Early history The Institute for Research in Humanities was established in 1949 by re-organizing institutes in Kyoto. The Institute of Humanistic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, and the Institute of Occidental Studies were combined to make the Institute for Research in Humanities. One of the core was the
Institute for Oriental Culture, Kyoto. Institute for Oriental Culture was established in
Tokyo and
Kyoto in 1929. The establishment was one of the governmental cultural projects undertaken by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The building is the current main building, which was completed in November 1930. The first director was
Kano Naoki, who is a
sinologist. In 1938, The Institute for Oriental Culture was split in two by the difference in policy.
After the Pacific War ==Organization==