Schaefers’s daguerreotypes of the Borobudur In 1844, the German photographer Adolf Schaefer was recommended by Ph. F. von Siebold, advisor to the Ministry of the Colonies, to document the antiquities of the island of Java. Anouk Mansfeld • September 23, 2019
Following Ganesha’s footsteps through the Leiden Special Collections Follow Ganesha in his many forms through the Asian Special Collections at Leiden University Library. Doris Jedamski • July 17, 2019
The Imperially Inscribed Illustrations of Cotton Cotton production and Chinese imperial poems in blue ink: a new set of stone rubbings in the Leiden collection Guest author • March 29, 2019
The first Japanese love letter by Sonogi to Von Siebold now discovered "Reading your letters, I recall your face and long for the days gone by." Guest author • December 04, 2018
The elusive Panji pops up in Leiden Who is Panji, and what exactly is a Panji tale? Guest author • November 19, 2018
Indian Life on Mica A unique collection of gouache miniature paintings on mica. Doris Jedamski • November 13, 2018
To steal a book A unique collection of Chinese underground poetry attracts all kind of visitors... Guest author • October 04, 2018
Reading a Korean edition of the Diamond Sutra On view in the National Museum of Ethnology a very special 1578 copy of the Diamond Sutra. Guest author • May 31, 2018
The making of Voyage of Discovery Alexander Reeuwijk on Voyage of Discovery: Exploring the Collections of the Asian Library at Leiden University Guest author • February 26, 2018
