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Kyoto National Museum International Symposium: Dunhuang Forgeries and Recent Silk Roads Research, March 19, 2022
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English, Japanese, and Chinese Simultaneous Interpretation
This symposium focuses on the cache of manuscripts first discovered in the year 1900 in the Library Cave in the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, a key center along the Silk Roads. Following their discovery, Dunhuang manuscripts were removed by expeditions from Great Britain, France, Japan, and Russia, as well as by Chinese officials, so collaborations among these holding institutions and among scholars in each country is essential for their research today. Since the 1980s, however, scholars have called into question the authenticity of many Dunhuang manuscripts in Japanese collections, including those in the Kyoto National Museum. Symposium participants will discuss recent research and initiatives relating to Dunhuang and the Silk Roads around the world and reconsider the issue of Dunhuang manuscript forgeries in Japan.
Outline
- Date and time:
- 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. March 19, 2022 JST
- Registration:
- ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR
*English, Japanese, and Chinese Simultaneous Interpretation - Program:
- PROGRAM: KYOTO NATIONAL MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Dunhuang Forgeries and Recent Silk Roads Research - Organized by:
- Kyoto National Museum
- Co-organized by:
- Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture (SISJAC)
- Contact:
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Kyoto National Museum, Department of Research and International Collaboration
TEL: 075-541-1151
Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. - Note:
- Additional information will be posted on this page as it becomes available.
Kyoto National Museum International Symposium: Dunhuang Forgeries and Recent Silk Roads Research
Keynote Speaker
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- Susan Whitfield
- Professor of Silk Road Studies, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture, University of East Anglia
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Presenters
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- Dora C.Y. Ching
- Associate Director, Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
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- Iwamoto Atsushi
- Associate Professor, Rissho University
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- Carmen Meinert
- Professor for Central Asian Religions, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
PI of ERC Project BuddhistRoad
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- Sakamoto Shouji
- Researcher, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University
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- Sanjyot Mehendale
- Chair, Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, University of California, Berkeley
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- Dingyuan (Wang Zhaoguo)
- Associate Professor, Shanghai Normal University, Institute for Dunhuang and Turfan Studies
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- Takata Tokio
- Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
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- Uesugi Tomofusa
- Associate Curator, Kyoto National Museum
Schedule (Japan Standard Time)
10:00-10:05 | Opening Remarks | Matsumoto Nobuyuki (Director, Kyoto National Museum) |
10:05-10:20 | Introduction to the Symposium Topic | Uesugi Tomofusa (Associate Curator, Kyoto National Museum) |
10:20-11:00 | Current State of Silk Roads Research | "A Rare Photographic Resource on Dunhuang: The Lo Archive at Princeton University"Dora C.Y. Ching (Associate Director, Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University) "The Research Programme of the BuddhistRoad Project: Transfer of Buddhism in Eastern Central Asia 6th to 14th C."Carmen Meinert (Professor for Central Asian Religions, Ruhr-Universität Bochumm, Principal Investigator of ERC project BuddhistRoad) "Dunhuang and the Silk Roads: Avenues for Research and Teaching"Sanjyot Mehendale (Chair, Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, University of California, Berkeley) |
11:00-11:10 | Break | |
11:10-12:00 | Keynote Address | "Genuine or Forged? Refocusing on Dunhuang Manuscripts"Susan Whitfield (Professor of Silk Road Studies, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture, University of East Anglia) |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00-14:30 | Research Presentations | "Revisiting Dunhuang Manuscripts with Dehua Li shi fanjiangge zhencang ("Treasured in the Fanjiang Pavilion of the Li Family from Dehua") Collection Seals"Uesugi Tomofusa (Associate Curator, Kyoto National Museum) "Study on Dunhuang Documents through Non-Destructive Paper Analysis"Sakamoto Shouji (Researcher, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University) "Judging the Authenticity of the Dunhuang Manuscripts in the Collection of the Kyo-U Library: Focusing on Relationships with Other Collections around the World"Dingyuan (Wang Zhaoguo) (Associate Professor, Shanghai Normal University, Institute for Dunhuang and Turfan Studies) |
14:30-14:40 | Break | |
14:40-15:40 | Research Presentations | "Collection Seals of Former Holders of Dunhuang Sutras in the Kyoto National Museum"Iwamoto Atsushi (Associate Professor, Rissho University) "Antiquarian Booksellers Who Brought Dunhuang Manuscripts to Japan"Takata Tokio (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University) |
15:40-15:50 | Break | |
15:50-16:50 | Discussion |
Akao Eikei (Curator Emeritus, Kyoto National Museum) Susan Whitfield Research Presenters |
16:50-17:00 | Closing Remarks | Simon Kaner (Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture, University of East Anglia) |
Online Resources Mentioned during the Symposium
- Article by Fujieda Akira on Dunhuang forgeries in the Kyoto National Museum (in Japanese).
Fujieda Akira, "Tokka Ri shi bonshōkaku chinzō in ni tsuite"
Gakusō (Kyoto National Museum Bulletin) 7, 1985, 153–173. - Nara to Norwich Online Exhibition
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Planned to open in April 2022
https://naratonorwich.org/ - Symposium "Connecting Dunhuang: Sites, Art, and Ideas along the Silk Road(s)"
Princeton University P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
April 22–23, 2022
https://tang.princeton.edu/colloquia/symposium/connecting-dunhuang - ERC funded research project BuddhistRoad: Dynamics in Buddhist Networks in Eastern Central Asia 6th to 14th Centuries
Research project of the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
English site: https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/en/
Chinese site: https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/zh/ - University of California, Berkeley
Tang Center for Silk Road Studies (TCSRS)
https://ieas.berkeley.edu/centers/tang-center-silk-road-studies-tcsrs - The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online
http://idp.bl.uk/ - Dunhuang Foundation
http://dunhuangfoundation.us/