The Academy of Oriental Culture

The Academy of Oriental Culture, 東方文化学院
Founded: 1/4/1929

Officers

• Dr. Kosaku Hamada Director
• Dr. Tohru Haneda Director
• Dr. Unokichi Hattori Chairman (President) : Chairman of the Board of Directors / President : President of Tokyo Institute / Counsellor : and seventeen others
• Dr. Naoki Kano Director / President : President of Kyoto Institute
• Nakasaburo Ogino Director / Director : Director of Reproduction Work of Ancient Documents / Member : Committee, and six others
• Dr. Seiichi Taki Director
• Dr. Tetsujin Uno Director

Seats

• No. 15, 56 Otsuka-machi, Koishikawa-ku: Tokyo: Japan
  Tokyo Institute
• 50 Ogura-machi, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku: Kyoto: Japan
  Kyoto Institute

Object

To promote the study and diffusion of Chinese culture and thus to contribute to the development of general learning.

Activities

1. Maintenance of Tokyo and Kyoto Institutes. 2. Reproduction of ancient documents. Reproductions already published contain some extremely rare books which are hardly accessible otherwise. Both Institutes have published more than ten sets of books each on the results of researches conducted there, contributing much to the academic circles.

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