Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
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Promoting top research on Japanese visual culture | Affiliated with UEA | 🎖️ Japan Foundation Award 2024 | Art, history & culture
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📢 Join us for Japan and Colonialism: A Transregional Approach
🗓 Thu 4 Dec | 🕙 10:00–12:00 GMT
📍 Earlham Hall EH 0.12, UEA
Open to all, no registration needed!
Talks + panel on Japan’s colonial history.
🗓 Thu 4 Dec | 🕙 10:00–12:00 GMT
📍 Earlham Hall EH 0.12, UEA
Open to all, no registration needed!
Talks + panel on Japan’s colonial history.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
📢 Join us for Japan and Colonialism: A Transregional Approach
🗓 Thu 4 Dec | 🕙 10:00–12:00 GMT
📍 Earlham Hall EH 0.12, UEA
Open to all, no registration needed!
Talks + panel on Japan’s colonial history.
🗓 Thu 4 Dec | 🕙 10:00–12:00 GMT
📍 Earlham Hall EH 0.12, UEA
Open to all, no registration needed!
Talks + panel on Japan’s colonial history.
NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG: Sacred Routes and Hydrological Worlds: Water and waterscapes in pilgrimage
Olivia Butler explores the central role that water and waterscapes play within routes linking sacred spaces and at sites of pilgrimage themselves.
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Olivia Butler explores the central role that water and waterscapes play within routes linking sacred spaces and at sites of pilgrimage themselves.
naratonorwich.org/sa...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG: Sacred Routes and Hydrological Worlds: Water and waterscapes in pilgrimage
Olivia Butler explores the central role that water and waterscapes play within routes linking sacred spaces and at sites of pilgrimage themselves.
naratonorwich.org/sa...
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Olivia Butler explores the central role that water and waterscapes play within routes linking sacred spaces and at sites of pilgrimage themselves.
naratonorwich.org/sa...
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NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG POST: Exploring Pilgrimage across Britain and Japan
For this week's post, project member Olivia Butler introduces the first in a series comparing pilgrimage sites across Britain and Japan.
naratonorwich.org/ex...
For this week's post, project member Olivia Butler introduces the first in a series comparing pilgrimage sites across Britain and Japan.
naratonorwich.org/ex...
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG POST: Exploring Pilgrimage across Britain and Japan
For this week's post, project member Olivia Butler introduces the first in a series comparing pilgrimage sites across Britain and Japan.
naratonorwich.org/ex...
For this week's post, project member Olivia Butler introduces the first in a series comparing pilgrimage sites across Britain and Japan.
naratonorwich.org/ex...
Meet Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida, a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. To find out more about the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, including eligibility and application process for the 2026–27 openings, visit: www.sainsbury-instit...
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Meet Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida, a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. To find out more about the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, including eligibility and application process for the 2026–27 openings, visit: www.sainsbury-instit...
Meet Dr Eve Loh-Kazuhara, a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. To find out more about the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, including eligibility and application process for the 2026–27 openings, visit: www.sainsbury-instit...
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Meet Dr Eve Loh-Kazuhara, a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. To find out more about the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, including eligibility and application process for the 2026–27 openings, visit: www.sainsbury-instit...
[ONLINE THIRD THURSDAY LECTURE - Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters]
Date: Thursday 20 November, 2025
Time: 6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Speaker: Dr Michelle Damian (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
Date: Thursday 20 November, 2025
Time: 6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Speaker: Dr Michelle Damian (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
[ONLINE THIRD THURSDAY LECTURE - Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters]
Date: Thursday 20 November, 2025
Time: 6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Speaker: Dr Michelle Damian (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
Date: Thursday 20 November, 2025
Time: 6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Speaker: Dr Michelle Damian (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
[In-person talk - Okinawan Craft: History and the Present]
📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔 5–7 PM GMT
📍 Duke St Lecture Theatre, NUA, Norwich
Speaker: Prof Junko Kobayashi
Free for all, booking essential. More info: www.sainsbury-instit...
📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔 5–7 PM GMT
📍 Duke St Lecture Theatre, NUA, Norwich
Speaker: Prof Junko Kobayashi
Free for all, booking essential. More info: www.sainsbury-instit...
October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
[In-person talk - Okinawan Craft: History and the Present]
📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔 5–7 PM GMT
📍 Duke St Lecture Theatre, NUA, Norwich
Speaker: Prof Junko Kobayashi
Free for all, booking essential. More info: www.sainsbury-instit...
📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔 5–7 PM GMT
📍 Duke St Lecture Theatre, NUA, Norwich
Speaker: Prof Junko Kobayashi
Free for all, booking essential. More info: www.sainsbury-instit...
NARA TO NORWICH PROJECT BLOG ✏️
Obsidian-knapping in the Oki Islands
Prof Simon Kaner explores how obsidian shaped Jōmon people & its importance in ancient Japan's networks.
🎥 Thanks to Makoto Shirai, Koji Yawata & Pauline Coste.
🔗 naratonorwich.org/ob...
Obsidian-knapping in the Oki Islands
Prof Simon Kaner explores how obsidian shaped Jōmon people & its importance in ancient Japan's networks.
🎥 Thanks to Makoto Shirai, Koji Yawata & Pauline Coste.
🔗 naratonorwich.org/ob...
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NARA TO NORWICH PROJECT BLOG ✏️
Obsidian-knapping in the Oki Islands
Prof Simon Kaner explores how obsidian shaped Jōmon people & its importance in ancient Japan's networks.
🎥 Thanks to Makoto Shirai, Koji Yawata & Pauline Coste.
🔗 naratonorwich.org/ob...
Obsidian-knapping in the Oki Islands
Prof Simon Kaner explores how obsidian shaped Jōmon people & its importance in ancient Japan's networks.
🎥 Thanks to Makoto Shirai, Koji Yawata & Pauline Coste.
🔗 naratonorwich.org/ob...
EXHIBITION - Okinawan Kōgei: Crafting Continuity and Change
Crypt Gallery, Norwich
29 Oct–1 Nov
Explore stunning works by contemporary Okinawan artists in weaving, bingata dyeing, ceramics & lacquerware. Curated by Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay. www.sainsbury-instit...
Crypt Gallery, Norwich
29 Oct–1 Nov
Explore stunning works by contemporary Okinawan artists in weaving, bingata dyeing, ceramics & lacquerware. Curated by Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay. www.sainsbury-instit...
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
EXHIBITION - Okinawan Kōgei: Crafting Continuity and Change
Crypt Gallery, Norwich
29 Oct–1 Nov
Explore stunning works by contemporary Okinawan artists in weaving, bingata dyeing, ceramics & lacquerware. Curated by Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay. www.sainsbury-instit...
Crypt Gallery, Norwich
29 Oct–1 Nov
Explore stunning works by contemporary Okinawan artists in weaving, bingata dyeing, ceramics & lacquerware. Curated by Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay. www.sainsbury-instit...
🥾 Pilgrimage and the Anthropocene
Next week, the Nara to Norwich team walks from Hase Temple to Ise Shrine, exploring pilgrimage, landscape & spiritual experience.
📖 Read the blog: naratonorwich.org/pi...
📸 Follow @Nara2Norwich on Instagram!
Next week, the Nara to Norwich team walks from Hase Temple to Ise Shrine, exploring pilgrimage, landscape & spiritual experience.
📖 Read the blog: naratonorwich.org/pi...
📸 Follow @Nara2Norwich on Instagram!
October 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🥾 Pilgrimage and the Anthropocene
Next week, the Nara to Norwich team walks from Hase Temple to Ise Shrine, exploring pilgrimage, landscape & spiritual experience.
📖 Read the blog: naratonorwich.org/pi...
📸 Follow @Nara2Norwich on Instagram!
Next week, the Nara to Norwich team walks from Hase Temple to Ise Shrine, exploring pilgrimage, landscape & spiritual experience.
📖 Read the blog: naratonorwich.org/pi...
📸 Follow @Nara2Norwich on Instagram!
