In Photos: Kyoto University discovers reproductions of Swedish explorer's sketches

Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters professor Kazuko Tanaka shows off the replications of the Hedin sketches created by art school students that she discovered inside a yellowed envelope, center right, in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, on April 26, 2018. (Mainichi)

A copy of a sketch of a young militia boy with a gun slung over his shoulder, the original of which has been lost. (Image courtesy of Kyoto University)

A detailed reproduction of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery indistinguishable from the original Hedin sketch by Junji Nishikawa. (Image courtesy of Kyoto University)

Sven Hedin (Photo courtesy of the Sven Hedin Foundation)