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Masked WarriorsBetween December 2017 and May 2018, ’Masked Warriors. The Battle Stage of the Samurai'
is on view at Japan Museum SieboldHuis. The focal points in this splendid exhibition will be
played by Nō-masks and the masks of the famous Japanese samurai warriors. Spectacular
artefacts from international and private collections, including swords, screens, kimonos, helmets
and bows, will illustrate the beauty and power of Nō-theatre and the samurai culture.
On the occasion of the exhibition, an extensive and richly illustrated catalogue written by
Bas Verberk has been published. Masked Warriors provides new insights into the approach of
form, function and meaning of Japanese armour masks, or menpō. It shows how armour masks,
while representing a diverse tradition of their own, have connections with the larger Japanese
mask culture, especially with nō masks.
An extensive article about Masked Warriors was published recently in the Winter edition of
COLLECT Kunst Antiek Design.
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Choice Award LUP PublicationEvery year in the January issue, in print and online, Choice publishes a list of Outstanding Academic
Titles that were reviewed during the previous calendar year. This prestigious list reflects the best in
scholarly titles reviewed by Choice and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic
library community.
Wim Klooster's The Dutch Moment, a co-publication of LUP with Cornell University Press, has been
named as one of the outstanding academic titles of 2017 by Choice. In 2018, LUP will publish a Dutch
edition of this excellent book.
Together with Gert Oostindie, Wim Klooster has also written another book to be published by LUP
in 2018. This new work offers a fresh look on the Dutch Atlantic in the period following the imperial
moment of the seventeenth century: Realm between Empires.
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Unlatching 7 backlist LUP booksKnowledge Unlatched has started the unlatching process for KU Select 2017. Thanks to the support
from libraries worldwide KU will make 300 more books and 16 journals available via Open Access. This
includes seven backlist titles from LUP.
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) offers free access to scholarly content for every reader across the world. Its
online platform provides libraries worldwide with a central place to support Open Access models from
leading publishing houses and new OA initiatives.
Open Access titles of LUP can be accessed through the OAPEN Library and the Leiden Repository.
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