Explore “Nara to Norwich” in VR! Read how the Forum exhibition went digital with Lateral North, bringing Japanese heritage to a global audience via XR. 🌍🏛️
📝 Blog: naratonorwich.org/exhibiting-n...
🎮 VR tour: naratonorwich.org/virtual-exhi...
📝 Blog: naratonorwich.org/exhibiting-n...
🎮 VR tour: naratonorwich.org/virtual-exhi...
September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Explore “Nara to Norwich” in VR! Read how the Forum exhibition went digital with Lateral North, bringing Japanese heritage to a global audience via XR. 🌍🏛️
📝 Blog: naratonorwich.org/exhibiting-n...
🎮 VR tour: naratonorwich.org/virtual-exhi...
📝 Blog: naratonorwich.org/exhibiting-n...
🎮 VR tour: naratonorwich.org/virtual-exhi...
We were delighted to welcome 32 students from Kyoto Saga University of Arts last week as part of their UK study tour. After visiting London galleries and joining a workshop at NUA, they engaged enthusiastically with our research projects at the Sainsbury Institute.
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We were delighted to welcome 32 students from Kyoto Saga University of Arts last week as part of their UK study tour. After visiting London galleries and joining a workshop at NUA, they engaged enthusiastically with our research projects at the Sainsbury Institute.
We’re pleased to announce the relaunch of our Nara to Norwich website, marking a new phase in the project. Explore new research themes, including Sacred Landscapes & Maritime Routes, and access our new VR exhibition online: naratonorwich.org/we...
September 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We’re pleased to announce the relaunch of our Nara to Norwich website, marking a new phase in the project. Explore new research themes, including Sacred Landscapes & Maritime Routes, and access our new VR exhibition online: naratonorwich.org/we...
The first of our joint lecture series on Japanese Studies with Royal Asiatic Society and Courtauld Institute of Art is taking place on Tue 9 Sep, in-person and online. Email mb@royalasiaticsociety.org to register royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-...
September 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The first of our joint lecture series on Japanese Studies with Royal Asiatic Society and Courtauld Institute of Art is taking place on Tue 9 Sep, in-person and online. Email mb@royalasiaticsociety.org to register royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-...
Third Thursday Lecture – Tradition Reimagined: Okinawan Art and Kōgei in the 21st Century | 18 Sep 2025 | 6pm | In-person at Norwich Cathedral Hostry and on Zoom | Speaker: Dr ErikoTomizawa-Kay (SISJAC/UEA). For in person registration email us, for Zoom: tinyurl.com/SepTTL
September 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Third Thursday Lecture – Tradition Reimagined: Okinawan Art and Kōgei in the 21st Century | 18 Sep 2025 | 6pm | In-person at Norwich Cathedral Hostry and on Zoom | Speaker: Dr ErikoTomizawa-Kay (SISJAC/UEA). For in person registration email us, for Zoom: tinyurl.com/SepTTL
Yesterday we welcomed 20 Tohoku University students to the Sainsbury Institute! Their EDI presentations were thoughtful, confident, and impressively delivered in English.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday we welcomed 20 Tohoku University students to the Sainsbury Institute! Their EDI presentations were thoughtful, confident, and impressively delivered in English.
Today we attended No More Hiroshimas: Norwich to mark 80 years since Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombings. We're grateful to Rev Joy Croft for inviting us, and Lauren Constance & Hasedera Temple for their powerful contributions. Image: Peace Pole, Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich.
August 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today we attended No More Hiroshimas: Norwich to mark 80 years since Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombings. We're grateful to Rev Joy Croft for inviting us, and Lauren Constance & Hasedera Temple for their powerful contributions. Image: Peace Pole, Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich.
Professor Simon Kaner is in Hiroshima today for the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. He shares this video of lanterns being launched on the Motoyasu River.
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Professor Simon Kaner is in Hiroshima today for the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. He shares this video of lanterns being launched on the Motoyasu River.
