The “Kuzushiji Workshop,” continuously organised by NIJL and EAJRS since 2011, will be held 25–27 February 2026 at the Berlin State Library. Please note that this will be an in-person workshop only — it will not be offered as an online format.
Those wishing to participate should complete the application form in Japanese or English and submit it by Sunday, 18 January 2026, via email to: a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org
Date: 31 March-2 April 2025, 10:30-14:30 (Central Europe Summertime)
Format: ZOOM (supported by Oslo University). 2 sessions a day. 90 minutes a session. Each session had lecture part and practise part.
Participants: 24
The NIJL/EAJRS Kuzushiji Workshop will be held "online" from 31st March to 2nd April 2025. Detailed information about the workshop can be found in the attached document. If you wish to apply, please complete the attached application form and submit it via email to Akira Hirano at a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org by 2nd March.
We are delighted to announce the twelfth edition of the Mitsubishi Corporation Summer School in Early Modern Japanese Palaeography.
It will be held at the University of Cambridge between Monday 4 August 2025 and Friday 15 August 2025. The theme for this year is: Tsutaya Jūzaburō, Friends, and Rivals.
The call for applications is now open:
Call for applications 2025 – Japanese Early Modern Palaeography (wakancambridge.com)
Kotenseki: Mainly focus on materials held in and around Strasbourg |
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| Session 1 | Album of surimono held at Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg ストラスブール装飾美術館所蔵 俳諧一枚摺貼り交ぜ帖 |
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The NIJL/EAJRS Kuzushi-ji Workshop will be held between 17 and 19 April 2024 at University of Strasbourg. Please note that this year’s workshop will NOT be online. The workshop is free of charge. If you would like to participate the workshop, please fill in the application form, and submit it by email attachment to a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org by 4 February. Registration is closed.
Kotenseki: Cambridge University Library collection |
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The NIJL/EAJRS Kuzushi-ji Workshop will be held online 19-21 April 2023. This year, Cambridge University Library will provide some material for the workshop. The workshop is free of charge. If you wish to apply for the workshop, please fill in the application form, and submit it to a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org by end of 12 March. The detailed information can be found here:
Kotenseki: Deciphering Chester Beatty Collection |
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Basic information on wakosho (和古書についての基本的情報)