We are delighted to welcome our new Japanese Studies Librarian, Chiaki Sakai. She started on October 1, 2019. Ms. Sakai has more than 20 years of experience in the library profession. Most recently she worked at the Library of the Japan Foundation in Urawa, Saitama, Japan. Before that she was the Japanese Studies Librarian at […]
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Toshi Ichiyanagi to receive the Order of Culture
The Japanese government announced on Oct. 26 (Friday) that it has selected five people to receive the country’s top cultural award this year, including composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, 85. Toshi Ichiyanagi, notable Japanese composer, was born in. Kobe, Feb. 4, 1933. He studied composition with Kishio Hirao and piano with Chieko Hara. He pursued training […]
Japanese Book History Workshop
The C.V. Starr East Asian Library, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute will sponsor a special workshop on Japanese Book History. Guest instructor,Takahiro Sasaki, Professor of Japan classic bibliography of the Institute of Oriental Classics (Shidō Bunko/斯道文庫), at Keio University, […]
A Body in Fukushima, reception
Last month we announced the special photograph exhibition A Body in Fukushima. Coming up next Monday we will have a reception in conjunction with the exhibition. The reception will take place in our reading room on Monday April 11 between 6:00-8:00 PM. Speakers/presenters will include interim Associate University Librarian for Collections Barbara Rockenbach; Vice President […]
A Body in Fukushima, exhibition
Starting today, March 11, 2016, we have a new exhibition up in our reading room. The title is A Body in Fukushima, and it is made up of photographs by historian/photographer William Johnston of dancer/choreographer Eiko Otake. Johnston and Eiko traveled to Fukushima, Japan in January and July 2014, where Johnston photographed Eiko as she […]
Upcoming event
This Friday, October 16, 2015, we will have a reception in conjunction with our latest exhibition “Toho Company: An Archival History In Japanese Cinema” organized in honor of Mr. Brant Reiter, who kindly donated the Toho Collection to our library. The reception will include remarks by several faculty members, as well as University Librarian Ann […]
HathiTrust Digital Library now offers 80,000 Japanese volumes
The HathiTrust Digital Library is "an international community of research libraries committed to the long-term curation and availability of the cultural record. Through their common efforts and deep commitment to the public good, the libraries support the teaching and learning activities of the faculty, students or researchers at their home institutions, and the scholarly needs […]
First Anniversary of Miwa Kai’s passing
Today, December 10, marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Ms. Miwa Kai. In her honor we have placed flowers and her memorial photo at the circulation desk of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library. We all miss Ms. Kai for her energy, wit, and smile. Since this is the […]
Seisai’s Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji on View
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