东京艺术大学敦煌项目
东京艺术大学是日本唯一的艺术类国立大学，在日本国内被公认为日本最高的艺术家培养学府。
20世纪70年代末，日本著名画家平山郁夫第一次访问敦煌莫高窟。受到敦煌壁画艺术强烈冲击的他，开始为敦煌石窟的保护与研究四处奔走，募集资金。20 世纪 80 年代，平山郁夫先生积极促成东京艺术大学携手敦煌研究院，在敦煌学、石窟考古、文物保护等领域开展合作，双方有计划地互相派遣学者进行专业研修培训和学术考察。
自1983年开始，敦煌研究院陆续派遣了50余位研究人员到东京艺术大学进行研修学习，在敦煌文物事业发展和敦煌学各专业领域发挥了重要作用。东京艺术大学也已派遣近百名美术、修复等专业的学生到敦煌研究院研修，定期或不定期合作轮流举办学术交流报告会，合作成果交流共享。1988年8月，时任日本首相的竹下登到访中国，访问了敦煌莫高窟，随后援助建成敦煌石窟保护研究陈列中心。
The Dunhuang Project by Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA) is Japan's only national university for the arts and the highest institution for training artists in Japan.
In the late 1970s, famous Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009) visited the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang for the first time. Deeply impressed by the art of Dunhuang's murals, he began to advocate for the protection and research of the Dunhuang caves and raise funds for the cause. In the 1980s, Hirayama actively facilitated collaboration between TUA and the Dunhuang Academy in fields such as Dunhuang studies, cave archaeology, and cultural relic preservation. Both parties planned to send scholars for professional training and academic investigations.
Since 1983, the Dunhuang Academy has successively sent over 50 researchers to TUA for training and study, hence playing an important part in the development of Dunhuang relics and various specialized fields of Dunhuang studies. TUA has also sent nearly 100 students majoring in fine arts, restoration, and other fields to the Academy for training. The two institutions have frequently arranged academic exchange seminars to share the results of their collaboration. In August 1988, Noboru Takeshita (1924-2000), then prime minister of Japan, visited China and toured the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, after which Japan provided assistance on establishing the Dunhuang Cave Protection & Research Exhibition Center.
