The Society for Japanese Arts was founded in 1937 by a group of Dutch collectors of, and dealers in, Japanese art.
Originally called The Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, the society became international in the 1960s.
[3] The Society sponsors lectures, exhibitions and publications.
[3] It awards grants through the Heinz M. Kaempfer Fund, and publishes the journal Andon (ISSN 0168-2997) in English, which provides results of research about various ukiyo-e artists, e.g. Utagawa Kunisada III.
[4] In addition to Andon and a quarterly Newsletter (ISSN 1877-3788), the Society's publications include: