Explorer Sven Hedin and Kyoto University : Central Asia Fosters East-West Cultural Exchange

By: Kenei Sato

A chance discovery of sixty-odd works of art in a filing cabinet in Kyoto University's Department of Geography in 2014 triggered an investigation which soon morphed into a multi-disciplinary research project seeking to understand their origins and significance. The works were reproductions of sketches, watercolors, and maps produced by the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, who had visited Kyoto in 1908, immediately after completing his third expedition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1920901795
• ISBN13: 9781920901790
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Trans Pacific Press