The Fourth Donald Keene Prize for the Promotion of Japanese Culture will be awarded to Impressions, the journal of the Japanese Art Society of America. Julia Meech, Editor of Impressions, and Joan D. Baekeland, President of JASA, will accept the award on April 14, 2010. To attend this event, please RSVP to: or fax (212) 854-5036

The Third Donald Keene Prize was awarded to the Saison Foundation on June 3, 2009. Mr. Seiji Tsutsumi accepted the award on behalf of the Saison Foundation at a ceremony held at Academyhills, in Roppongi, Tokyo. The Second Donald Keene Prize was awarded to the Shincho Foundation for the Promotion of Japanese Literature on April 3, 2007, at the Sen Lecture in Low Memorial Library.

The Donald Keene Prize for the Promotion of Japanese Culture recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions toward expanding awareness of Japanese culture in the world at large.

Reflecting  Donald Keene’s ongoing legacy of  introducing Japanese culture to new international audiences, the prize acknowledges work that has enriched the appreciation of Japanese culture beyond Japan’s own borders.

The Donald Keene Prize honors Japanese culture in all its forms, both traditional and contemporary, and this diversity is recognized in the selection of Prize recipients.

The Prize was established in 2006 to mark the Twentieth Anniversary of the founding of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture.

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