On 13 May 2016, IEAS and the Institute of Japanese Religions and Cultural History of Waseda University co-organized a Forum on Traditional Japanese Theatrical Art. More than twenty experts and scholars presented different papers on traditional Japanese theatrical arts, revolving around and bringing together the influences of Buddhism, traditional arts, opera, history, folk, culture and history. The keynote theatrical topics included explanations of Professor Hiroto YOSHIHARA (吉原浩人) of the Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences of Waseda University on Japanese pictorial representations (絵解・絵解き（えとき）), the origins of Zenkō-ji in Nagano, Japan and the Pure Land (Sukhavati) Sect of Buddhism. Mr Ryuraku SANYUTE (三游亭竜楽) , a great master specializing in presenting rakugo in seven languages, performed and staged rakugo in both Chinese and Japanese. His relentless innovative artistic attempt brimmed over with new theatrical potentials. Other presentation topics included Professor WANG Yong’s Research on Japanese Offer of Sacrifices to Gods and Ancestors, Madam Kaori SAKURAMOTO’s Open Field and Tea House, and Professor Lu Shun Chang’s Rituals of Weiqi(Go). All the papers and theatrical performances in this one-day forum won a wide echo of IEAS professors and students.