The Buddhist Art Society Established

The Buddhist Art Society was established with the aim of providing opportunities to publish research papers on various arts such as painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture and archaeology related to Buddhism and other Asian religions. It also aims to contribute to the development of research in this field. Its inaugural meeting was held at the University of Tokyo (Hongō Campus) on June 10. The background of its establishment was that the academic journal ‘Bukkyō Geijutsu’ (published by Mainichi shinbunsha), which was first published in 1948, ceased publication with its 350th issue in January 2017, and that there were concerns that research in this field might stagnate due to the loss of opportunities to publish papers. (Japanese)