CENTRO STUDI D'ARTE ESTREMO-ORIENTALE (FAR EASTERN ART STUDY CENTRE) is a cultural association born in 1987, with the purpose of spreading and popularizing in our town (Bologna) and in Italy the rich artistic and cultural legacy of East Asia.
 

   CSAEO owns works of art (among these, a collection of more than 500 Japanese woodblock prints, belonging to the administrator of CSAEO, Giuliano Bernati); CSAEO can also boast the biggest Italian library concerning East Asian (particularly Japanese) art, with 16,000 volumes.

   CSAEO organizes exhibitions, lectures, special classes and seminars, events (concerts, tea ceremony, etc.) about various aspects of East Asian culture.