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Conference: “The Unknown Universe of Hokusai” at the Japan National Press Club in Tōkyō

15 JULY 25

Christophe Marquet gives a talk on “Hokusai and architecture”, in a
conference on “The Unknown Universe of Hokusai” organized by the Art
Academy ...

Mingei Films Screening

06 JULY 25

EFEO Kyoto is supporting this event.
Screening of Mingei Films: Yanagi Soetsu and the Beauty of Folk ...

Lecture “Pictures of Ōsaka's Famous Places in French Collections : from Universal Exhibitions to Japonism”

05 JULY 25

Christophe Marquet gives lecture about “Pictures of Ōsaka's Famous Places in French Collections : from Universal Exhibitions to Japonism” ...

Workshop: From Ōtsu-e Pictures to Folk Songs

19 JUNE 25

WORKSHOPThe EFEO is organizing a workshop on Ôtsu-e bushi, folk songs from the late Edo period inspired by Ôtsu-e pictures.The workshop will take place on site ...

International symposium “Japonism and printing in France”@Tokyo

21 FEBRUARY 25

International symposium “Japonism and printing in ...

International workshop @ Toyo Bunko

07 DECEMBER 24

This workshop will be held at Toyo Bunko (Tokyo) Language is Japanese.François LACHAUD and Martin NOGUEIRA RAMOS give lectures (in Japanese) at Toyo Bunko on December ...

Publication : Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 33 (2024)

06 DECEMBER 24

We are delighted to announce the publication of Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie vol. 33.In Japan, you can purchase this issue (6000 yen) at the Center of EFEO Kyoto or by email: ...

LECTURES ON CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

03 DECEMBER 24

* This event will be held at the Tōyō Bunko.
LECTURES ON CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
Co-organized by the École française d’Extrême-Orient, the ...

PRUSSIAN BLUE IN EAST ASIAN PAINTINGS @Toyo bunko

14 NOVEMBER 24

Co-organized by the École française d’Extrême-Orient & the Tōyō Bunko
PRUSSIAN BLUE IN EAST ASIAN PAINTINGS

Speaker: Dr. CHEN ...

Book launch

07 NOVEMBER 24

Christophe Marquet will present his book Cent vues de Naniwa. О̄saka au XIXe siècle (One Hundred Views of Naniwa. Ôsaka in the 19th Century, éditions ...

Ōtsu-e-bushi, Ukiyo Matahei, cover of a songbook, Osaka, Ansei era (1854-1860) © Christophe Marquet

Symposium about folk paintings

12 OCTOBER 24

As part of the “East-West Comparative Cultural History on the Transition of Literal Phrases in Popular Images” project (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research), ...

聖フランシスコ教会・献堂式（1890年）©Institut de recherche France-Asie

Lecture at Rekisaikan

20 SEPTEMBER 24

Martin NOGUEIRA RAMOS gives a lecture (in Japanese) on "Studying the Catholic mission through the Japanese publications from the 1880s: the cases of Kyoto and Kochi" ...

Temporary closing

05 SEPTEMBER 24

Please note that the center of EFEO Kyoto and the library will be closed on Thursday, 5 September 2024.Thank you for your understanding,EFEO Kyoto

MANABU Lecture

04 JULY 24

Parallel Histories, Plural InterpretationsLanguage, Translation and Interpretation at Asia-Pacific War Heritage Sites

Speaker: Oliver Moxham

Thursday, July ...

Hiroshige, Ukiyo Matahei, c. 1844-1846 © Fundacja Jerzego Leskowicza

131st International Art Research Center Seminar (Webinar)

24 APRIL 24

131st International Art Research Center Seminar (Webinar)
Speaker: Christophe Marquet (EFEO, Kyoto)Topic: Hiroshige’s fan prints: new discoveries in ...

Award announcement

25 MARCH 24

La Pérégrination vers l'Ouest. Intégrale des illustrations de l'édition japonaise de 1806-1837, edited by Christophe Marquet in 2023, was ...

Shunjū yūe 2024

18 MARCH 24

From March 18 to 24, 2024 the Hashimoto Kansetsu Museum in Kyōto is hosting the exhibition "Shunjū yūe 2024: Heritage and Transmission". Christophe Marquet (EFEO) exhibits a ...

Hokkaido Dairy Farm Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of Japan (SUNY Press, 2024)

Book Launch: Hokkaido Dairy Farm by Paul Hansen

19 FEBRUARY 24

Book Launch and Discussion with the AuthorHokkaido Dairy Farm: Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of JapanBy Paul HansenFebruary 19th 2024, 18:00 ...

Holiday Closures

28 DECEMBER 23

The Library of EFEO Kyoto will be closed from December 29, 2023 to January 4, 2024 for the year-end and new year holidays.

Lecture: Hiroshige's fan prints in French collections

25 NOVEMBER 23

Christophe Marquet gives a lecture (in Japanese) on "Hiroshige's fan prints in French collections" ...

Classics Day Prize 2023

03 SEPTEMBER 23

Classics Day Prize 2023第3回「古典の日文化基金賞」授賞式This prize was created in honor of the establishment of Classics Day (November 1st) in Japan in ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 31 (2022)

17 AUGUST 23

We are delighted to announce the publication of Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie vol. 31.In Japan, you can purchase this issue (6000 yen) at the Center of EFEO Kyoto or by email: ...