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of the Sainsbury Institute's Emeritus Prof Toshio Watanabe on 27 July. A cherished scholar, mentor and friend. www.sainsbury-instit...
August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of the Sainsbury Institute's Emeritus Prof Toshio Watanabe on 27 July. A cherished scholar, mentor and friend. www.sainsbury-instit...
Welcome to the July Third Thursday Lecture at the Norwich Cathedral Hostry!
July 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Welcome to the July Third Thursday Lecture at the Norwich Cathedral Hostry!
Our project website ‘Archives of Postwar Japanese Art in Europe’ is now live! Visit the site here: dig.sainsbury-instit...
July 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our project website ‘Archives of Postwar Japanese Art in Europe’ is now live! Visit the site here: dig.sainsbury-instit...
[Workshop]
'Japanese architectural history in action: reconstruction, conservation, restoration'
Date: Friday 11 July
Time: 14:00-17:30
Venue: Royal Asiatic Society, Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD and online via Zoom
Further information and to register: www.sainsbury-instit...
'Japanese architectural history in action: reconstruction, conservation, restoration'
Date: Friday 11 July
Time: 14:00-17:30
Venue: Royal Asiatic Society, Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD and online via Zoom
Further information and to register: www.sainsbury-instit...
July 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
[Workshop]
'Japanese architectural history in action: reconstruction, conservation, restoration'
Date: Friday 11 July
Time: 14:00-17:30
Venue: Royal Asiatic Society, Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD and online via Zoom
Further information and to register: www.sainsbury-instit...
'Japanese architectural history in action: reconstruction, conservation, restoration'
Date: Friday 11 July
Time: 14:00-17:30
Venue: Royal Asiatic Society, Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD and online via Zoom
Further information and to register: www.sainsbury-instit...
[July Third Thursday Lecture]
"On the Road with Hiroshige: A Look at the Artist’s Landscape and Nature Prints" with Dr Alfred Haft (British Museum).
17 July at 18:00 BST.
Register here: ttps://us06web.zoom.us/webi...
"On the Road with Hiroshige: A Look at the Artist’s Landscape and Nature Prints" with Dr Alfred Haft (British Museum).
17 July at 18:00 BST.
Register here: ttps://us06web.zoom.us/webi...
July 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
[July Third Thursday Lecture]
"On the Road with Hiroshige: A Look at the Artist’s Landscape and Nature Prints" with Dr Alfred Haft (British Museum).
17 July at 18:00 BST.
Register here: ttps://us06web.zoom.us/webi...
"On the Road with Hiroshige: A Look at the Artist’s Landscape and Nature Prints" with Dr Alfred Haft (British Museum).
17 July at 18:00 BST.
Register here: ttps://us06web.zoom.us/webi...
June Online Third Thursday Lecture - Unpacking the Archive: Encountering Global Art Histories in the Archives of Morita Shiryū.
Speaker: Dr Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer (Sainsbury Institute)
19 June 2025, 6pm BST, Sign up for free: tinyurl.com/mrx7hvb9
Speaker: Dr Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer (Sainsbury Institute)
19 June 2025, 6pm BST, Sign up for free: tinyurl.com/mrx7hvb9
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
June Online Third Thursday Lecture - Unpacking the Archive: Encountering Global Art Histories in the Archives of Morita Shiryū.
Speaker: Dr Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer (Sainsbury Institute)
19 June 2025, 6pm BST, Sign up for free: tinyurl.com/mrx7hvb9
Speaker: Dr Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer (Sainsbury Institute)
19 June 2025, 6pm BST, Sign up for free: tinyurl.com/mrx7hvb9
We're thrilled the Fellow’s Workshop "Anger, Conflict & Gender Bias in Japanese Art" (3 June) was a great success! Thanks to Prof Fowler, our speakers, chairs, and special thanks to Dr Pauline Ota for organising a truly inspiring event!
June 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We're thrilled the Fellow’s Workshop "Anger, Conflict & Gender Bias in Japanese Art" (3 June) was a great success! Thanks to Prof Fowler, our speakers, chairs, and special thanks to Dr Pauline Ota for organising a truly inspiring event!