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
A disastrous fortification Walls of the settlement at Bimilipatnam collapsed due to disastrous construction. VOC authorities were furious. Guest author • January 23, 2018
