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＜Overview＞
-Date: November 18 (Mon) - December 13 (Fri), 2024
-Venue: Multipurpose Room , 1st floor of Tohoku University Library (Main Building)
-Time: 10:00-16:00
-Admission: Free
-Organizers: Tohoku University Digital Archives Steering Committee, Center for Academic Resources and Archives, Library
-Co-sponsor: Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Center for Integrated Japanese Studies
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Tohoku University is continuing its project to digitize the Tibetan Buddhist canonical sutra in the Delge edition, one of the most valuable materials in the library's collection.
To commemorate the release of the new digital archives ToUDA, we will hold an exhibition introducing not only the Tibetan Buddhist sutra but also other masterpieces of Buddhist art and crafts brought to Japan from Tibet by Kawaguchi Ekai, which is now a collection of the Graduate School of Arts and Letters.
＜Special lecture＞
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“Kawaguchi Ekai and his collection on Tibetan Buddhism”
Kawaguchi Ekai (1866-1945) is a Buddhist who overcame various hardships to enter Tibet, which was in a state of isolation at the time.
This lecture focuses on the achievements and collections of the Kawaguchi Ekai (1866-1945).
Please take this opportunity to learn about the significance of the rare club collection held by Tohoku University.
-Date and time : November 23, 2024 (Sat/holiday) 13:00-16:30 Doors open 12:30
-Capacity: 80 (first come, first served)
-Venue: Lecture Room 1, Faculty of Arts and Letters Lecture Chu-Kogi lecture building (Kawauchi Minami Campus)
-Application: apply from the following link (Google Form) by November 20
https://forms.gle/agMkP54TNoA521Tw7
First 80 applicants
-Program (Japanese Only)：
--Naoji Okuyama (Professor Emeritus, Koyasan University) "Examination of materials related to the Kawaguchi Ekai - Interaction with artists as an example"
--Ayumi Horikawa (Curator, Sakai City Museum) "Kawaguchi Ekai Materials of the City Museum - Transmission from the Hometown and Formation of Collections"
--Ryuta Kikuya (Associate Professor, Koyasan University) "Colorants and medicinal stones - New knowledge from the Kawaguchi Ekai Collection"
--Ryusaku Nagaoka (Professor, Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters) "Kawaguchi Ekai Collection and Japanese Art History"
-Organizer: Tohoku Cultural Laboratory Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Faculty of Arts and Letters Alumni Association
-Co-sponsored by: Tohoku University Digital Archives Steering Committee, Tohoku University Center for Academic Resources and Archives, Tohoku University Library
※There is no parking lot at the venue. Please use public transportation.