Category Archives: Japanese

Confucian education in a Buddhist environment

Posted on 04/30/2017 by imre

Imre Galambos, “Confucian education in a Buddhist environment: Medieval manuscripts and imprints of the Mengqiu.” Studies in Chinese Religions (2015) 1.3, 269–288. Although most of the surviving collections of medieval manuscripts and imprints are of Buddhist nature, they normally include a … Continue reading →

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An English boy in Chinese Turkestan

Posted on 01/31/2013 by imre

I just received a hard copy of this paper and am putting it up a PDF so it is more accessible. The paper is about the young English boy who travelled with Tachibana Zuicho to Western China in 1910 on … Continue reading →

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Aurel Stein’s visit to Japan

Posted on 03/30/2012 by imre

Galambos, Imre. “Sir Aurel Stein’s visit to Japan His diary and notebook.” In Helen Wang, ed., Sir Aurel Stein: Colleagues and collections. British Museum Research Publication 184 (2012): 1-9. This paper is based on Aurel Stein’s diary and notebook he kept while travelling in … Continue reading →

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A Hungarian Visitor Among the Ainu

Posted on 06/21/2011 by imre

Putting some of my older publications online: A Hungarian Visitor Among the Ainu: A Translation of Benedek Baráthosi-Balogh’s Travel Reports to Sakhalin and Hokkaido (Imre Galambos) Japanese Religions, Vol. 33, 1&2 (2008): 55-74 Benedek Baráthosi-Balogh (1870-1945) was a public school … Continue reading →

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The Third Ōtani Expedition at Dunhuang

Posted on 06/21/2011 by imre

Putting some of my older publications online: The Third Ōtani Expedition at Dunhuang: Acquisition of the Japanese Collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts (Imre Galambos) Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 3/2008: 29-35 Aurel Stein’s 1907 visit to the hidden cave … Continue reading →

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Japanese ‘Spies’ along the Silk Road

Posted on 06/21/2011 by imre

Putting some of my older publications online: Japanese ‘Spies’ along the Silk Road: British Suspicions Regarding the Second Otani Expedition (1908-09) (Imre Galambos) Japanese Religions, Vol. 35, 1& 2(2010): 33-61 Abstract: The beginning of the 20th century saw the Golden … Continue reading →

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A mysterious manuscript about the discovery of Dunhuang manuscripts

Posted on 09/18/2010 by imre

The mysterious manuscript referred to in the title is a little notebook written in a cursive caoshu hand and is currently located at the Gansu Provincial Library. The title Dunhuang xianhua 敦煌闲话 (Idle Chat about Dunhuang) is included in the notebook so … Continue reading →

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