Firdavs Abdukhalikov: The publication of collections of artifacts originating from the territory of Uzbekistan and Central Asia as a whole and kept in collections of Japan becomes a new milestone in the development of the project “Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in World Collections”, as a significant geographical expansion of its interests. The concept of the album “Cultural Legacy of Central Asia in Japanese Museums” was formed during our creative missions to Japan in 2017 and 2019, where we got the opportunity to get acquainted with various artifacts related to Uzbekistan in museums in the Kansai region (Kyoto, Shiga and Nara) and Tokyo. The mutual understanding reached as a result of those trips between the managements of seven museums and the Project was the first step in our cooperation.
The book was completed on the eve of the first official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Japan in December 2019. It is no coincidence that we held “Uzbekistan and Japan on the Great Silk Road” media event in Japan in the beautiful hall of Imperial Hotel Tokyo on December 16, 2019 and presented the results of joint work to the general Japanese public.