Actes-colloque-EFEO-AIBL-120-ans-2023

Publication of the proceedings of the symposium EFEO : 120 ans de recherches en Asie

25 JULY 23

Publication of the proceedings of the symposium L'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient : 120 ans de recherches en Asie (AIBL, December 3, 2021), edited by ...

Symposium: 「もう一つの〈キリシタン信徒発見〉―1879年茨木・千提寺とフランス人宣教師」

17 JULY 23

Language: ...

22 ans à la tête du musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

27 JUNE 23

This event will be held at MAISON FRANCO-JAPONAISE (Tokyo).Pre-registration from the website of MFJ is required.22 ans à la tête du musée du quai Branly - ...

In memoriam Silvio Vita

18 JUNE 23

We are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Silvio Vita passed away in Kyoto on June 18. Prof. Vita was the Scientific Coordinator of the Italian School of East Asian Studies ...

「大津絵　青面金剛」　１８世紀中期　雄琴庚申講蔵・大津市歴史博物館寄託

67th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EASTERN STUDIES

27 MAY 23

On May 27, 2023, Christophe Marquet (EFEO Kyôto) will give a lecture at the 67th International Conference of Eastern Studies. Details ...

The Past, Present and Future of Cultural Translation

26 MAY 23

The Past, Present and Future of Cultural Translation文化翻訳の過去・現在・未来May 26th, 2023 16:00 - 18:00Hakubi Center, Kyoto University.16:00 - ...

THE HERITAGE AND ARTS OF LADAKH

12 MAY 23

This conference will be held at the Institut français du Japon - Yokohama＊Web site: https://www.institutfrancais.jp/yokohama/fr/＊Mandatory reservation (Web ...

Science and Archaeology in Italy and Japan: a Transdisciplinary Methodology

09 MAY 23

This workshop is organized by Italian School of East Asian Studies, KyotoUniversità di TorinoMay 9-10, 2023 16:00hWorkshopScience and Archaeology in Italy and Japan: ...

Workshop at the National Institute of Art History, Paris

13 APRIL 23

On April 13 a workshop on the Asian book collection of the Jacques Doucet Library is being organized at the National Institute of Art History, Paris. Christophe Marquet ...

Conference: Autour de Hiroshige

12 APRIL 23

Wednesday 12 April from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, at the auditorium of the Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet, Paris.Christophe Marquet gives a lecture entitled "Around ...

Publication

06 DECEMBER 22

Christophe Marquet has published (in French) Les éventails d’Edo. Estampes de la collection Georges Leskowicz 【The Fans of Edo. Prints from the Georges ...

Kyoto shinbun 2022-11-23

Classics Day Prize 2022

23 NOVEMBER 22

Christophe Marquet, professor of the École française d'Extrême-Orient, was awarded the Classics Day Prize on July 1st, 2022, for his contribution to the ...

Ex-voto: creations, subversion, and transgression

21 OCTOBER 22

Friday, October 21th, 20:30h-22h (JST)Christophe Marquet (EFEO) and Hirafuji Kikuko (Kokugakuin University) gives a talk on Japanese ema at the international colloquium ...

Classics Day Prize 2022

02 SEPTEMBER 22

Christophe Marquet, professor of the École française d'Extrême-Orient, was awarded the Classics Day Prize on July 1st, 2022, for his contribution to the ...

New head at the EFEO Kyoto

01 SEPTEMBER 22

On September 1, Christophe Marquet (Professor at EFEO), took over from Martin Nogueira Ramos as head of the EFEO Center in Kyoto.

Kyoto Shinbun

03 AUGUST 22

Kyoto Shinbun （News paper company）has reported the news about the Classics Day Prize 2022.Detail: ...

Director of the EFEO, will give a talk at the Fukui prefectural museum of Fine Arts.

28 JULY 18

Professor Christophe Marquet, director of the EFEO, will give a talk the 28th of July at the Fukui prefectural museum of Fine Arts. ...

Martin Nogueira Ramos was appointed as the head of EFEO Kyoto

01 MARCH 17

Martin Nogueira Ramos, whose specialty is Japanese history, was appointed as the head of EFEO Kyoto. He is particularly interested in social history of religion (16th-19th).

Holcim Awards 2014 Asia Pacific

13 NOVEMBER 14

Benoît Jacquet, Manuel Tardits, and the architectural firm Mikan have received a prize from the Holcim Foundation
for Sustainable Construction for their project ...

Visit of the French Embassy in Japan

14 SEPTEMBER 13

Saturday September 14, the Ambassador of France in Japan, Mr. Christian
Masset, visited the construction site of EFEO Centre in Kyoto, together with the Consul general of ...

Jichinsai 地鎮祭

28 JUNE 13

Friday June 28, the ceremony to pacify the site's gods (jichinsai 地鎮祭), ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the new EFEO Kyoto Centre was celebrated on site by ...

Kenchiku zasshi　建築雑誌

11 JULY 11

Publication of the call for application for the construction of the new Centre of the EFEO in Kyoto, in the journal Kenchiku zasshi, July 2011, vol. 126, no. 1620, p. 141.

Happy New Year

01 JANUARY 11