury InstituteThursday 16 April, 2026Read more
6:00pm BST - 7:00pm BST
Beyond Doom and Gloom: How Disasters, Survival, and Recovery Have Shaped Japanese Culture
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury InstituteThursday 19 March, 2026Read more
6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Pilgrimage from Nara to Norwich: Commonalities Across Cultures and Religions
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury Institute - The Hostry, Norwich CathedralThursday 19 February, 2026Read more
6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Samurai, Knights, and Nationalisms: The Middle Ages in Modern Japan
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury Institute - The Hostry, Norwich CathederalThursday 15 January, 2026Read more
6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Building Eternity: Japanese Perspectives on Sustainability and the Sacred
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury Institute - Lecture Theatre 1, UEA, NR4 7TJThursday 18 December, 2025Read more
5:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury InstituteThursday 20 November, 2025Read more
6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
The Art of Manga
Third Thursday lecture - Sainsbury InstituteThursday 16 October, 2025Read more
6:00pm BST - 7:00pm BST
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures