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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.

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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:
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.
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Kyoto National Museum International Symposium: Dunhuang Forgeries and Recent Silk Roads Research
Kyoto National Museum International Symposium: Dunhuang Forgeries and Recent Silk Roads Research

Keynote Speaker

  • Susan Whitfield
    Susan Whitfield
    Professor of Silk Road Studies, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture, University of East Anglia

Presenters

  • Dora C.Y. Ching
    Dora C.Y. Ching
    Associate Director, Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
  • Iwamoto Atsushi
    Iwamoto Atsushi
    Associate Professor, Rissho University
  • Carmen Meinert
    Carmen Meinert
    Professor for Central Asian Religions, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    PI of ERC Project BuddhistRoad
  • Sakamoto Shouji
    Sakamoto Shouji
    Researcher, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University
  • Sanjyot Mehendale
    Sanjyot Mehendale
    Chair, Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, University of California, Berkeley
  • Dingyuan (Wang Zhaoguo)
    Dingyuan (Wang Zhaoguo)
    Associate Professor, Shanghai Normal University, Institute for Dunhuang and Turfan Studies
  • Takata Tokio
    Takata Tokio
    Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
  • Uesugi Tomofusa
    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)

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